Indian Railways Thread

MurthyB · Post by **MurthyB** » 08 Aug 2014 01:18

RoyG wrote:As far as public sanitation is concerned nothing beats a "western toilet" (we technically invented it). Squatting is technically better for your health but this should be for home use. Toilet seats actually have less bacteria than a keyboard or office table. This will take a lot of education, especially in the rural areas.

Even in urban areas. The gulf between desi mentality, and say, others, consider that the Japanese have invented the in-toilet bidet that now obviates the need for even toilet paper; you spray and clean without getting off, and everything (seat etc) still remains dry. But we injuns invented a western-style toilet that you can squat on; has hips that flare out with ridges and everything

. My urban uncle installed two in his house. So you climb on top and squat on it. For those who prefer to sit, that is also possible.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Aug 2014 16:09

IBNLIVE

New Delhi: Those thinking of travelling in trains can soon enjoy a plate of chicken chettinad, dhokla or chila in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto. The Indian Railways is planning to introduce a new catering policy for the Rajadhani, Shatabdi and Duranto and the menu will be split region wise into Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern.
Pre-packed ready to eat meals will be introduced while welcome drinks will also be served. Sale of tea, coffee, soft drinks, tetra packs and other snacks will no longer be permitted. A circular has been issued to that effect and the cleanliness in the pantry cars will be a priority again.
The Indian Railways will also soon begin trials of better quality food on certain trains. Food chain Haldirams will supply food in the Karnataka Express and Paschim Express, which will be vegetarian. For the Bangalore-Ahmedabad Express, ITC will supply both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food.
Based on passenger feedback, this will be implemented in other trains as well. Godrej, Vadilal and Tysen Food are also interested in catering for the Railways. The government is considering allowing them to cater other trains after 15 days.
The move comes days after the Railways fined nine caterers, including the IRCTC, for serving poor quality food. A cockroach was found in the food served in the Kolkata Rajdhani.
Besides Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), RK Associates, Sunshine Caterers, Satyam Caterers, Brandavan Food Products were among those fined. Besides Kolkata Rajdhani, other trains covered during the special drive include Paschim Express, Pushpak Express, Motihari Express, Shiv Ganga Express, Golden Temple Mail, Netravati Express, Punjab Mail, Howrah-Amritsar Mail and Chandigarh Shatabdi.
While in some trains food was found to be kept in unhygienic conditions, in others it was either found to be stale or substandard, the official said, adding, fines ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh have been imposed.
Plagued by a number of complaints regarding the quality of food, Railways have made a concerted attempt to improve quality of food being served in trains. Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda had announced in the Rail Budget to make course correction in catering service to address the problem.

jamwal · Post by **jamwal** » 08 Aug 2014 22:49

Pliss to stop discussing shitting techniques here.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 09 Aug 2014 05:11

just had an idea-- dunno what the drawbacks are-

looks simple to my mind.

trains have large bodies and are travelling all the timee, always in sunlight. why not use the roof of the bogies with solaar panels and store elelctricty for its needs instaed of oil etc.

simlaarly long distnace trucks buses and even cars eventually-- roofs with solar panels incorporated to be used for storing eelctricty in batteries etc.

I don know if it is feasible or not.

Huge savings with free sunlight which India is blessed with.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 09 Aug 2014 10:30

krisna wrote:trains have large bodies and are travelling all the timee, always in sunlight. why not use the roof of the bogies with solaar panels and store elelctricty for its needs instaed of oil etc.

Trains do run in the night as well sir

. If your idea is that the solar panels above the coaches would generate power to light up that coach; the railways already do it a little differently. Dyanmos are connected with the coach's wheels which in turn generates power and it is stored in batteries under the coach. This battery power is used for lighting up the coach (and even operate A/Cs). Only in fully air-conditioned trains we may see a generator car attached as the last coach.

rahulm · Post by **rahulm** » 09 Aug 2014 12:41

Comesum is owned by RK Associates who grew from being pretty much a nobody to a giant during the period of and due to Lalu. The business of patronage rules the business roost. Doesn't matter what you do or how, only matters who you know and how much % of pie. This is hearsay and unsubstantiated - chaiwalla stuff.

