What are interesting facts about shatabadi express?

TOP FACTS ABOUT SHATABDI EXPRESS                  

The Indian Railways launched the first Shatabdi Express in the year 1988 as a mark of respect to celebrating the centenary or the 100 anniversary of the first Prime Minister of the Independence India.

The first ever Shatabdi Express operated between the National capital New Delhi and Gwalior and, later on, extended till Bhopal. The train is now called as Bhopal Shatabdi Express.

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The name Shatabdi is derived from the Indian Language Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and many more and is the verbal meaning of centenary or hundredth anniversary. 

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Shatabdi express is the fast intercity day trains that run between 2 major cities up and down on the same day. The original Shatabdi were fully air conditioned chair car express trains. Shatabdi express connects the metros with the major business and tourist attraction cities. Shatabdi’s are the fastest running locomotive of the Indian Railway sector and are also the pride of the World’s largest Railway network. Most of the Shatabdi express runs not more than 6 hours one way.

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The average Max speed of the Shatabdi express is 140 km per hour and the fastest in the Bhopal Shatabdi express that runs between New Delhi and Bhopal which fastest and clocks 155 km per hour with an avg speed of 89km/hr, that covers 707 kms in 8 hours 25 minutes with total number of stops limited to 8.

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There is also a few trains called Jan Shatabdi, Jan is referred to as common or peoples, as the name goes the Jan Shatabdi is similar short distance chair car day trains, the only change is these trains are not fully air-conditioned and includes non-air conditioned accommodations also and the tickets are little cheaper than the Regular Shatabdi express

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The ticket price includes serving of breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner, along with snacks, coffee or tea, canned juice and a litre of water.

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A seat in Shatabdi express trains has to be reserved in advance before the journey and these trains do not have a unreserved compartment.

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Some of the Shatabdi express trains have been installed with the latest on board entertainment systems like Music, cinemas and live TV Channels.

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Shatabdi express trains are always received at the best platform (mostly Platform No 1) in all the railway stations. The Shatabdi express trains run a distance of 200 to 800 km one way.

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What are some interesting facts about airport and air traffic control?

Why do air traffic control towers have slanted windows?

No matter where you fly to or from in the world, one thing is the same at each airport you visit; the air traffic control tower. Even if you have not actually seen a tower in the flesh, you would have, no doubt, seen one on the news or in a film. No doubt you would have noticed how the design is almost exactly the same on each tower you’ve seen, with one particular constant – the windows.

The windows in the towers are always dark and they are always slanted towards the base of the tower too. A lot of people mistakenly believe the windows are like this in order to protect pilots flying into land and taking off, from the reflection of sunlight. However, they are in fact positioned in this manner to help those working in the tower.

Those working in air traffic control need to be protected from all distractions so they can just focus on their job. The tilted glass helps keep them from any such distractions by directing any wayward light away from the main section of the tower.

Edit : We see reflections in glass all the time, for example, from computer monitors or car windows. But air traffic controllers must not have any distracting reflections as they monitor flights. By tilting the glass away, any errant light from inside the tower (such as video screens, lights, etc.) are reflected up onto the ceiling, which is painted black.

What is the official language of air traffic control?

From 2008, via a ruling made by the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organisation, every single pilot and person working within air traffic control are required to speak English. English is therefore the official language.

This ruling was made as a result of the number of accidents and lives lost due to the large number of communication problems occurring between pilots and air traffic controllers all over the world. Having one official language ensures such problems are eradicated.

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Image source - Gatwick Control Tower

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