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[SBUS-CXK]

I have a question, hope to get India friend answer, India's general how much is the train fare?

 

[Grevion]

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Over Head Electrification Basics
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There are four tubes which makes the complete cantilever assembly namely

Stay Arm: It comprises of dia 28.4/33/7 mm (Small) size tube and an adjuster at the end to keep the bracket tube in position. It is insulated from the mast by stay arm insulator.

Bracket Tube: It comprises of dia 40/49 mm (Small) or dia. 30/38 mm (standard) bracket tube and insulated by bracket insulator. Catenary is supported from this member by catenary suspension brackets and catenary suspension clamp
Register Arm: It comprises of dia 28.4×33.7 mm tube to register the contract wire in the desired position with the help of steady arm

Steady Arm: It is 32 x 31 mm BFB section made of aluminum alloy to register the contact wire to the required stagger and to take the push up of contact wire. It is always in tension

Dropper is a fitting used in overhead equipment construction for supporting the contact wire from catenary. Two top tubes hold the weight; adjust the height and center of the Contact and catenary wire assembly whereas the bottom two tubes for adjusting the contact wire – stagger/height.

Contact and catenary assembly is designed for following different applications namely, push, pull, overlapping, crossover etc. The arrangement of the cantilever depends upon the height of the contact wire, encumbrance, setting distance, stagger and super elevation.

Stay and Bracket tube is supported on the mast with the help of insulator for electrical isolation called Stay Tube Insulator and Bracket Insulator. Two standard sizes of tubes 38mm and 49mm outside diameter are used for bracket assembly depending on the loading condition. Bracket assembly permits adjustment of equipment to cater for slewing or raising of track during maintenance. Length of stay tube can be varied by as much as 9 cm. in either directions and bracket tube is provided with free length of 10 cm beyond the caternary suspension clamp. Similarly projection of the register arm beyond the steady tube clamp is kept at 15 cm. This makes it possible to adjust the stagger of OHE at later stage without much difficulty.

Most important feature of Cantilever assembly is its flexibility, swiveling in all direction to take care of vertical push during movement of pantograph and expansion during change of ambient temperature and Vertical and Horizontal adjustment.
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That is brilliant information mate. For some reasons i have always fancied overhead electrification of the electric locos. Thanks for sharing that.

Big ticket items, PM is involved.
he should handle everything in a prudent manner.
His mishandling of such issues involving International trade would have ripple effects.

And BTW, check #212

In that article you will find, among all: mention of PM Modi & Khadi.

Now tell me you.
What is the relevance of Khadi with Indian Railways?
And I see that on post number #212, you have no objection, because you never came against that article.
Trying to be flippant? because Modi is your God?

Just one word of "Modi" and you are in jitters?

Why be selective?

Somebody posted this:

In this thread, did you ask him what is the relevance of this with Indian Railways?

Why your feathers get ruffled on one "Modi" word?

This thread is purely about Indian Railway's development past, present and the future. Let us stick to that.

You do know that he has been in power for only two years. One can only do so much in two years.
I am no Modi fan either infact i have bashed the central govt countless times over the center vs Delhi turmoil. But I do believe that Modi is honest with his vision for India's future just as Kejriwal is a honest guy despite of what people says about him here.
So let us stick to the topic here and keep the political bashing limited to the Indian political threads.

 

[ashok321]

That is brilliant information mate. For some reasons i have always fancied overhead electrification of the electric locos. Thanks for sharing that.

You do know that he has been in power for only two years. One can only do so much in two years.
I am no Modi fan either infact i have bashed the central govt countless times over the center vs Delhi turmoil. But I do believe that Modi is honest with his vision for India's future just as Kejriwal is a honest guy despite of what people says about him here.
So let us stick to the topic here and keep the political bashing limited to the Indian political threads.

You tried to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
And you failed.
Modi = PM.

If there arises any anomaly in International trade dispute, handling, or otherwise, India's policies will be attacked, and who takes the hit being the top boss?
Modi again. And he will be mentioned.

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

I have a question, hope to get India friend answer, India's general how much is the train fare?

Means the lowest class of accommodations ?

For a 2,170+ kilometre travel in lowest class you will need ~460 INR. Roughly 6.8 Dollars , but you don't get a reserved seat , no sleeping bunks,you get fans , lights , a charging point , and a latest addition of a RO filter in the coach itself.

Quite cheap if you are 3-4 friends and each manage a seat!

Figures are fo Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti , running from Chennai to New Delhi.

 

[anant_s]

India's general how much is the train fare

Sir, depends on what class you are traveling on and offcourse the distance.
A few net based services are available to calculate fare
http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2014-15/Fares.pdf
You can also use this page to check fares on a particular train betwen two stations.
http://www.indianrail.gov.in/fare_Enq.html

Foreign Exchange calculation
1 US$ ~ 67 INR
1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi ~10.1 INR

 

[Grevion]

You tried to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
And you failed.
Modi = PM.

