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Sampark has just release a report of Suresh Prabhu's 2 year tenure and achievements with Indian Railways. How would you rate his performance?

Description Indian railways (IR) started its 53 km journey between Mumbai and Thane on April 16, 1853 and is today one of the largest Railways in the world. The railway network, invariably referred to as 'the lifeline of the Indian economy". is spread over 109,221 Km. covering 6906 stations...

India is changing quickly, enthusiastically, dynamically and so are its unsexy sectors like the railways. I woke up this morning to an email from the Railway Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu. Such openness, transparency and connect is commendable. As the year comes to an end, what are your...

In the morning the station master got a call from an unknown source letting him know about a woman carrying bomb into the train and to be aware so the station master reported it to the bomb squad, hence later everything got checked and even the women was checked according to the name and hence...

do u think that the railways must be privatised for a better service???

SWOT Analysis is a powerful technique for understanding your Strengths and Weaknesses, and for looking at the Opportunities and Threats you face. What makes SWOT particularly powerful is that, with a little thought, it can help you uncover opportunities that you are well placed to exploit. And...

11July 2006 Black Day for Mumbai railways The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and India's financial...

The development of Indian Railways had its roots in the 1800s, when India was a British colony. The British East India Company and later, the British colonial governments were credited with starting a railway system in India. The British found it difficult to travel great distances between...

Indian Railways, It truly reflects India which is a land of diverse culture and Indian Railways play a key role in not only meeting the transport needs of the country, but also in binding together dispersed areas and promoting national integration It is complex, sometimes unwieldy and...

IMPROVEMENT OF THE RAILWAYS The Indian Railways have achieved substantial reduction in specific energy consumption -- from 1204 MJ [7] per 1,000 gross tonne-kilometres (MJ/1000 gross tkm) for freight services in 1960-61 to 552 MJ/1000 gross tkm in 1993-94. This reduction has been achieved...

NEW TRENDS IN PASSENGER AMENITIES: To take care of the unreserved segment of the passengers, a new pilot project on computer based unreserved ticketing has been launched this year. Of the 13 million passengers served by the network everyday, nearly 12 million are unreserved passengers. To...

Safety of 13 million passengers that Indian Railways serve every day is of paramount importance to the system. Over the years, apart from the regular safety norms followed, the network has taken a number of steps through innovative use of technology and stepped up training to its manpower to...

I mean Railways and the trains have become a soft target for many as it will be having many people in such transport system, and anybody can blow up a train track anywhere and nobody will be knowing and the train derails causing loss in many lives, So as per me, I think since majority of our...

What do you think after so many mishaps which route is safer Airlines or Railways ?

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should indian railways be privatised to make it a more profit generating and efficeint sector?

Hello everyone, I am doing a research on the Urban rail sector in India. With the boom in the economy and the population this is one business area that is hot at the moment!! There are many metro projects planned across India. If anybody has any info on the above topic or knows any resources...

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Investment by Indian Railways in infrastructure development will not only enable faster movement of passengers and goods across the country but also lead to higher consumption of several commdoites includes steel, iron, cement and metals. Over the past few years, Indian Railways has been...