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| The Great Indian Railway Atlas |
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SECOND EDITION, 2010
by Samit Roychoudhury |
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A detailed series of maps of one of the world's largest railway networks, with accurate track
alignments, providing up-to-date information on the tracks, stations, yards, etc.
The Atlas, popular with railfans, travellers and map-lovers alike in India and abroad is now in it's second
edition, completely redrawn and revised.
This Atlas has been conceived and painstakingly created in its entirety by Samit Roychoudhury, a design professional
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With forewords by:
Mr David Barrie, Chairman, DHRS
Mr V Anand, ex-GM, SR
Mr Satish Pai, IRFCA
Inside, you will find:
 72
pages of full colour maps, of 1 : 1,500,000 scale, referenced by a locator map.
Accurate
alignments and locations.
Approximately
11,000 locations, including existing and closed stations, sidings, control points etc indexed and with their respective
station codes. Divisional and zonal headquarters identified.
Most closed
lines and stations depicted.
A majority
of sidings and industrial lines shown.
Tracks
show gauge, whether single or double, electrification, etc, colour coded according to the divisions they fall under.
Most works in
progress including new lines, gauge conversions, electrification, including those under survey, etc.
All loco
sheds (electric, diesel and steam), EMU/DMU car-sheds, important freight yards, goods sheds and container terminals marked.
With approx.
30 detailed inset maps (mostly 5x scale) of complex areas.
Multilingual
Legend in English, French and German.
Glossary
of name/spelling changes.
Single
spread At-a-Glance map of entire system, showing the jurisdiction of the various zones. |
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What's New over the First Edition:
• Completely updated.
• Highly accurate alignments and locations and corrected junctional directions.
• More detailed indication of rivers and water bodies, roads and airports.
• Most sidings of over 2 kms length marked. Most non-IR tracks shown.
• Full colour printing, where line colour denotes respective division.
• Many more detailed inset maps of complex areas. |
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