History of Indian Railways Introduced in the country in 1853 by the British. 53 kms between Mumbai and Thane The Indian Railways (IR) has a network spread over 63‚000 route kms. and 7000 stations 12 million passengers and more than 1.2 million tonnes of freight daily 40 per cent of the freight and 2- per cent of the passenger traffic in the country. 8.5 per cent of the organised employment of the country either directly or indirectly. Transport output of both passenger and freight traffic
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Hypotesis : Economic impact of Railways in India Railroads‚ therefore‚ became an inevitable option for the newly-developing giant in asia. As one of the pioneers in South Asia‚ india gave the needed performance for building a successful network of railroads and consequently this action has been one major factor in the process of fast economic development. Although former ruler‚ the great britian had already establish one for the colonial aims‚ india took reall good advantage of this already-perfected
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Systems in Indian Railways Information Systems in Indian Railways INTRODUCTION Indian Railways is a Department of the Government of India‚ under the Ministry of Railways‚ and is tasked with operating the rail network in India. The Ministry is headed by a cabinet rank Railways Minister‚ while the Department is managed by the Railway Board. Indian Railways is not a private corporate body; however‚ as of recently‚ IR has adopted a corporate management style. Indian Railways has a total state
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A Scene at the Railway Station Railway Station is that place from where trains go and come. India has the largest network of railway stations spread through the length and breadth of the country. Most of the big towns and cities are linked with each other and quite a few villages that fall in the way of the rail tracks are connected for movement by rail. A train is the most convenient and affordable mode of travel for the majority of people of the country that is India. When we have to go hundreds
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STUDY ON THE KENYA RAILWAYS CORPORATION The Kenya railway Corporation is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and has power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire‚ hold and dispose of movable and immovable property for the purposes of the Corporation. It is managed by a board of directors of the Corporation. i. a Chairman of the Board appointed by the Minister; ii. the Managing Director; iii. the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for the
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limited in its scope as it looks at the problems faced by Pakistan Railways and there solutions not at the organization as a whole. The research is mainly made by collecting data from Peshawar & Nowshera railway stations and conclusions are drawn on the basis of that data. To undertake the task we went through the existing literature on Pakistan Railways and reviewed the current state of affairs through available data. Pakistan Railways have been running losses since mid-seventies. This persistent
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invented by a man called George Stephenson. This was important to the industrial revolution. Steam locomotives were first developed in Britain and dominated railway transportation until the middle of the 20th century. One impact of the railway was the speed of travel which was greatly improved by railways. For example until the advent of the railways‚ no one had travelled faster than a horse can manage at full gallop and within a few short years of the first major line opening‚ the Liverpool & Manchester
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Indian Railways is one of the largest systems in the world. It is also one of the very few railway systems in the world generating operating surpluses. With a modest beginning in India on April 16‚ 1853‚ when the first wheels rolled on rails from Bombay to Thane‚ the Indian Railways has emerged today as the main vehicle for socio-economic development of the country. Rail transportation has a number of favourable characteristics as compared to road transportation. It is six times more energy-efficient
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1. “Philippine National Railway” It’s role in nation’s mass transportation 2 INTRODUCTION Transportation has been used since man knew how to walk. As time passed‚ it grew to not only having one way to travel but a variety of means‚ from cars to planes‚ and from highways to railways. A great example of how transportation has grown and adapted through time‚ can be seen through the Philippine National Railway. “The PNR carries a significant role in the future
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Rail System in Malaysia 1.0 Executive summary This write up specifically discuss about one component of the Malaysian transportation system‚ which is the railway KTMB (Keretapi Tanah Melayu). This entity is about 120 years old in transporting people and goods. Being a son of an ex-KTM train driver and had been traveling with my family to various locations I have witnessed the progress of KTMB for all these years. This paper explains if KTMB is still relevant and the core of Malaysian transportation
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