Mughalserai (MGS) Comesum is notorious for hygiene standards. I fell sick after consuming their Dosa. Avoided it ever since and found "samadhan and sukh" in the fruit stall close by.

MGS Comesum also been in the news a few times due to food poisoning. A few died.

Yatri Niwas Comesum is convenient when staying at the hotel. It's always a toss up for me between playing Russian Roulette with my stomach by trading convenience for the severe pain of the sensory and particularly olfactory assault of urine smells, urine puddles, puddles with unidentifiable objects , paan spit blotches, phlegm, banana peels and all other matter of filth while walking from Yatri Niwas to the Metro Gate to find a better food alternative.

Welcome to NDLS, the main station of the country's capital. For s start, the goods area adjacent to Yatri Niwas has to be cleaned up and moved elsewhere. CBE, HWH and BZA have better station standards.

When 12029 NDLS ASR Shatabdi has been delayed I have seen the "Veg/Non Veg" food lying on TP (Toilet Platform) 1 decaying for hours in the Delhi heat with the smells of the end product of others digestion deposited on TP merrily infusing with the food parcels (same principle like smoked Salmon ruddy old chap except here its not smoke doing the infusing.) Why waste a useful odour when it can be recycled?

That is a good is evident when hours later, satiated passengers lick their fingers after consuming the chicken sandwich or samosa and complement the TT and attendant for the excellent fare.

Train desptach and catering need to be linked. Currently, I doubt catering has any idea if the trains are delayed.

IR North zone has to really get its catering act together.In addition to hygiene give us some vegetables instead of paneer in everything and everywhere. Cuisine has become paneerised.

And how about wheat rotis instead of maida rotis which compete with beef jerky and Chaina Ram Halwa for stretchability and chewiness.

The rice quality is worse than Military issue ration and that says something.

While janta is enjoying bhajans and munni item numbers seated on somebody else's seat number; badnam attendant is using the sauchalaya corridor as a staging area to store the food to be distributed.

People emerging from the sauchalaya wash their hands in the basin and as is wont, shake their hands vigorously dry everywhere expect in the basin, sending droplets flying around here, there and onto the food packets.

I have memories of my childhood school holiday runs from Pune to NGP in a WP hauled Maharashtra Express. Attendants brought food in steel thalis that was eaten with coal dust in your hair and on your face. I think the food was better then.Never got sick.

govardhanks · Post by **govardhanks** » 12 Aug 2014 12:21

Seems to me the Renewable energy Metro station will serve as an example for all railway stations in India.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Del ... 306693.ece

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 12 Aug 2014 14:55

Sachin wrote:
krisna wrote:trains have large bodies and are travelling all the timee, always in sunlight. why not use the roof of the bogies with solaar panels and store elelctricty for its needs instaed of oil etc.
Trains do run in the night as well sir . If your idea is that the solar panels above the coaches would generate power to light up that coach; the railways already do it a little differently. Dyanmos are connected with the coach's wheels which in turn generates power and it is stored in batteries under the coach. This battery power is used for lighting up the coach (and even operate A/Cs). Only in fully air-conditioned trains we may see a generator car attached as the last coach.

For electric trains, power produced on rooftops can be used for traction motor, so at least there will be 5-8% savings when sun is bright. But solar panels should be body blended, not flat (to reduce drag) like this

Even GoI should make it mandatory such solar panles to be used in cars, I think savings would be in 5-8% range. If rich want to maintain their cars to appear aesthetic just impose additional 15% excise duty for non-solar cars.
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Added later, even better would be solar roof tops on whole tracks, like this. Advantageous being, shade for trains, enough tracts/space to power up whole railway grid. Since it may provide a little bit shade, even if make all coaches as AC, power bill would be not that high.

Hitesh · Post by **Hitesh** » 12 Aug 2014 19:40

The problem with the solar panels is that it can be manpower extensive because you have to constantly keep it clean and free from dusts and debris and not only that but replace solar panels that may break from time to time. In that photo up there, you can see that maintaining that many solar panels would involve a lot of manpower if you are planning to cover entire stretches of tracks with solar panels. I am guessing that based on the photo you would be cleaning and maintaining 100 solar panels for every ten meters of track. Covering a 5 km stretch means you are talking about at least 50,000 solar panels. That's a lot.

