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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tickets were purchased. Then we went to the platform and found that the train was above half-an-hour late. We had to wait for the train on the platform. This long wait was very tiresome. I passed the time in looking at the scene around me‚ I observed the scene on the platform with great interest. There was great noise and bustle. People were present there in large number‚ all waiting anxiously‚ like us‚ for the arrival of the train. Many people were going hither and thither in a hurry. Others were standing
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The Problems of Using Public Transport The public transportation system in Malaysia is well-developed. Train‚ bus‚ light rail transit are public transport that used by a lots of people. Public transport brings advantages to the public. It provides accessible transport for the people who need it. Besides‚ it helps in reducing the air pollution too. Although public transport us benefits but there is some problem in public transportation. The main problems are unpunctuality of the public transport
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BUILD AND RUN MAGLEV TRAIN IN AUSTRELIA Aims and Objectives: The main objective of my research is to know what exactly the barrier in developing a MAGLEV train system in Australia? What are the innovative ideas by the rail industries in the world? Also very important to know why is the need for such innovation in the country like Australia? Rationale: According to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Australia is the sixth largest country in the world having land area of 7‚686‚850 km2. Australia
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It was the cold seemingly endless winter of 1947 in Paris ‚ Latin Quarter. . Sheets of snow put the rest of the district in almost complete obscurity; all but steeples and tall spires were invisible‚ on such a bleak day as this. The railway station was a vast cavity made to look smaller by the hoards of hagglers‚ travellers‚ tourists‚ natives and locals. Beggar boys being whisked from sight and hidden by wardens with preying eyes and superstition written all over them.The wonderful smell of the patisserie
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Soul Train and its Cultural Impacts Via ‘Making’ The television program Soul Train was undoubtedly a watershed moment in entertainment media (specifically televised ‘bandstand’ formats). What started as an attempt to re-brand‚ or re-cast‚ blacks in mainstream American media quickly became a cultural‚ social‚ and economic phenomenon of its own. Although the show is seminole for a whole host of reasons in terms of achievement for black entrepreneurs‚ musicians‚ and the like‚ what I find more compelling
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Mercy for Orphans Prophet Muhammad (saw) was kind to all people and asked his followers to be the same. He was especially kind to orphans and asked his companions to be kind to them. Thauban (ra) reported Allah’s Messenger (saw) as saying‚ "Only supplication averts the decree (of fate)‚ only kindness prolongs life‚ and a man is deprived of provision for a fault he has committed." Ibn Umar (ra) reported Allah’s Messenger (saw) as saying‚ "A Muslim is a Muslim’s brother; he does not wrong him. If
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(fist day of life until the age of 18). That means whatever happens in these 18 years either good or bad‚ it will shape your future. When the parents of an orphan pass away‚ either before or after their child fully under stands life‚ the orphans will always wonder what their life would be like if their parents are alive‚ a lot of orphans will fell something is missing throughout their life. There are parents who fully abandon there children either because they couldn’t afford to raise a child
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