Lok Sabha Question No. 3936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Real Time Train Infromation System
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3936 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## REAL TIME TRAIN INFORMATION SYSTEM

3936. SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  Railways  has  started  to  install  the  newly  developed Real-time  Train  Information  System  (RTIS)  in  order  to  monitor  the accurate speed and the normal speed during travel from starting to end point;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the benefits of such system; and
- (d)   the  number  of  trains  in  the  country  having  such  system, zone-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3936 BY SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020  REGARDING  REAL  TIME TRAIN INFORMATION SYSTEM

(a) to (d):    Yes, Sir. A Real-Time Information System (RTIS), developed in  collaboration  with  Indian  Space  Research Organisation (ISRO), is being installed on the locomotives for automatic acquisition of train movement timings at the stations, including that of arrival & departure or run-through. They get automatically plotted on the control chart of those trains in the Control Office Application (COA) system.

RTIS gives mid-section updates with a periodicity of 30 seconds. The Train Controllers can now track the location and speed of RTIS enabled locomotives/train more closely, without any manual intervention, which helps in improving the efficiency of train control.

This real time data of RTIS is also linked with the National Train Enquiry System (NTES).    Now more accurate train running information is being passed to the passengers, which helps them to conveniently plan their arrival at the stations.

Further,  it  is  extremely  handy  for  emergency  messaging  from locomotive to control centre, helping in faster response in case of any breakdown or disaster.

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Originally, RTIS was planned to be installed in 2700 locomotives which  has  been  completed  till  December,  2019.    The  zone-wise details of the same, are as under:

| ZONAL RAILWAY              |   TOTAL NO. OF LOCOMOTIVES |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Central Railway            |                        321 |
| East Coast Railway         |                        193 |
| East Central Railway       |                        165 |
| Eastern Railway            |                        158 |
| North Central Railway      |                        115 |
| Northern Railway           |                        330 |
| South Central Railway      |                        277 |
| South East Central Railway |                         97 |
| South Eastern Railway      |                        278 |
| Southern Railway           |                        281 |
| West Central Railway       |                        300 |
| Western Railway            |                        185 |
| Total                      |                       2700 |

To  proliferate  it  further,  installation  of  RTIS  in  6000  more locomotives has been approved.

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