East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE) (동아시아경상학회지)
- Volume 2 Issue 4
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- Pages.48-55
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- 2014
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- 2288-2766(eISSN)
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Indian Railways: Recent Trends in Control Accidents and Safety Measures for Passengers
- Kumar, Katta Ashok (Business Management studies at the Saveetha University)
- Received : 2014.06.11
- Accepted : 2014.12.15
- Published : 2014.12.30
Abstract
Indian railways has been regularly in the news albeit for the wrong reasons. The frequency with which train accidents have been taking place has led to serious doubts in the public mind about the safety of rail travel and also the health of the network. Against this background, an attempt is made in this paper to assess the trends in railway accidents for the period from 2000-01 to 2009-10. The paper also highlighted the various measures taken by IR to prevent accidents to ensure safety to the public.
Keywords
- Accidents;
- Anti-collision Device;
- Collisions;
- Compensation;
- Derailments;
- Indian railways;
- Level crossings;
- Light Emitting Diode;
- Research Design and Standards Organization;
- Road over bridges;
- Road under bridges;
- Safety Directorate;
- Train protection warning system