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Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]

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Post by lazyninja987 »

stillblue wrote: post #11

For what seems to be a fairly organized system, they still have not figured out how to not have the compartments smell like stale urine. I am not even joking. The moment you step into a compartment even the air-conditioned ones, the stench of urine is unbelievably strong. This has been this way since 2000s. Such a shame for a system that could be so much better.

Interesting. i had issues only with seats closer to the edges of the coach.

if i get seat closer to the middle of the coach, i could avoid smell.

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Post by Jensson »

belltaco wrote: post #14
jimmyed wrote: post #7

I found the focus on first class passengers quite interesting. There are guidelines along the lines of "no provision to be made of toilets if there are no first class passengers", "make sure to have separate waiting rooms for different classes of passengers".. The British era recommendations hadn't been removed by 1967 at least.

How is that different from business vs economy class on airlines in the west?

Economy class doesn't get toilets? Local rails doesn't provide toilets, but long travel rails always do no matter what class you use.

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Post by ausudhz »

zmix wrote: post #15
gjkood wrote: post #8

The Indian Railways is definitely an interesting organization. Doing a cursory glance at a Wikipedia entry, some of the stats: 1. Established in 1832 2. 3rd largest railway network in the world 3. 8th largest employer in the world. I was hoping to see something about the actual Rail Track details but this is more of a civil engineering specs for building construction. I am curious about when and how Indian Railways w…

> high speed rail such as the French TGV, Japanese Shinkansen or Chinese CRH You forgot the German ICE[1] ;-) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Express

He forgot many if that matters. There are high speed rails in many countries not only these. just to name a few: Italy, Spain, Korea, Taiwan

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_l...

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Post by basicplus2 »

petilon wrote: post #24
neximo64 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have evidence for this? The caste system's origins pre dates the British arrival afaik

See first two paras in wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India Excerpt: The British Raj furthered this development, making rigid caste organisation a central mechanism of administration. Between 1860 and 1920, the British formulated the caste system into their system of governance, granting administrative jobs and senior appointments only to Christians and people belonging to certain castes.

they incorporated a caste system (that was already operating) into a central mechanism of administration

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Post by [deleted] »

neximo64 wrote: post #22
naruvimama wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…

Do you have evidence for this? The caste system's origins pre dates the British arrival afaik

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Post by sydthrowaway »

stillblue wrote: post #11

For what seems to be a fairly organized system, they still have not figured out how to not have the compartments smell like stale urine. I am not even joking. The moment you step into a compartment even the air-conditioned ones, the stench of urine is unbelievably strong. This has been this way since 2000s. Such a shame for a system that could be so much better.

Imagine if India gets it shit together like China.

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Post by donw »

zmix wrote: post #15
gjkood wrote: post #8

The Indian Railways is definitely an interesting organization. Doing a cursory glance at a Wikipedia entry, some of the stats: 1. Established in 1832 2. 3rd largest railway network in the world 3. 8th largest employer in the world. I was hoping to see something about the actual Rail Track details but this is more of a civil engineering specs for building construction. I am curious about when and how Indian Railways w…

> high speed rail such as the French TGV, Japanese Shinkansen or Chinese CRH You forgot the German ICE[1] ;-) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Express

It's a little known fact that "DB" actually stands for "Daheim Bleiben". :D

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Post by throwawayy37r3 »

naruvimama wrote: post #19
dilawar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

British class systems and Indian caste system worked together very well.

The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…

This is not true. caste is the foundation of the vedic. Its the division of labour not laboreres. For the scientific minided with verifable facts read the short manual by an actual scientist and later political reformer https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/ambedkar/web/readin...

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Post by matthewmorgan »

snambi wrote: post #27

Indian Railways was started by the colonial British for just two purposes. 1. To Return multiple times returns for British investors on the expense of Indian colonies. 2. To move supply of Raw material to the ports and manufactured goods from England to the natives. The British left India. But the Indian Railways is still in India. This organization was not built to serve the people of the land. The Indians have impr…

They also brought manufactured goods back and helped unify India as a nation. Get that chip off your shoulder.
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