Pakistan Railways‚ lifeline of the country‚ is a national state-run transport service. It is under the administration of federal government and its head quarter is in Lahore. It is an important source of transportation throughout Pakistan. It carries millions of passengers throughout the country. It used to carry huge freight in Pakistan. This cheap and safe mode for passengers is now facing a number of issues. A number of services of Pakistan Railways have been cancelled‚ suspended or terminated
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PANTO ENTANGLEMENT Electric locomotive gets power from overhead contact wire through pantograph. For smooth operation of locomotive‚ the movement of pantograph should be unobstructed on the contact wire. When any broken part of pantograph comes in between overhead wires or vice versa‚ panto entanglement takes place. The OHE is meant for supply of power where as the pantograph is for collecting power for the locomotive. The parameters of
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Assignment Business Communication Should Indian Railways be Privatized? Introduction As regular travellers‚ we all have invariably come across situations when we would have very strongly feel “why should railways not be privatized?” or “Why can’t they just manage thing here?”. Whenever we stand on a railway platform and see the state of affairs‚ the feeling grows stronger. But‚ the loyal citizen inside us will never truly like to see Indian railways going in to in the hands of a private company
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case of railway development in Indonesia Kartiko Putranto ∗‚ Don Stewart‚ Graham Moore International Technologies Centre (IDTC)‚ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Parkville‚ Victoria 3010‚ Australia Abstract Technology capabilities include various abilities from project planning to learning. In developing countries‚ technology transfer is often carried out in order to enhance the local technology capabilities. Through a case study of railway technology
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palgrave-journals.com/jit/ Teaching Case Competing technology options and stakeholder interests for tracking freight railcars in Indian Railways Shirish C Srivastava1‚ Sharat S Mathur 2‚ Thompson SH Teo3 1 Operations Management and Information Technology Department‚ HEC School of Management‚ Paris‚ France; Centre for Railway Information Systems‚ Indian Railways‚ New Delhi‚ India; 3 School of Business‚ National University of Singapore‚ Singapore 2 O PY Correspondence: SC Srivastava
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INDEX 1. Acknowledgement 2. Introduction 3. Layout of Railway Workshop 4. Salient Features of Jodhpur Railway Workshop 5. B.T.C. 6. Shop Organization 7. Machine Shop 8. Mill Wright Shop 9. Black Smith & Heat Treatment Shop 10. Roller Bearing 11. Corrosion Shop 12. Brake Gearing Shop 13. Lifting Shop 14. Project ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To
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SAFETY PROBLEMS OF RAILWAY PASSANGERS IN EXPRESS RAILWAYS Although Indian Railways have progressed a lot‚ both quantitatively and qualitatively‚ during the last few years‚ this system is still plagued by a number of problems which require immediate attention. 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
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A railway journey is always an interesting experience. I have travelled by train many times. But this time’s Railway journey was the most memorable one. Last Sunday‚ I went to Lucknow by train with my friends. We hired a scooter and reached the New Delhi Railway Station. There was a long queue before the ticket windows. The people were waiting for their turn to buy the tickets. My friend brought the tickets. Then we went inside. After fifteen minutes the train came from the yard. Some people were
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Railways in Colonial India: An Economic Achievement? Dan Bogart* Latika Chaudhary† May 2012 1 Introduction Railways were the most important infrastructure development in India from 1850 to 1947. They were inter-connected with all aspects of Indian society. In terms of the economy‚ railways played a major role in integrating markets and increasing trade. Domestic and international economic trends shaped the pace of railway construction and the demand
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Pacific Railway • History and Overview of Canadian National Railway 2. GAAP methods validation 3. Financial Analysis • Canadian Pacific Railway • Canadian National Railway 4. Comparison of Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway through Ratio Analysis • Gross margin • Net income margin‚ • Return on assets • Return on equity • P/E Ratio 5. Recommendation 6. Appendices • Income statements • Balance sheet • Cash flow Statement 1. Introduction A. Railway Industry
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