12-01-2012, 10:24 AM
A Summer Training Report On Indian Railway
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Indian Railways
1853 First railway train journeyed distance of 22 miles between Bombay and Thana.
It runs 12000 trains every day
It carry 1.4 crore passengers & 16 lakh tonnes of goods every day
Daily earnings Rs120 cr
INFRASTRUCTURE
Railways have
8000 engines
40,000 coaches
about 2.5 lakh of wagons
7000 stations
1 lakh km of track
17 lakh employee worked under one organization and there is no strike since last 30 years.
RAILWAY SIGNALLING:-
Railway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding.
Mainly there are two types of signals:-
Mechanical signals:- Older forms of signal displayed their different aspects by their physical position.
Colour light signals:-On most modern railways, colour light signals have largely replaced mechanical ones
