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The Railways and the Water Regime of the Eastern Bengal Delta, c1845-1943
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The railways in India drew considerable attention from two of the most influential thinkers of modern times, Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi. In the 1850s, Marx was a distant but passionate observer of the emergence of the railways in India and he was convinced mat the new transport system would prepare the ground for a bourgeois civilization, precursor to socialist revolution, in India. Apparently informed by the nineteenth-century spirit of 'improvement', Marx linked the railways to industrial...
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The Railways and the Water Regime of the Eastern Bengal Delta, c1845-1943
Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies
; The railways in India drew considerable attention from two of the most influential thinkers of modern times, Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi. In the 1850s, Marx was a distant but passionate observer of the emergence of the railways in India and he was convinced mat the new transport system would
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The railways and sport in Victorian Britain: A critical reassessment
The Journal of Transport History
; ... sz But even national cup finals were no guarantee of large crowds. Most supporters stayed at home and waited for telegraphic news displayed in pubs and newspaper offices. They didn't go - it was too far, too expensive and tickets were scarce, since all associations ...
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 "Economic Times (New Delhi, India)")
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Railways plans SPVs with Alstom, GE.
Economic Times (New Delhi, India)
; ... to http://economictimes.indiatimes.com Copyright (c) 2007, The Economic Times, India Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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Rakesh Mohan Committee for IT Thrust in Railways.(information technology)(Brief Article)
India Telecom
; The Railways can benefit greatly by intelligent use of information technology (IT) for increasing efficiency and productivity of its operations, better management and financial accounting, and improving the interface with the users, according to the Rakesh Mohan committee. The survival of Railways
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Anybody got [pounds sterling]15 billion? Railways.(Nasty choices on the railways)(government-guaranteed loan to United Kingdom's Network Rail)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; A worse railway, a smaller network or higher fares: those are the options THE railways are due to take a step back towards public ownership in the next few days. Network Rail, a not-for-profit company established by the government, is set to announce the terms of its [pound]500m offer to take over
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Railways and the Victorian Imagination
The Journal of Transport History
; Michael Freeman, Railways and the Victorian Imagination, Yale University Press, London (1999), 245 pp., L25.00. This beautifully illustrated book is ambitiously conceived as 'a new portrait of the railway at a critical turning point in the history of society' and an exploration of the intellectual
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Why our railways must be state-controlled again COMMENTARY
Evening Standard - London
; THE SECRET is getting out. The railways are in crisis and ministers are at a loss to know what to do about it. So, instead, they shoot the messenger in the form of the Strategic Rail Authority. This crisis has been brewing for a while. For the past couple of years, the subsidy going into the
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Where do we go from here? In the aftermath of Tuesday's Paddington disaster, one thing is already clear: our railways will never be the same again. But how do we create a system fit for the 21st century?
The Independent - London
; The railways have been changed forever. The epoch-making nature of Tuesday's rail crash has yet to sink in. But one thing already seems certain: in future, we will talk about the railways in terms of "pre Ladbroke Grove" and "post Ladbroke Grove". It is an accident that our grandchildren will hear
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 "Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)")
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Heroes of the railways at war.(Features)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
; Byline: TONY POGSON , Railways were the safest form of transport in the First WorldWar, says former journalist and author David Wragg. By the Second World War they were the most dangerous. A very salient point to throw into a book looking at the role of the railways in the second war and an
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On The Fast Track As Lalu Prasad Yadav seeks a mandate in the assembly elections, the Indian Railways under him is actually transforming into an efficient freight and passenger carrier believe it or not!
India Today
; Mismanagement, manipulation, corruption and bad governance- attributes normally associated with Lalu Prasad Yadav. Rightly or wrongly, fairly or unfairly. His family's 14 year rule in Bihar only perpetuated this perception. Mismanaged, inefficient, loss-laden and customer unfriendly- traits
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