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 13 Aug 2014 08:37

Hiteshji, the solar panels on roof tops and dedicated solar panels may or may not get regular air to cleanse the solar panels, but panels above railway track get air whip by every passing train, so any accumulated dust may get blown away. If you use nano coating like this, situation may improve even better. All we need is some dedicated R&D and if got a sympathetic govt, then we can iron out many issues. JMT.

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 13 Aug 2014 19:51

Hitesh wrote:The problem with the solar panels is that it can be manpower extensive because you have to constantly keep it clean and free from dusts and debris and not only that but replace solar panels that may break from time to time.

Hitesh,

This argument has lost its power in recent times. My personal experience is that it is not an issue at all.

All modern solar facilities are over-powered. Meaning a 1 MW inverter is matched with 1.5 MW of solar panels, just because it is so cheap. Any degradation is easily incorporated into the buffer, including dust, heat, failures, life degradation, etc. Any over production, is simply clipped by the inverter. Even damaged panels can be safely ignored for the life of the facility, in a DC string facility, maybe disconnect the string or just disconnect the panel. For micro-inverters don’t even bother doing that. Only reason to change them would be because they are unsightly. This is for life of the facility.

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 15 Aug 2014 08:30

Meanwhile, while no one was minding the store the DFCCIL project is now a Rs 80,000 crore project. Cost tripled overnight!One smells a scam in there somewhere....

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/XCU8pI ... ed-to.html

The investment needed for the dedicated freight corridor has nearly tripled from the initial estimate of Rs27,000 crore to Rs80,000 crore since inception for various reasons, Railway Board chairman Arunendra Kumar said on Friday.

Rishirishi · Post by **Rishirishi** » 17 Aug 2014 20:33

Hitesh wrote:The problem with the solar panels is that it can be manpower extensive because you have to constantly keep it clean and free from dusts and debris and not only that but replace solar panels that may break from time to time. In that photo up there, you can see that maintaining that many solar panels would involve a lot of manpower if you are planning to cover entire stretches of tracks with solar panels. I am guessing that based on the photo you would be cleaning and maintaining 100 solar panels for every ten meters of track. Covering a 5 km stretch means you are talking about at least 50,000 solar panels. That's a lot.

I think it should be possible to build a robotic panel cleaning machine.

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » 23 Aug 2014 16:18

Singha wrote: The Indian Railways will also soon begin trials of better quality food on certain trains. Food chain Haldirams will supply food in the Karnataka Express and Paschim Express, which will be vegetarian. For the Bangalore-Ahmedabad Express, ITC will supply both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food.
Based on passenger feedback, this will be implemented in other trains as well. Godrej, Vadilal and Tysen Food are also interested in catering for the Railways. The government is considering allowing them to cater other trains after 15 days.

There are other companies that do have outlets in busy junctions and terminals, for example AAB (Anand Bhavan) operates in some railway stations in Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Tiruchirapalli and CBE), one finds the same in some stations in Karnataka (Hubli, Belgaum).

One area sorely in need of improvement is provision of amenities across all the platforms in a particular station. One usually finds that a station having 4-6 platforms, all the amenities/facilities (eateries, dormitories, toilets, entrances) are concentrated in one platform while the others are deserted. It is quite possible to build length-wise 'army barrack' type of accommodation facilities in railway platforms other than the main platform and give it out on rent for people on short stay visits (upto 10 days). Every platform can have its own dedicated housekeeping crew as well.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 23 Aug 2014 19:31

rahulm wrote:Comesum is owned by RK Associates who grew from being pretty much a nobody to a giant during the period of and due to Lalu. The business of patronage rules the business roost. Doesn't matter what you do or how, only matters who you know and how much % of pie. This is hearsay and unsubstantiated - chaiwalla stuff.

The rice quality is worse than Military issue ration and that says something.

