Lok Sabha Question No. 5483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Data Loggers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 5483 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## DATA LOGGERS

5483. SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has instructed its Zonal Railways to link the arrival and departure of trains with data loggers to eliminate the practice of  manually  recording  punctuality  performance  at  railway  junctions across  zones  to  ensure  correct  reporting  of  such  data  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) whether  it  was  also  decided  to  utilize  these  data  loggers  for capturing trains' running information and update Control Office Application (COA) automatically at the central server; and
- (c) if  so, the details thereof along with the list of railway stations and zones where data loggers have been provided?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5483 BY SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 28.03.2018 REGARDING DATA LOGGERS

(a) to (c) Yes, Madam. A pilot project was started on Indian Railways to link Data Logger (DL) with Control Office Application (COA) at 34 locations (17 Terminal and 17 Inter change points) for capturing and disseminating real time  information  of  train  running  to  the  rail  user.  This  has  now  been expanded and presently data loggers at 42 locations are linked with Control Office Application (COA).

The list of 42 stations where this link has been provided and operationalized are as under:-

| Station                                                      | Division      | Railway   |   No. of Stations |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|
| Khandwa                                                      | Bhusawal      | CR        |                 1 |
| Balahrshah                                                   | Nagpur        | CR        |                 1 |
| Roha and Mumbai CST                                          | Mumbai        | CR        |                 2 |
| Asansol                                                      | Asansol       | ER        |                 1 |
| East Outer Cabin (EOCM), Manpur and Mughalsarai(NEWC)        | Mughalsarai   | ECR       |                 3 |
| Goldenganj and Seemapur                                      | Sonpur        | ECR       |                 2 |
| Pradankhunta                                                 | Dhanbad       | ECR       |                 1 |
| Jhajha and Kiul                                              | Danapur       | ECR       |                 2 |
| Bhubaneshwar and Bhadrak                                     | Khurda Road   | ECoR      |                 2 |
| Duvvada                                                      | Waltair       | ECoR      |                 1 |
| Chipyana and Palwal                                          | Delhi         | NR        |                 2 |
| Kanpur                                                       | Allahabad     | NCR       |                 1 |
| Lucknow Jn. and Gorakhpur RRI                                | Lucknow       | NER       |                 2 |
| Guwahati and Silchar                                         | Lumding       | NFR       |                 2 |
| New Bongaigaon-3 cabins                                      | Rangiya       | NFR       |                 1 |
| Rani nagarJalpaiguri, Old Malda Jn. and Katihar RRI-3 cabins | Katihar       | NFR       |                 3 |
| Jaipur and Rewari                                            | Jaipur        | NWR       |                 2 |
| Chennai Central and Jolarpetttai                             | Chennai       | SR        |                 2 |
| Gudur                                                        | Vijayawada    | SCR       |                 1 |
| Secuderabad                                                  | Secuderabad   | SCR       |                 1 |
| Jharsuguda                                                   | Chakradharpur | SER       |                 1 |
| Bilaspur                                                     | Bilaspur      | SECR      |                 1 |
| Banglore                                                     | Banglore      | SWR       |                 1 |
| Ahmedabad and Palanpur                                       | Ahmedabad     | WR        |                 2 |
| Nagda                                                        | Ratlam        | WR        |                 1 |
| Bina                                                         | Bhopal        | WCR       |                 1 |
| Jabalpur and New Katni Jn.                                   | Jabalpur      | WCR       |                 2 |
| Total                                                        |               |           |                42 |

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