Lok Sabha Question No. 4619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Mobile Train Radio Communication System
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4619 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## MOBILE TRAIN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

4619. SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Indian  Railways  has  introduced  Mobile  Train  Radio
- Communication System (MTRC);
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  aims  and  objective  behind  the move;
- (c)  the  number  of  railway  zones  in  which  the  MTRC  system  is  to  be made operational;
- (d) the amount allocated for the implementation of this system and the amount utilized;
- (e) the time by which this system will be made operational in all zones of the Indian Railways; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to develop state-of-the-art and high tech method of monitoring, inspection and maintenance of the rail tracks to avoid train accidents?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO PARTS  (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4619 BY SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA, DR. DNV  SENTHILKUMAR.  S.,  DR.  AMOL  RAMSING  KOLHE,  SHRI  SUNIL DATTATRAY  TATKARE,  SHRIMATI  SUPRIYA  SULE,  AND  DR.  SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2021 REGARDING MOBILE TRAIN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

(a)  to  (e)  Yes,  Sir.  Indian  Railways  has  introduced  Mobile  Train  Radio Communication  (MTRC)  system  over  Indian  Railways.  The  aim  and objective for implementing MTRC is to establish direct voice communication between Loco Pilot, Station Master, Controller and also to use it for Modern Train Control System.  The system has been provided over  3460  Route  KM.    Details  of  MTRC  provided  are  appended  as Appendix-I.

Further, new works for Long Term Evolution based MTRC System over 34304  Route  KM  have  been  approved  at  a  cost  of ₹ 6861  crore. Details are appended as Appendix-II.

The  total  amount  for  MTRC  allocated  till  Financial  Year  2020-21  is ₹ 232.54 crore which has been fully utilized.

- (f) Other steps taken to develop state-of-the-art and high tech method of monitoring, inspection and maintenance of rail tracks to avoid train accidents are as under:-
- (i) Periodical inspection and monitoring of tracks is done  by contactless sensor based Track Recording Cars (TRCs). Inspection  of  track  is  also  performed  by  Zonal  Railways  using Oscillation Monitoring system (OMS).

Besides  this,  Automatic  Track  Geometry-cum-Video  Inspection System, Self-Propelled  Turn-out  Geometry  Measurement System and Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) are also in the procurement stage for further strengthening the monitoring and inspection of rail tracks.

- (ii) Indian Railways is using state-of-the-art track  maintenance machines  like  High  Output  Rail  Grinding  Machine,  High  Output Ballast  Cleaning  Machine.  High  Output  Integrated  3X-Dynamic Tamper etc for maintenance of the rail tracks.
- (iii) Improvements in Alumino Thermic welding -Mechanised preheating, Three piece prefabricated mould, Auto Tapping Thimble,  Single  shot  crucible  has  been  provided  for  improved quality of welding.

- (iv) Improvement in Ultrasonic Flaw Detection (USFD) Testing Machines - Analogue USFD testing machines have been replaced by digital USFD testing machines capable of data logging, saving and  transferring  testing  results  to  on-line  application  Track Management  System  (TMS)  and  PCs.  USFD  testing  machines have been introduced having features for location tagging, time stamping    of  recording  and  improved  scan  (B-scan)  capability. Self-propelled  Ultrasonic  Rail  Testing  (SPURT)  Cars  has  been introduced  on  Indian  Railways  for  faster  ultrasonic  testing  of rails.
- (v) Introduction  of  Thick  Web  Switches  &  Weldable  CMS  Crossing (WCMSC) - Thick web Switches & Weldable CMS Crossings have been introduced in Indian Railways.  This will help in better Track maintenance and safety.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4619 BY SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA, DR. DNV  SENTHILKUMAR.  S.,  DR.  AMOL  RAMSING  KOLHE,  SHRI  SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE AND DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2021 REGARDING MOBILE TRAIN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (a)    to  (e  ):  Status  of  Mobile  Train  Radio  Communication  (MTRC) System based on GSM-R and TETRA over Indian Railways

