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    Bangladesh Railways

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    “Bangladesh Railways: Problems & Prospects and Its Importance to the Development in Tourism Industry” Submitted to : Mr. Saud Ahmed Lecturer Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka Submitted By : The WhizzKidz Name Roll

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    Chapter 6 Railroads Quiz

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    1. What do the majority of rail movements involve? Low value‚ heavy commodities 2. The basic unit of measurement for railroad freight handling is known as the: Carload 3. Which type of railroad car has the greatest numbers in service? Covered hopper 4. Who are the owners the greatest percentage of rolling stock in use? Class I railroads 5. What is the standard track gauge in the U.S? 4’ 8.5" 6. Which of the following helped lead to the erosion of rail dominance in U.S. transportation? Government

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    My Personal Use

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    impaired from station entrances to trains. It has a combination of elevated‚ at-grade‚ and underground lines‚ and uses both broad gauge and standard gauge rolling stock. Four types of rolling stock are used: Mitsubishi-ROTEM Broad gauge‚Bombardier MOVIA‚ Mitsubishi-ROTEM Standard gauge‚ and CAF Beasain Standard gauge. Delhi Metro is being built and operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC)‚ a state-owned company with equal equity participation from Government of India and Government of

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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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    Indian Railways

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    Introduction: Indian Railways is the nationalized railway company of India which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is the world’s second largest employer behind Chinese army; has one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world‚ an extensive network‚ which is spread over 60000 Route Kilometre‚ of which approximately 30 per cent is electrified. The Indian Railways have played an integrating role in the social and economic development of the country ‚ transporting

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    Essay on Railways

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    there are several carriages. The engine and the carriage together are called a train. The train runs over a pair of steel rails. The rails are parallel to each other. They are placed on thick planks of wood. The planks ar called ’sleepers’. There are three classes of railway lines. The widest is called the Broad Gauge‚ the second is the Metre Gauge and the third‚ the Narrow Gauge. As the engine draws the carriages‚ it is the most important thing. It is called the steam engine‚ because it is worked

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    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 than road and four times more economical. The social costs in terms of environment damage or degradation are significantly lower in rail. Rail construction costs are approximately six times

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    Vocabulary Lesson 1 1. gauge- width of a train track 2. network- system of connected railroad lines 3. consolidate- combine 4. rebate- discount 5. pool- system in which several railroad companies agreed to divide up the buisness in an area Lesson 2 1. Bessemer process- method developed in the 1850s to produce strongersteel at a lower cost. 2. vertical integration- practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products. 3

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    Ktm (Malaysian Railways)

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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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    Education

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    Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching‚ training‚ or research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of others‚ but may also be autodidactic.[1] Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks‚ feels‚ or acts may be considered educational. There are three forms of learning. formal education‚ informal education and non-formal

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