Nothing wrong with Military issue ration, been there and done that.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 27 Aug 2014 16:34

it only takes big efforts and not big money to have clean railways. what is the status on that? existing system needs revamped process, in cleaning and dumping facilities, better restroom coaches and railway bathrooms, stricter controls and railway police setup.

cost wise, ZERO.. all we need is existing employees to do their jobs correct, and people $h!t and pee for cleanliness. cost: zilch.
replacing coaches - minimal cost compared to say bullet trains.

swacchkansen before shinkansen!
swacchalya before devalaya!

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 01 Sep 2014 08:14

The railways refused to lease engines to the pakis despite a lot of pressure

ENGINES OF ‘MADE IN INDIA’ GROWTH PLAN

ENGINES OF ‘MADE IN INDIA’ GROWTH PLAN
Monday, 01 September 2014 | RC ACHARYA |

Indian Railways is poised to give that big push to indigenous design and manufacture which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been so passionately speaking about. All that it needs is encouragement and the right incentives, writes RC ACHARYA

In his first ever Independence Day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to businessmen to “Come, Make in India”, can prove to be a game-changer in providing jobs to millions of Indian youth. Mr Modi also wants the country to actively pursue avenues for export. Indian Railways can make a significant contribution here with the Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, leading the way !

Equipped with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and sophisticated design and proto-type testing capabilities, DLW has already been in the export business for the last four decades, chalking up quite a few success stories against stiff global competition. Located in the Prime Minister’s constituency, it has a unique opportunity to be the railway’s flag-bearer in making a major impact in India’s export drive and place Varanasi firmly on the world’s rail technology map.

Starting with a modest order for 15 of 1350 hp YDM4 type Meter Gauge locomotives for Tanzania, executed through RITES (Rail India Techno-Economic Services), an in-house consultancy arm, in 1975, it has supplied 137 locomotives to no less than 11 Afro-Asian countries — the last order of 26 (3100 hp Broad gauge locomotives) being to Bangladesh in 2012-14.

As far back as 1950, Indian Railways had got down to the business of ‘making in India’ by setting up its first ever major facility to manufacture steam locomotives at Mihijam in West Bengal. It was Jawaharlal Nehru’s and Chief Minister BC Roy’s brainchild. The latter made available vast tracts of non-arable land for the project, providing jobs to thousands of refugees who had streamed across the border during the Partition.

It set in motion a long-term plan for setting up half a dozen more such units to meet the railways’ need for hardware, in the process providing an opportunity to India’s giants in the public sector, such as Bhel, Sail, as well as private sector big guns such as Kirloskars, Tata Timken, NEI, ABB, Siemens, Mukand etc. to enter in a long-term partnership with the railways to sustain its growth while saving the nation billons of dollars in foreign exchange and keeping imports at a minimal level.

This first collaborative venture in 1950 with North British Locomotive of the UK was soon followed in 1955 by one with Swiss Car & Elevator Manufacturing Co., to manufacture Railway Coaches at the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in 1961, with the American Locomotive Company of the US, to manufacture diesel locomotives at DLW in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. A second plant, the Rail Coach Factory, came up at Kapurthala in 1984, to manufacture high-speed coaches in collaboration with Linke Hoffman Busch of West Germany.

In order to meet the growing need for wheels and axles, a Wheel Axle Factory was set up at Yellahanka, Bangalore, in collaboration with Amsted Industries of the US in 1984, while the Diesel Maintenance Works, built in 1982 at Patiala, Punjab, manufactures spares for the growing fleet of diesel locomotives. A similar plant for electric locos has recently been commissioned at Dankuni, in West Bengal. The Rail Spring Karkhana, set up in 1986 at Sithouli near Gwalior with West German aid (KFW), to manufacture coil springs for the wagon and passenger coach bogies, completes the list of eight production units.

These excellent manufacturing facilities have also attracted developing nations to source their needs for rolling stock and locomotives from India. The first such consignment of 47 bogies from the ICF left for Thailand in 1967; since then, in all, 361 bogies and 447 coaches have been exported to 13 Afro-Asian countries. The last order for Sri Lanka was for a whopping Rs 120 crore for the supply of 20 rakes of six Broad Gauge coach Diesel Multiple Unitsfor the commuter traffic around Colombo.

