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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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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Monopoly of Indian Railways : IIM Case Study By: Yogin Vora on May 13‚ 2009 22 Comments Business internet connection Internet Marketing Business Cards In economics‚ a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium – Greek language monos‚ one + polein‚ to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable
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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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Systems in Indian Railways Information Systems in Indian Railways INTRODUCTION Indian Railways is a Department of the Government of India‚ under the Ministry of Railways‚ and is tasked with operating the rail network in India. The Ministry is headed by a cabinet rank Railways Minister‚ while the Department is managed by the Railway Board. Indian Railways is not a private corporate body; however‚ as of recently‚ IR has adopted a corporate management style. Indian Railways has a total state
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WHAT IS THIN STATION Thinstation is opensource thin client operating system that allows you to connect to servers via network with the use use of some programs Thinstation is mainly use for office‚ company or department use and it is based on Linux.Thinstation also supports a MS Windows-only environment and requires no unix or linux understanding. INSTALLING A THIN STATION 1)First download Thinstation from thinstation.sourceforge.net as shown in Figure 1 2)Unpack Thinstation 3)Copy all
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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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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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limited in its scope as it looks at the problems faced by Pakistan Railways and there solutions not at the organization as a whole. The research is mainly made by collecting data from Peshawar & Nowshera railway stations and conclusions are drawn on the basis of that data. To undertake the task we went through the existing literature on Pakistan Railways and reviewed the current state of affairs through available data. Pakistan Railways have been running losses since mid-seventies. This persistent
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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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