Old is not always gold With an impressive past‚ troublesome present and a fearful future: Egyptian Railway is so much similar to Egypt nowadays‚ writes Ahmed Morsy “I dream of a time when a train safely runs and reaches its destination on time‚” said Islam Shokri‚ a 29-year-old employee living in Nasr City district of Cairo and working in Aswan. Shokri‚ whose work necessitates travelling about 900 kilometres by train every week‚ said that the trip from Cairo to Aswan sometimes takes fifteen hours
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Safety is accorded the highest priority by Indian Railways and all possible steps are undertaken on a continuing basis to prevent accidents and to enhance safety. Strategy of the Indian Railways for accident prevention include progressively achieving reduction in accidents attributable to human failure by way of introduction of modern technologies and devices and mechanization of maintenance. Safety measures taken by the Railways include timely replacement of over-aged assets‚ adoption of suitable
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KONKAN RAILWAY Points to discuss • • • • • About Konkan Railway Facts about the Project Challenges Faced RO-RO Material Management Functions • Problem in sourcing of materials Konkan Railway • The Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India between Mumbai and Mangalore. • It was constructed and is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation. • It runs from Roha in Maharashtra till Thokur in Karnataka for a total distance of 741 km (460
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evolution of MIS in Indian Railways over last two decades INTRODUCTION: Indian Railways is one of the world’s largest railway networks with a history of 150 years. Governed by Ministry of Railways‚ it traverses across the entire length and breadth of the nation. Railways were first introduced in India in 1853.Since then‚ the Indian Railways has evolved a lot and has made some major changes in terms of technology and the information system it uses. IT was introduced in Indian railways in 1960 in the form
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Scheme for Railway Staff taking voluntary retirement Indian Railways is all set to start new scheme for its employees who take voluntary retirement from service. Under the safety related retirement scheme‚ railways will provide employment to one of the family member of the retiring employee. This scheme can be availed by an employee‚ aged between 50-57 and employed under the safety category‚ who have completed the minimum tenure of 20 year service. General Secretary of All India Railway Federation
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TECHNOLOGY AND THE INDIAN RAILWAYS 4 LEVELS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 6 NEED OF CRIS 7 1. Freight Operations Information Systems (FOIS) 8 2. Passenger Reservation System (PRS) 11 3. National Train Enquiry Service (NTES) 13 4. Booking Of Tickets On The Internet 14 5. Integrated Coaching Management System (ICMS) 15 6. Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) 17 7. Office Automation & E-Working Group (OEAW) 19 Challenges faced by Railways 22 FUTURE TRENDS IN IT IN INDIAN RAILWAYS 24 References 24
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a wild ride ahead The energy and resources industry can expect a wild ride in coming years as the standard-setters turn their attention to this sector. Story Debbie Smith CA The energy and resources sector‚ despite its status as a globally important industry‚ has received little specific attention over the years from the standard-setters. Recent proposals from the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)‚ its interpretations committee (IFRIC)‚ and even the Australian Government
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Indian Railways | Prepared By | | Mahesh G | | | Contents Scope: 2 Indian Railways - Background: 2 Market Structure: 6 Conclusion: 9 Bibliography: 10 Scope: This brief study aims at analyzing the market structure of Indian Railways. It starts with the history of railways and explores the various characteristics of railways. It also provides a brief comparison of Indian railways vis-à-vis World Railway system. Indian Railways - Background: Indian railways come
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The Railway that Benefitted All The Canadian Pacific Railway and its benefits to farmers‚ financiers‚ and consumers. Eric Best November 13th‚ 2012 Mr. Moore CHC2Da The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) is commonly argued to be the most important transportation route in Canadian history‚ but most do not know the substantial benefits it provided. More specifically‚ it provided benefits to farmers‚ financiers‚ and consumers. The financiers of the railway were the group of people that the railway benefitted
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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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