With a fully computerised Design & Development Cell equipped with state-of-the-art computer designing facilities and testing equipment, both for coach components and raw material, strain gauge testing and squeeze test procedures for prototypes before the commencement of series production, and an ISO 9001 certification for its quality systems from M/s TUV, Germany to boot, the ICF is also poised to enter the export market in a big way.

(The author is former member, Railway Board)

Zynda · Post by **Zynda** » 02 Sep 2014 20:28

Apparently funding for BLR Metro Phase-2 is unlikely to come from Japan.

Japan unlikely to extend loan to Bangalore Metro Phase-2

Let BMRCL complete Phase 1 before talking up Phase 2. Lots of work yet to be completed in Phase 1 itself. Phase-2 lines run through some of the most crowded roads of BLR.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 08 Sep 2014 09:52

the much needed railway track cleaning machine

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 09 Sep 2014 09:27

^^^

I don't see good performance on the track side duct. May need a dedicated turbo fan.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 09 Sep 2014 12:13

will need some improvements, maybe we should give some feedbacks

vipins · Post by **vipins** » 09 Sep 2014 19:01

Heres the video, "Railway starts cleanliness with advanced technology at Varanasi station"

Link

member_28714 · Post by **member_28714** » 09 Sep 2014 19:16

Zynda wrote:Apparently funding for BLR Metro Phase-2 is unlikely to come from Japan.

Japan unlikely to extend loan to Bangalore Metro Phase-2

Let BMRCL complete Phase 1 before talking up Phase 2. Lots of work yet to be completed in Phase 1 itself. Phase-2 lines run through some of the most crowded roads of BLR.

It will magically appear after the next assembly elections when Siddu is sent into retirement and BJP forms the government.

Rahul Mehta · Post by **Rahul Mehta** » 10 Sep 2014 07:21

I googled on "railway track cleaning India" . I found this

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http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/vie ... id=0,4,268

DELHI DIVISION OF NORTHERN RAILWAY LAUNCHES PIONEERING INITIATIVE TO CLEAN TRACKS THROUGH A NEW TRACK CLEANING MACHINE AT NEW DELHI STATION

19-03-2014

In order to tackle the formidable challenge of cleaning of railway tracks in the station areas at major railway stations, Northern Railway today launched the novel track cleaning machine at New Delhi station. Shri V.K. Gupta, General Manager, Northern Railway inspected this machine at New Delhi Station before it was pressed into service today. Congratulating the efforts of the team of Officers/Staff of Delhi Division in the developing of this prototype, Shri Gupta expressed the hope that the utilization of this machine would enable the Railway to maintain cleanliness around railway premises/tracks, especially in the major stations of Delhi Area more efficiently.

The team of Northern Railway Diesel Loco Shed, Shakurbasti at New Delhi, developed the concept for the design of very large, heavy duty equipment mounted on a Railway wagon. This equipment has been fabricated by associating M/s TPS Infrastructure Limited, New Delhi, and is approx. 9-10 times more powerful than a normal blower of a vacuum cleaner, which is used in homes. This machine would clean tracks inclusive of an area of 600mm. alongside the track and with an extendable hose provided, the machine can clean up to 6 mtrs. This machine has a capacity to store 6 MT. waste. This machine can be tilted at the earmarked place to empty the waste. The resource for development of this prototype was utilized from the CSR fund of IRCON International Ltd.

Cleanliness of railway tracks especially at railway station areas remains a Herculean task involving great effort and large amounts of time, as despite regular and frequent cleaning efforts tracks are normally littered with all kinds of waste such as polythene, paper bags, plastic bottles, torn clothes, unconsumed food, litter etc. All the major stations are being cleaned through professional agencies with emphasis on mechanized cleaning system wherever possible. However to overcome the constraint of the staggering issue of litter at major stations, the Railways decided to develop a mechanized solution for this problem. The present machine is the first prototype to meet this objective It is envisaged to augment the cleaning efforts at station yards considerably.

