What is a cantonment railway station? How is it different from other railway stations?

 ABOUT CANTONMENT RAILWAY STATION

• Cantonment railway station are those railway stations which was established near a military station (Cantonment).
• The term ‘Cantonment’ stands for a large army establishment.
• During the British Raj, there were many areas within a city which had military establishments, Regimental Centres etc.
• Many Cantonment stations in India are small stations with limited stoppages of trains like Delhi Cantt, Meerut Cantt but there are some cities which have Cantonment stations serving as the main station for the city like Agra Cantt, Ambala Cantt etc.
• There are some railway station in India which are classified as Junction railway station because of more connectivity of railway lines from different parts of India but in actual, they are called Cantonment railway station in the city because those station lies in the Cantonment region of the city. The name of stations are Varanasi Junction and Allahabad Junction.

How is Cantonment railway stations different from other railway stations?

• The main difference between Cantonment railway stations and other railway stations is there is presence of Movement Control Office (MCO) at Cantonment railway stations.
• MCO (Movement Control Office) is a place where Indian Army Personnel going for the duty or coming for the duty by train reports here.

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AGRA CANTT RAILWAY STATION

AMBALA CANTT RAILWAY STATION

BAREILLY CANTT RAILWAY STATION

BENGALURU CANTT RAILWAY STATION

DELHI CANTT RAILWAY STATION

GORAKHPUR CANTT RAILWAY STATION

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Is it possible to create artificial gravity on a space station?

 Yes it is but it must be designed for it. The key of course is spinning to create artificial gravity. This was shown in 2001 a Space Odyssey. If you have the need for a large space station to house a lot of people it could be something like this.

There is little or no gravity in the center hub and ships can dock there if they match the spin. The outer portion has gravity due to the spin (centripetal force). This of course would require a lot of launches and a long time to build. They don’t say what the diameter is but it would have to be at least a couple of hundred meters to not have vertigo due to gravity differences at your head and feet I am told.

A simpler possibility for say 2 Starships going to Mars is a simple tether connecting the noses of the ships. It might look about like this.

With a 300 meter cable and a slow spin of 1.5 RPM you get Mars normal gravity. The issues with this is no other craft can dock most likely. However, the two ships could spin themselves up slowly with attitude thrusters. They just have to de-spin to do anything meaningful like a course correction or preparing to enter the atmosphere. You might be able to save mass with a 200 meter cable and a slightly faster spin.

Why are railway station names written on the yellow board?

 The railway station names are written on the yellow board due to below mentioned points.

• The yellow colour has highly visibility from far away distance to loco pilots to spot the railway station easily. The station names are clearly visible in both day and night and even in foggy weather situation during the winter season.
• The yellow colour better contrast with the black colour. The black letters written on the yellow board is easy to read from far away distance.

Moreover, the colour yellow is placed at third position among the seven primary colours, in terms of wavelength in the visibility spectrum. The more the wavelength of colour, the farthest it can be seen.

In terms of wavelength, the colour red tops the list but it is used to stop trains at signals. The red colour is not used on the station board because the lateral peripheral vision of yellow colour is 1.24 times higher than that of red colour.

Hence, due to above mentioned points and explanations, the railway station names are written on the yellow board in Indian Railways.

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Which is the most luxurious railway station in India?

 The answer is One and Only Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station.

Why ?

1. The new Katra railway station in Jammu and Kashmir is finally complete with world-class facilities and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Spread over an area of 83 hectares, the station has three platforms — each 550 meters long and big enough to accommodate trains with 26 compartments.

2. The facilities include smooth-running escalators, lifts and a fully air-conditioned hotel with a shopping lounge and a multi-cuisine food station.

3. The station has a huge parking lot that has been constructed to accommodate cars and passenger buses.

4. Here is a picture of the lounge area at the station.

5. The two-storey main building has two lifts, with the first floor comprising a guest house, a multi-cuisine restaurant and a shopping lounge run by the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation.

6. Pictured here is one of the rooms built for the comfort of waiting passengers at the Katra station.

7. Stunning entrance......!

8. Constructed at a cost Rs 1,050 crore, the 25 km-long railway line between Katra and Udhampur has 10 tunnels and 32 bridges.

These all things makes it Luxurious station.