A lot has been done‚ but a lot more is yet to be done. Some of the major problems faced by the Indian Railways are briefly discussed as under: Safety Indian Railways have been in the news albeit for wrong reasons. With the rapid increase in passenger and goods traffic‚ the frequency of train accidents is increasing very fast. This has raised serious doubts in the public mind about safety of Rail travel and the general health of the railway network. The credibility of an organization with a long
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C. Passenger Oriented Measure Of Reliability The approach in this study is to directly deduce service reliability from observed passenger trajectories. The two proposed reliability indicators of this paper target passenger-oriented predictability (day to day variation) and punctuality (deviation from the schedule). The former considers day-to-day variations in travel experience‚ whilst the latter refers to the discrepancy from scheduled travel times. The measures are calculated at origin-destination
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Executive Summary Statement of the Problem National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) is the primary provider of passenger-rail service in the United States. Amtrak has never been profitable in its 30 year history and will lose federal subsidies for operational expenses by 2002 because of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act (ARAA). Amtrak is planning to launch the Acela line in the Northeast Corridor of the US to become self-sufficient‚ which will not only offer faster trip times‚ premium
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A report on Design of a 700 capacity inland passenger vessel for Dhaka-Barisal-Dhaka route Course No. NAME 338 Course Title: Ship Design Project & Presentation Project Supervisor Dr. Nayeb Md. Golam Zakaria Associate Professor Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering‚ BUET‚ Dhaka Prepared by – Mesbah Uddin Student No. 0812003 Ripon Kumer Sarker Student No. 0812006 A. K. M. Elias Student No. 0812015 Department of Naval Architecture
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railways with the total operating mileage of 11‚152 km as of the end of 2013. In 2014-2015‚ China will fulfill the construction of 12 new high-speed railways with the operating mileage of 8‚887 km. The booming high-speed railways will boost the railway passenger transportation capacity and offer market opportunities for AFC system. Chinese AFC system vendors include: GRG Banking Equipment‚ Potevio‚ Shanghai Huahong Jitong Smart System‚ Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology‚ China National Software
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available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1754-2731.htm TQM 25‚5 The influence of airline service quality on passenger satisfaction and loyalty 520 The case of Uganda airline industry Juliet Namukasa Makerere University Business School‚ Kampala‚ Uganda Abstract Purpose – The general objective of this study was to examine the influence of airline service quality on passenger satisfaction and loyalty. To achieve this‚ the research was guided by four specific objectives to which data collection
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The reason why TOC is important is because very tragic stuff could happen. For example The Lorax and in real life the story of the Passenger Pigeons. Both groups of people realized what was happening after it was too late. Both were caused because of greed. The difference is one species did survive and the other one didn’t.In both The Lorax and the history of the passenger pigeons both groups of humans realized the problem when it was too late for them in‚ The Lorax the Once-ler didn’t realize the
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Oahu Rail System Oahu‚ also known as the ‘gathering place’‚ has a considerable number of people. In addition‚ it is one of the most developed islands in the United States. Its state capital (The Honolulu City) is found on the southern parts of the state. This paper contains a personal view supporting the building of the Oahu Rail System. It also includes the financial aspects of building the prospected rail system‚ development of other related businesses in the area‚ traffic issues‚ and
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Tmnspn. Rcs:A Vol. 18A. No. 516. pi. 439153. Printed m ths U.S.A. 1984 0191-2607’81 s3.@3+m Pcr&mon Rss L:d. BUS FREQUENCY DETERMINATION PASSENGER COUNT DATA Department USING of Civil Engineering‚ Transportation Research Institute‚ Tcchnion-Israel Technology‚ Haifa‚ Israel (Received 21 February 1983; in revised form 5 December 1983) Institute of Abstract-The importance of ridership information has led transit properties to increase the amount of manually collected data or alternatively
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Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Transportation (BT)‚ headquartered in St. Bruno‚ Quebec BT = one of 3 major operating groups of Bombardier Inc. (BBD)‚ headquartered in Montreal‚ Canada. BBD = one of the world’s largest manufacturers of passenger rail cars BBD recently completed acquisition of Adtranz from DaimlerChrysler‚ headquartered in Berlin‚ Germany Acquisition would expand BT’s revenues & geographic scope; increase BT’s competencies in propulsion systems & train controls; complete
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