Talk:Rail transport in India

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Contents 1 Gutenberg 2 "Cheapest" 3 Is their a point to that merge suggestion? 4 Safety 5 Accomodation classes

[edit] Gutenberg

• The Gutenberg project contains a book named "Modern India" that is out of copyright. Chapter VIII is entirely devoted to "The Railways of India". Some of it might be useful for historical references.

Wow. That book seems to have a wealth of non-copyrighted material. -- Sundar (talk • contribs) June 28, 2005 09:31 (UTC)

I read it but material in that is a century old. =Nichalp «Talk»= June 28, 2005 10:11 (UTC)

I forgot to mention that it'll be useful for History of India and not this. -- Sundar June 28, 2005 11:07 (UTC)

[edit] "Cheapest"

The photo carries the caption " Indian Rail fares are among the cheapest in the world. A journey of 270 mi. (430 km) costs just US$4." This seems based on a tourist's view of the world. Is it really the cheapest by the measure that matters - average earnings of the people who mostly use the railway? By reputation (I've never been) India is a country where US$4 is a lot of money. Notinasnaid 09:40, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Indian rail fares (2nd class) are heavily subsidised. Nichalp 20:26, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Is their a point to that merge suggestion?

For locomotives. --Blacksun 03:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Safety

I didn't see anything on this page about the abysmal safety record of Indian railways. Is this in another place or hasn't it been written? I was doing some research of my own, and saw some of the crashes (mainly since 2000) at the Indian railway accidents category page. There are a LOT.

[edit] Accomodation classes

The accommodation classes section lacks the details of classes in recently introduced Garib Rath. Also, the merger of a section has been pending for a long time and needs to be sorted out. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 10:05, 3 December 2006 (UTC)