Comparing Trains and Planes as Means of Transportation From the dawn of time‚ man has followed his urge to travel; sometimes neglecting the enjoyment of the journey in pursuit of the destination. Although two of the favorable means of passenger transportation - the plane and the train - accomplish the task of arriving at a destination‚ there are distinct differences in their capacity for comfort‚ time‚ scenic value‚ and safety. To entice the weary traveler‚ accustomed and outraged by the rough
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friendly‚ fast and safe‚ which was the start of the outbreak of maglev trains; trains that are levitated from the ground with the use of electromagnetism. This whole idea was mostly based on electromagnetic induction and creation of a current. Such trains are safe when even going to a speed of 400 miles per hour‚ leaving our transportation issues solved. Figure 1 (Shanghai Maglev Train) Figure 1 (Shanghai Maglev Train) Maglev trains are transportation methods that are levitated from the ground and
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Traveling by Bus or Train First of all‚ let us see the similarities. The compatibilities for the bus and train are distinguished by their services‚ in general nearly all people know them by public transportation‚ and both are community transportation. Having said that‚ they both have different directions in route the course meant for the bus is called route‚ while the path for the train is called transit. The next similarity is money. When we are traveling by bus or train‚ the amount of money depends
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History of Virgin Virgin Trains was born on 29th of November 1996 when it was awarded the Cross Country franchise following the privatisation of British Rail‚ the franchise will last until April 2012. Along with the Cross Country line‚ Virgin also won the West Coast franchise and took control on the 9th of March 1997‚ this franchise will end in March 2012. The West Coast line was the last but one of the franchises to be handed over to the private sector‚ all of which had been completed in less
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MAGLEV TRAINS TRAINS THAT FLY ON AIR 5/16/2011 IEC-CET UTTAM JALAN SEMINAR REPORT on “MAGLEV TRAINS:TRAINS THAT FLY ON AIR ” Submitted for partial fulfillment of award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology In Electrical Engineering Submitted By UTTAM JALAN
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Summary This report is designed to identify which facilities at the South West Trains’ stations need improvement and how they can be made better for their customers. The report indicates that the quality of most facilities goes down during the Peakˡ time. With facilities/services‚ overall environment and car parking facility being affected the most bringing down the customer experience by 13%‚ 10% and 12% respectively in comparison to 2011. Training of the staff and constant monitoring of the
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Levitating Trains The Maglev trains “A train is a connected series of rail vehicles propelled along a track to transport cargo or passengers.” -Wikipedia Trains now days are most commonly used for the transport of passengers across long distances‚ they are fast enough to reach a constant speed between 65 km/h to around 120km/h‚ although the record speed of a conventional train is of 575 km/h‚ held by the French TGV. It needed some modifications (shorter and higher voltage) and had passengers
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only train plying from X to Y‚ I had no other choice. The line is a narrow gauge. It passed through farming country and it mainly carried farm produce‚ although passengers were often using it too. At every station on the way to be loaded and unloaded involving much shunting which took a lot of time. It took nearly four hours for a distance of 60 km. I traveled once by that train. At first I could not believe that a train (in this age) could go so slowly. I had to put up with it. The train moved
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Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference J. A . Joines‚ R. R. Barton‚ K. Kang‚ and P. A. Fishwick‚ eds. TRAIN STATION PASSENGER FLOW STUDY Janice P. Li Booz-Allen & Hamilton Three Gateway Center‚ Suite 1625 Newark‚ NJ 07102‚ U.S.A. ABSTRACT With the increasing demand for public transportation due to congested highways‚ trains have become one of the most viable alternatives‚ especially for daily commuting. While transit agencies are excited with the increasing ridership‚ they are
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Intro to American Cinema The Great Train Robbery The main characters in the film The Great Train Robbery(1999) were slick‚ good-looking criminals. They were very good at what they did and were well-known in the underworld. The main characters involved were Bryan Field‚ Fred Forman‚ Gordon Goody‚ Master Edwards‚ Charlie Wilson‚ Roy Jones‚ Bruce Reynolds‚ and Ronnie Biggs. This included Bruce Reynolds being chief planner‚ who worked among the trains‚ while the mastermind of the plan was Bryan field
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