Photos: On some trains in India, ladies only

Women try to enter the ladies' compartment of a crowded train heading towards Delhi at Noli Railway Station in Utter Pradesh November 10, 2012. In India some train compartments, or sometimes whole trains, are reserved specifically for female passengers in an effort to make their travel easier and more secure. The role and treatment of women in society has recently become a hot political issue in the country, since the Dec. 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, who later died of her injuries, and whose case has led to widespread protests in the region against violence against women. Picture taken November 10, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

A woman speaks on the phone as she stands near the open doorway of a Ladies' Special train while travelling in Mumbai December 6, 2012. In Mumbai there are two trains every day except Sunday reserved especially for women. In India some train compartments, or sometimes whole trains, are reserved specifically for female passengers in an effort to make their travel easier and more secure. The role and treatment of women in society has recently become a hot political issue in the country, since the Dec. 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, who later died of her injuries, and whose case has led to widespread protests in the region against violence against women. Picture taken December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

A portrait of a woman is seen near the entrance of the female compartment of a suburban train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Railway Station in Mumbai November 2, 2012. In India some train compartments, or sometimes whole trains, are reserved specifically for female passengers in an effort to make their travel easier and more secure. The role and treatment of women in society has recently become a hot political issue in the country, since the Dec. 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, who later died of her injuries, and whose case has led to widespread protests in the region against violence against women. Picture taken November 2, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

A labourer pushes a handcart past a train as he crosses railway tracks on a foggy and cold winter morning in New Delhi January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal

Women are pictured inside a carriage as they wait for the Ladies' Special train to move at Church Gate Railway Station in Mumbai December 6, 2012. In Mumbai there are two trains every day except Sunday reserved especially for women. In India some train compartments, or sometimes whole trains, are reserved specifically for female passengers in an effort to make their travel easier and more secure. The role and treatment of women in society has recently become a hot political issue in the country, since the Dec. 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, who later died of her injuries, and whose case has led to widespread protests in the region against violence against women. Picture taken December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Indian women travel in the women's compartment of a train early morning in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Five men have been charged with attacking the 23-year-old woman and a male friend on a bus as it was driven through the streets of India's capital. The woman was raped and assaulted with a metal bar on Dec. 16, 2012 and eventually died of her injuries. The case has sparked protests across India by women and men who say India's legal system doesn't do enough to prevent attacks on women. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian women sit near the foot board of a train as they travel in the women's compartment early morning in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Five men have been charged with attacking the 23-year-old woman and a male friend on a bus as it was driven through the streets of India's capital. The woman was raped and assaulted with a metal bar on Dec. 16, 2012 and eventually died of her injuries. The case has sparked protests across India by women and men who say India's legal system doesn't do enough to prevent attacks on women. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

In this photograph taken on March 14, 2012 passengers travel on a crowded train in Mumbai. India's railway minister announced January 9, 2013 that the government would hike passenger fares this month for the first time in a decade to fund improvements in safety on the overburdened rail system. PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images

A vendor sells food inside the Ladies' Special train in Mumbai December 6, 2012. In Mumbai there are two trains every day except Sunday reserved especially for women. In India some train compartments, or sometimes whole trains, are reserved specifically for female passengers in an effort to make their travel easier and more secure. The role and treatment of women in society has recently become a hot political issue in the country, since the Dec. 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, who later died of her injuries, and whose case has led to widespread protests in the region against violence against women. Picture taken December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Passengers walk as trains wait to run at a train station in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Indian women travel in the women's compartment of a train early morning in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Five men have been charged with attacking the 23-year-old woman and a male friend on a bus as it was driven through the streets of India's capital. The woman was raped and assaulted with a metal bar on Dec. 16, 2012 and eventually died of her injuries. The case has sparked protests across India by women and men who say India's legal system doesn't do enough to prevent attacks on women. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Female commuters travel inside the women's compartment of a suburban train while heading towards Mumbai November 3, 2012. In India some train compartments, or sometimes whole trains, are reserved specifically for female passengers in an effort to make their travel easier and more secure. The role and treatment of women in society has recently become a hot political issue in the country, since the Dec. 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, who later died of her injuries, and whose case has led to widespread protests in the region against violence against women. Picture taken November 3, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Young Indian schoolgirls travel in the women's compartment of a train early morning in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Five men have been charged with attacking the 23-year-old woman and a male friend on a bus as it was driven through the streets of India's capital. The woman was raped and assaulted with a metal bar on Dec. 16, 2012 and eventually died of her injuries. The case has sparked protests across India by women and men who say India's legal system doesn't do enough to prevent attacks on women. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)