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India's women-only trains - in pictures

Trains for women: Women try to enter the ladies' compartment of a crowded train
Women try to enter the female-only compartment of a crowded train heading towards Delhi at Noli station in Utter Pradesh Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Trains for women: Women wait for the Ladies' Special train to move
Women wait for the female passengers-only train to leave Church Gate station in Mumbai Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Trains for women: Schoolgirls travel in the women's compartment
Schoolgirls travel in the women's carriage of a train in the early morning in Mumbai Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP
Trains for women: A woman speaks on the phone as she stands near the open doorway
A woman speaks on the phone as she stands near the open doorway of a 'Ladies' Special' train while travelling in Mumbai Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Trains for women: Women sit near the doors as they travel in the women's compartment
Women sit near the doors of a train as they travel towards Mumbai Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP
Trains for women: A vendor sells food inside the Ladies' Special train in Mumbai
A vendor sells food inside a women-only train in Mumbai Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Trains for women: A picture of a woman near the entrance of the female compartment
A picture of a woman marks a female-only carriage of a suburban train at Chhatrapati Shivaji station in Mumbai Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Trains for women: Female commuters travel inside the women's compartment
Female commuters travel inside the women-only section of a train carriage near Mumbai Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Trains for women: Women stand in the door of the women's compartment of a train
Women stand in the door of the women's compartment of a train as they travel to work in the early morning in Mumbai Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP
Trains for women: A police officer stands in the Ladies' Special train
A police officer stands in the 'Ladies' Special' train at Church Gate station in Mumbai Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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