If there arises any anomaly in International trade dispute, handling, or otherwise, India's policies will be attacked, and who takes the hit being the top boss?
Modi again. And he will be mentioned.

Again you don't need to clarify that Modi is = PM. Everyone knows that.
What trade disputes are we having with Spain after not allowing Talgo with free custom duty on imports?
And imagine if the Talgo trails had failed miserably and god forbid some railway employees were dead. You along with the others would be then criticizing and bashing the govt for allowing Talgo with no import duty and killing the railway employees.
So its you who is making a mountain out of a mole hill and not me.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Means the lowest class of accommodations ?

For a 2,170+ kilometre travel in lowest class you will need ~460 INR. Roughly 6.8 Dollars , but you don't get a reserved seat , no sleeping bunks,you get fans , lights , a charging point , and a latest addition of a RO filter in the coach itself.

Quite cheap if you are 3-4 friends and each manage a seat!

Figures are fo Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti , running from Chennai to New Delhi.

2170 kilometers of travel just $6.8??? 42 yuan, this incredible, not including any service? Don't even provide food and water?

Ok, So how much is the most expensive?

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

2170 kilometers of travel just $6.8??? 42 yuan, this incredible, not including any service? Don't even provide food and water?

Ok, So how much is the most expensive?

Yes no food . But new coaches will have RO purifiers , so water will be free . You can get food on the station's , 70-80 INR will be enough for a tasty and satisfying meal , will not be too great , but good enough.

The most costly ,its 1St AC , costing INR 6,335 or near 95 USD, for the same 2170+ kilometres , Bedding , Food( meals , refreshments included) , Water , Towels , and a 4 or 2 cushioned bunks with doors , and of course WIFI, free....

Not that costly....

Discounts available if you are elderly or disabled( few cases ) or belong to services like Armed Forces or high administrative officials.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Yes no food . But new coaches will have RO purifiers , so water will be free . You can get food on the station's , 70-80 INR will be enough for a tasty and satisfying meal , will not be too great , but good enough.

The most costly ,its 1St AC , costing INR 6,335 or near 95 USD, for the same 2170+ kilometres , Bedding , Food( meals , refreshments included) , Water , Towels , and a 4 or 2 cushioned bunks with doors , and of course WIFI, free....

Not that costly....

Day, I see the huge price difference between the two country...
Perhaps India is really full of business opportunities "golden state"

 

[Inqhilab]

The deepwater D/S Chikyu as deployed during NGHP-02 was designed by the Japanese government for international scientific drilling operations.​

• Find may significantly expand regional energy production
• Gas locked in hydrate formations may exceed all known supplies

A joint expedition by India and the U.S. discovered a major deposit of natural gas in the Indian Ocean, offering the potential to significantly expand energy production in a region that’s currently a big importer.

India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the U.S. Geological Survey struck a large, highly enriched deposit of natural gas hydrate -- an icy form of the fuel -- in the Bay of Bengal off the country’s east coast, potentially the first producible reserve of its kind in the waters, the U.S. agency said in a statement Monday.

The finding may add to the world’s expanding supply of gas. The amount of the fuel contained in the planet’s gas hydrate accumulations is estimated to “greatly exceed the volume of all known conventional gas resources,” the agency said. The discovery also comes as countries like India and China seek to slash their dependence on higher polluting energy sources like coal, which releases twice the heat-trapping emissions as natural gas when burned.

“Advances like the Bay of Bengal discovery will help unlock the global energy resource potential of gas hydrates as well help define the technology needed to safely produce them,” Walter Guidroz, energy resources program coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey, said in the statement.

The discovery follows an exploration of the region from March to July of last year. While earlier finds of hydrate accumulations were unlikely to be producible, formations in sand reservoirs like the one announced Monday are the most easily tapped with existing technologies. The next step is to determine whether production from the Bay of Bengal site is economic.

“The results from this expedition mark a critical step forward to understanding the energy resource potential of gas hydrates,” Tim Collett, a senior scientist with the U.S. agency, said in the statement


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ver-major-natural-gas-reserve-in-indian-ocean
https://www.usgs.gov/news/large-deposits-potentially-producible-gas-hydrate-found-indian-ocean
http://explorationanddevelopment.en...f-natural-gas-in-bay-of-bengal-260716-4960575
http://www.oedigital.com/component/k2/item/13092-large-producible-hydrates-found-off-india

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

Day, I see the huge price difference between the two country...
Perhaps India is really full of business opportunities "golden state"

Price difference , well there are 2 reasons I see
1. Here the most costly tickets are only a few notches low than the no fringes low cost air carriers , increasing the price will mean passengers option for the quicker Air Travel.

2. There are still a lot of people here who don't have the capability of buying the cheapest tickets and the Railways cannot just ditch them.
Even myself , being a student don't have deep pockets , and when it comes to long distance travels , my choice is 3AC, you get AC, berths for sleeping , Bedding , Food and water can be brought ....it costs near 30 USD for the 2170+ kilometre journey....

