This summer I got to go to to Wisconsin Dells‚ and got to stay there for a week. Early in the morning we all woke up at 4:00 am and we brushed our teeth‚ got everything packed up in the car and we left. I took 4 hours to get there‚ we arrived at the dells at 10 am. We stayed at Mt. Olympus and they had their own private water park‚ indoor water park‚ a public water park‚ and an amusement park. They had huge water slides‚ they had this huge pick one‚ you would go sliding down so fast and then there
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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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1998 Japanese railway workers check an overpass‚ keeping it safe for the "bullet train" below. (Kyodo) Leaving over 100 people dead‚ the June 3‚ 1998‚ derailing of a German Intercity Express (ICE) high-speed passenger train gave quite a shock to railway authorities in Japan. Particularly shaken were Japan Railway (JR) companies‚ which operate their Shinkansen super-express trains (often called "bullet trains") at speeds of 200 to 300 kilometers (125 to 185 miles) per hour‚ on schedules timed
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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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