Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Project Unigauge is an ongoing exercise by Indian Railways to standardise most of the rail gauges in India to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.Indian Railways currently has significant lengths of four different gauges: the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge, and two narrow gauges 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm). The total length of track used by Indian Railways was about 115,000 km (71,000 mi) while the total route length of the network was 65,000 km (40,000 mi) in 2011.Urban mass rapid transport systems (metro rail) built or being built in six large cities in India use both 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. However these metro railways are independent corporations not under the jurisdiction of Indian Railways and therefore Project Unigauge does not apply to them.A broad-gauge network allows bigger trains, higher speeds, and more stability. However, it costs more than smaller gauge. For India, which has one of the world's highest population densities, broad-gauge allows comfortable travel for high volumes of travellers, and is deemed to be economically feasible in the long term.Adopting Broad-gauge has helped India to have one of the lowest ticket prices in the world. Cheap train travel cost is achieved with more tickets per train, lower operational costs than standard gauge, double decker passenger trains, double decker cargo trains without any special provisions. Even Triple decker trains are also proposed with non-standard container sizes.."@en }
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- Project_Unigauge abstract "Project Unigauge is an ongoing exercise by Indian Railways to standardise most of the rail gauges in India to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.Indian Railways currently has significant lengths of four different gauges: the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge, and two narrow gauges 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm). The total length of track used by Indian Railways was about 115,000 km (71,000 mi) while the total route length of the network was 65,000 km (40,000 mi) in 2011.Urban mass rapid transport systems (metro rail) built or being built in six large cities in India use both 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. However these metro railways are independent corporations not under the jurisdiction of Indian Railways and therefore Project Unigauge does not apply to them.A broad-gauge network allows bigger trains, higher speeds, and more stability. However, it costs more than smaller gauge. For India, which has one of the world's highest population densities, broad-gauge allows comfortable travel for high volumes of travellers, and is deemed to be economically feasible in the long term.Adopting Broad-gauge has helped India to have one of the lowest ticket prices in the world. Cheap train travel cost is achieved with more tickets per train, lower operational costs than standard gauge, double decker passenger trains, double decker cargo trains without any special provisions. Even Triple decker trains are also proposed with non-standard container sizes..".