| Zonal RAILWAY          | Section                                                               | TECHNOLOGY   |   ROUTE KM |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|------------|
| Eastern                | Howrah-Dhanbad                                                        | GSM(R)       |      270   |
| East Central           | Dhanbad-Mughalsarai                                                   | GSM(R)       |      400   |
| North Central          | Palwal -Jhansi                                                        | GSM(R)       |      353   |
| North Central          | Ghaziabad-Aligarh-Kanpur- ALD-DDU                                     | GSM(R)       |      760   |
| Northern               | New Delhi-Ambala-Ludhiana Including New Delhi - Palwal and Delhi area | GSM(R)       |      372   |
| Northern               | Ludhiana-Pathankot-Jammu Tawi-Amritsar                                | GSM(R)       |      455   |
| Northern               | Lucknow - Kanpur                                                      | GSM(R)       |       75   |
| Northeast Frontier     | New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon- Guwahati                                 | GSM(R)       |      410   |
| Northeast Frontier     | New Jalpaiguri-Barsoi-Malda Town & Barasoi-Katihar                    | GSM(R)       |      270   |
| Metro Railway, Kolkata | North-South Coridor - Kabi Subhas to Dakshineswar                     | GSM(R)       |       28   |
| Metro Railway Kolkata  | East-West Corridor- Phoolbagan to Sector-V                            | TETRA        |        7.5 |
| Western                | Churchgate - Virar                                                    | TETRA        |       60   |
|                        | TOTAL                                                                 |              |     3460.5 |

GSM(R) = Global System for Mobile Communication-Railway.

TETRA = Terrestrial Trunk Radio

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APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4619 BY SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA, DR. DNV  SENTHILKUMAR.  S.,  DR.  AMOL  RAMSING  KOLHE,  SHRI  SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE AND DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2021 REGARDING MOBILE TRAIN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (a) to (e) List of sanctioned LTE works over Indian Railways.

|   SN | Zonal Railway      | Name of the Umbrella Work                                                                                                                                   |   Route KM |
|------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|    1 | Central            | Umbrella work for provision of LTE based mobile Train Radio equipment at GD/GQ Section of CR @ ₹ 20 lakh per Km on 1854 RKm                                 |       1854 |
|    2 | Central            | Central Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km            |       1563 |
|    3 | Central            | Under Modern Signalling work                                                                                                                                |        175 |
|    4 | Eastern            | Eastern Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km            |       1563 |
|    5 | Northern           | Northern Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km           |       1563 |
|    6 | North Eastern      | North Eastern Railway-Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km       |       1563 |
|    7 | Northeast Frontier | Northeast Frontier Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km |       1563 |
|    8 | Southern           | Southern Railway-Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km            |       1563 |
|    9 | South Central      | South Central Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km      |       1563 |
|   10 | South Central      | Umbrella work for provision of LTE based mobile Train Radio equipment at GQ/GD                                                                              |       1549 |

|    |                    | Section of SCR @ ₹ 20 lakh per Km on 1549 RKm.                                                                                                             |      |
|----|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
| 11 |                    | Under Modern Signalling work                                                                                                                               |  165 |
| 12 | South Eastern      | South Eastern Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km     | 1563 |
| 13 | South Eastern      | Umbrella work for provision of LTE based mobile Train Radio equipment at GQ/GD Section of SER @ ₹ 20 lakh per Km on 692 RKm.                               |  692 |
| 14 | Western            | Western Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km           | 1563 |
| 15 | East Central       | East Central Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km      | 1563 |
| 16 | East Coast         | Umbrella work for provision of LTE based mobile Train Radio equipment at GQ/GD Section of ECoR, NCR and SR @ ₹ 20 lakh per Km on 894 RKm.                  |  894 |
| 17 | East Coast         | East Coast Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km        | 1563 |
| 18 |                    | Under Modern Signalling work                                                                                                                               |  142 |
| 19 | North Central      | North Central Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km     | 1563 |
| 20 |                    | Under Modern Signalling work                                                                                                                               |  153 |
| 21 | North Western      | North Western Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km     | 1563 |
| 22 | South East Central | Umbrella work for provision of LTE based mobile Train Radio equipment at GQ/GD Section of SECR and WCR @ ₹ 20 lakh per Km on 831 RKm.                      |  831 |
| 23 | South East Central | South East Central Railway-Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km | 1563 |

| 24   | South Western   | South Western Railway- Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km   | 1563   |
|------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| 25   | West Central    | West Central Railway-Umbrella works for provision of LTE System on low density Railway Network in connection with TCAS @ ₹ 20 Lakh per Km on 1563 Km     | 1563   |
|      |                 | Total Route KM                                                                                                                                           | 31463  |
| 26   |                 | Under Mission raftaar                                                                                                                                    |        |
| i    |                 | NDLS-HWH (ER 243, ECR 420, NCR 752, NR-39)                                                                                                               | 1454   |
| ii   |                 | NDLS-Mumbai (NR-58, NCR-83, WCR-549 , WR-697)                                                                                                            | 1387   |
|      |                 | Total                                                                                                                                                    | 34304  |

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