Indian Railways

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<b>The Indian railways have initiated several new measures to enhance its efficiency and services. It has first gone in with the small measures which could be taken almost immediately. For example the speed limit restriction over varios sections of different Railways had never been reviewed since I am told the year 1922. Only ad hoc reviews had taken place. Similarly, the full review of the time table had also not been done for many years. Naturally the stops of many important trains at major railway stations were according to the time needed for change of engine or for filling the water tank of the Steam Engine. With the introduction of the modern diesel and solid state electric locomotives, such long halts are no longer required. Simlilary, in matters of handling of freight traffic many vintage rules and procedures have been changed to increase the efficiency. The current years Railway Budget was indicative of the better performance of the Railways.
Recently, to face the new challange to passanger traffic in the higher classes from the low cost airlines, special measures have been introduced to make rail journey more comfortable.Now daily change of menu has been introduced in superfast trains.</b>