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I am glad that machine is made in India and made by Indians.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 12 Sep 2014 07:24

investing in prevention of filth is much more needed and important than investments in cleaning systems. Both are needed, but the former is more important.

Zynda · Post by **Zynda** » 13 Sep 2014 19:05

Decks Cleared for Semi-High-Speed Delhi-Agra Rail Service

Besides Delhi-Agra, the other sectors on which the running speed of the trains are to be increased,include Delhi-Agra; Delhi-Chandigarh; Delhi-Kanpur; Nagpur-Bilaspur; Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai; Mumbai-Goa; Mumbai-Ahmedabad; Chennai- Hyderabad and Nagpur-Secunderabad.

Presently, New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabadi Express which runs at a speed of 150 kmph is the country’s fastest train. Railways is also planning to stage the trial run for the remaining sectors by this year-end.

I have no idea how they'll run trains @ 150Kph b/w BLR-MYS. Railways have been saying the stretch has many sharp curves and major track realignment is required to make it suitable for higher speeds. Presently the speed is capped at 100 Kph.

Anyway, looking for the trails in other routes eagerly.

Zynda · Post by **Zynda** » 13 Sep 2014 19:10

From Indian Railways FB page

Better performance from track cleaning machine

hanumadu · Post by **hanumadu** » 15 Sep 2014 04:18

Zynda wrote:Decks Cleared for Semi-High-Speed Delhi-Agra Rail Service

Besides Delhi-Agra, the other sectors on which the running speed of the trains are to be increased,include Delhi-Agra; Delhi-Chandigarh; Delhi-Kanpur; Nagpur-Bilaspur; Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai; Mumbai-Goa; Mumbai-Ahmedabad; Chennai- Hyderabad and Nagpur-Secunderabad.

Presently, New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabadi Express which runs at a speed of 150 kmph is the country’s fastest train. Railways is also planning to stage the trial run for the remaining sectors by this year-end.
I have no idea how they'll run trains @ 150Kph b/w BLR-MYS. Railways have been saying the stretch has many sharp curves and major track realignment is required to make it suitable for higher speeds. Presently the speed is capped at 100 Kph.

Anyway, looking for the trails in other routes eagerly.

Some of the routes are quite long while some others are shorter routes. Does that mean every train on these routes will have an avg speed of 150 kmph? Will the faster trains be given preferential treatment with signals? How does it affect the speeds of other trains?

Zynda · Post by **Zynda** » 15 Sep 2014 18:25

hanumadu wrote:
Some of the routes are quite long while some others are shorter routes. Does that mean every train on these routes will have an avg speed of 150 kmph? Will the faster trains be given preferential treatment with signals? How does it affect the speeds of other trains?

It would be incredibly challenging to achieve 150 Kph AVG for the entire run, even on shorter routes. I would imagine 150 Kph being the top speed which is achieved on certain sections of the route.

hanumadu · Post by **hanumadu** » 16 Sep 2014 02:33

Zynda wrote:
hanumadu wrote:
Some of the routes are quite long while some others are shorter routes. Does that mean every train on these routes will have an avg speed of 150 kmph? Will the faster trains be given preferential treatment with signals? How does it affect the speeds of other trains?
It would be incredibly challenging to achieve 150 Kph AVG for the entire run, even on shorter routes. I would imagine 150 Kph being the top speed which is achieved on certain sections of the route.

Why would it be so hard? Its the avg. speed that matters to people and is tangible to them. I don't think the govt. can claim or will claim any achievment if there isn't any improvement in average speeds for the entire journey. Even 110 -125 kmph will be good enough for now, but 150 would be something the govt. can take to the public.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 17 Sep 2014 05:35

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIwbrZ4knpg

50b euro per mile! tgv

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Sep 2014 11:28

I am not sure when this happenend, but blr-mysore is electrified now. it was not the case a few yrs ago. the mysore-chennai shatabdi used to come in with a diesel loco and get changed to WAP in blr.