 

[M_Saint]

The deepwater D/S Chikyu as deployed during NGHP-02 was designed by the Japanese government for international scientific drilling operations.​

• Find may significantly expand regional energy production
• Gas locked in hydrate formations may exceed all known supplies

A joint expedition by India and the U.S. discovered a major deposit of natural gas in the Indian Ocean, offering the potential to significantly expand energy production in a region that’s currently a big importer.

India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the U.S. Geological Survey struck a large, highly enriched deposit of natural gas hydrate -- an icy form of the fuel -- in the Bay of Bengal off the country’s east coast, potentially the first producible reserve of its kind in the waters, the U.S. agency said in a statement Monday.

The finding may add to the world’s expanding supply of gas. The amount of the fuel contained in the planet’s gas hydrate accumulations is estimated to “greatly exceed the volume of all known conventional gas resources,” the agency said. The discovery also comes as countries like India and China seek to slash their dependence on higher polluting energy sources like coal, which releases twice the heat-trapping emissions as natural gas when burned.

“Advances like the Bay of Bengal discovery will help unlock the global energy resource potential of gas hydrates as well help define the technology needed to safely produce them,” Walter Guidroz, energy resources program coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey, said in the statement.

The discovery follows an exploration of the region from March to July of last year. While earlier finds of hydrate accumulations were unlikely to be producible, formations in sand reservoirs like the one announced Monday are the most easily tapped with existing technologies. The next step is to determine whether production from the Bay of Bengal site is economic.

“The results from this expedition mark a critical step forward to understanding the energy resource potential of gas hydrates,” Tim Collett, a senior scientist with the U.S. agency, said in the statement


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ver-major-natural-gas-reserve-in-indian-ocean
https://www.usgs.gov/news/large-deposits-potentially-producible-gas-hydrate-found-indian-ocean
http://explorationanddevelopment.en...f-natural-gas-in-bay-of-bengal-260716-4960575
http://www.oedigital.com/component/k2/item/13092-large-producible-hydrates-found-off-india

Where does it say the discovery is in Indian ocean? It's in the Bay-Of-Bengal and now any thoughtful person can figure out on why massacre and destruction of the patriotic forces in Bangladesh basing on lie, damn lie,recurrent lie and deception have been going on unabated.

 

[neem456]

Where does it say the discovery is in Indian ocean? It's in the Bay-Of-Bengal and now any thoughtful person can figure out on why massacre and destruction of the patriotic forces in Bangladesh basing on lie, damn lie,recurrent lie and deception.

Dont they teach geography in schools there.

See the area of indian ocean. It expands till australia. Bay of bengal is just a small part of it.

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

2 Million Using Free Wi-Fi at Indian Railway Stations, Says Google CEO
Press Trust of India, 29 July 2016

About two million people are logging on to free Wi-Fi deployed by Google and RailTel at major railway stations across India every month, chief of the global search giant Sundar Pichai said.
"We are working with the Indian Railways and RailTel to bring high-speed wireless access to the entire Internet to millions of Indians who travel through India's top railway stations," the India-born executive said during an investor call.
He added that there are "already two million people logging in every month and they are using as much as 15 times the data they would otherwise use in a full-day on their cellular networks".
The Internet giant had teamed up with RailTel, the telecom arm of the Indian Railways, to provide free Wi-Fi at 23 stations across the country.
These include Mumbai Central, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Ranchi, Raipur, Vijayawada, Kacheguda, Ernakulum Junction, Vishakhapatnam, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati, Ujjain, Allahabad and Chennai Central.
By the end of the year, Google aims to provide high-speed public Wi-Fi service at 100 railway stations across India under this project.
According to government data, India had a total Internet subscriber base of 342.65 million as of March 2016.
A majority of users log on using their cellular networks. Bharti Airtel has 90.53 million Internet subscribers while Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance had 67.55 million, 44.03 million and 39 million users, respectively.
State-run BSNL had 34 million Internet subscribers on its network.
Pichai, who made the comments while announcing Alphabet's (Google's parent company) second-quarter results, said mobile phones have changed the way people consume information.
"Our investment in mobile underlines everything we do... (from) search and YouTube to Android and advertising. Mobile is the engine that drives everything."
He added that through Google's "deep investments in machine learning and artificial intelligence", the company is building the engine that drives its future.
Alphabet saw its quarter's revenues grow 21 percent to $21.5 billion while net income was at $4.9 billion.

http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/...ndian-railway-stations-says-google-ceo-866960

 

[IndoUS]

Where does it say the discovery is in Indian ocean? It's in the Bay-Of-Bengal and now any thoughtful person can figure out on why massacre and destruction of the patriotic forces in Bangladesh basing on lie, damn lie,recurrent lie and deception.

You do know Bay of Bengal falls in Indian Ocean right?