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 17 Sep 2014 12:11

All North-East capitals on railway in five years: Gowda - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/all-north-east-capitals-on-railway-in-five-years-gowda/#sthash.yWvkNCTs.dpuf

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 17 Sep 2014 23:54

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140917/cth1.htm#7

Chandigarh-Jaipur express
Maiden journey gets good response
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 16
The Chandigarh-Jaipur Express daily train got a tremendous response on its maiden journey from the city today. Around 300 passengers boarded the train from Chandigarh railway station which starts at 12:45 pm.

The train was announced in the 2014-15 Railway Budget. The train no.19717/19718 (Jaipur-Chandigarh-Jaipur daily Express) will comprise of total 12 coaches. There will be 2-Tier AC (1 coach), 3-Tier AC (1 coach), sleeper (4 coaches) and unreserved (04 coaches) and SLRs (02 coaches).

Chandigarh railway station superintendent R K Dutta said as this was the first direct train from Chandigarh to Narwana, it was expected that there would be good response for the new train.

During the outward journey, train number 19718 will depart daily Chandigarh at 12:45 pm and will reach Jaipur on the next day at 12:50 am. The train will have stoppages at Ambala Cantt, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Narwana, Jind, Rohtak, Jhajhar, Rewari, Khairthal, Alwar, Raigarh, Bandikuai, Dausa and Gandhi Nagar Jaipur.

On its return journey from Jaipur, train number 19717 will depart daily from Jaipur at 4:40 pm and will reach Chandigarh on the next day at 4:55 am.The train will halt at Gandhi Nagar Jaipur, Dausa, Bandikuai, Raigarh, Alwar, Khairthal, Rewari, Jhajhar, Rohtak, Jind, Narwana, Kaithal, Kurukshetra and Ambala Cantt.

saip · Post by **saip** » 18 Sep 2014 00:17

SaiK wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIwbrZ4knpg

50b euro per mile! tgv

The announcer said it is a Billion Euro project (Shanghai to the airport which is 30km). I traveled on it in 2013 and the max speed was 305km somewhat less than the Shanghai Beijing HSR (wheeled) which reached 311. I think because of economics the speeds are limited on these trains.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 24 Sep 2014 03:01

Railway restructuring gets some heavyweight influence:
Bibek Debroy to head panel to revamp Railway Board

To steer restructuring of the Railway Board, Indian Railways has set up a committee under Bibek Debroy, economist and professor, Centre for Policy Research. The committee will recommend steps to mobilise resources for major projects and help set up a Rail Tariff Authority.

Three months ago, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda had, in his Budget speech, proposed reforming the Railway Board. To rationalise rates and do away with political interference in this field, the government had also introduced a fuel adjustment component, linking freight and passenger rates with fuel prices.

Other members of the panel include former Cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar; Gurcharan Das former chairman and managing director of Procter & Gamble; Partha Mukopadhyay, senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research; Ravi Narain, former managing director of the National Stock Exchange; and a nominee from the Department of Economic Affairs, finance ministry.

Vivek Sahai, former chairman of the Railway Board, said, “The committee should submit its report within a year, without demanding any extension. Then, it will be up to the government to implement the suggestions. I hope this committee does not have a fate similar to that of other committees. To introduce efficiency, the Railway Board needs reforms.”

Zynda · Post by **Zynda** » 26 Sep 2014 16:31

Golden Chariot Carrying Siddaramaiah Stoned

The luxury train Golden Chariot that was carrying Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other members of the entourage was stoned by some unidentified miscreants near Pandavapura on Wednesday.

The Chief Minister was on his way to Mysore from Bangalore to participate in the Dasara festival, which will commence from Thursday.

The stone-throwing is suspected to be the work of some urchins, and the window pane of the coach next to which the Chief Minister was travelling, was damaged. Sources in the Railways said the Government Railway Police were investigating.

He said that unlike Nayandahalli, Kengeri, and Banaswadi in Bangalore, there had been no history of stone pelting at Pandavapura.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 07 Oct 2014 09:59

How the Shinkansen bullet train made Tokyo into the monster it is today

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 09 Oct 2014 23:27

perhaps they can sell off to desh on 50% depreciations. great deal!

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 10 Oct 2014 00:25

Shinkansen runs on standard gauge, not broad gauge.