Lok Sabha Question No. 1421 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: ISRO enabled GPS System
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1421 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## ISRO ENABLED GPS SYSTEM

1421. PROF. SAUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Indian  Railways  has  started  setting  up  of  ISRO Enabled GPS System Real Train Information System (RTIS) in passenger trains of the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  trains  that  have already got the system installed, zone wise;
- (c) the advantages of such    system in the overall functioning of the Indian Railways;
- (d) whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  install  the  same  in  goods trains also; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1421 BY PROF. SAUGATA RAY TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  27.11.2019  REGARDING  ISRO ENABLED GPS SYSTEM

(a)  to  (e)  :  Yes,  Sir.    Real-time  Train  Information  System  (RTIS) project  is  being  executed  by  Centre  for  Railway  Information System  (CRIS),  which  is  an  Information  Technology  arm  of  the Ministry of Railways, in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).    It  is  primarily  used  for  acquisition  of  train movement data, including  that  of  arrival,  departure,  run-through timings at the stations in route.    As the RTIS devices have been installed in locomotives, the trains hauled by such locomotives get tracked through this system.    The zone-wise details of installation of RTIS device in the passenger and goods train locomotives till 20.11.2019, are as under:

| Zone                       |   Number of Passenger Locomotives |   Number of Goods Locomotives |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Central Railway            |                               103 |                           217 |
| East Coast Railway         |                                53 |                           140 |
| East Central Railway       |                                89 |                            76 |
| Eastern Railway            |                               130 |                            28 |
| North Central Railway      |                                44 |                            71 |
| Northern Railway           |                               268 |                            61 |
| South Central Railway      |                               146 |                           127 |
| South East Central Railway |                                50 |                            14 |
| South Eastern Railway      |                               121 |                           157 |
| Southern Railway           |                               232 |                            48 |
| West Central Railway       |                               181 |                           116 |
| Western Railway            |                               177 |                            00 |
| Total                      |                              1594 |                          1055 |

Additional  funds  for  installation  of  RTIS  system  in  6000  more locomotives (both passenger and goods) have been sanctioned in 2019.

The automatic acquisition  of  the  train  running  data  by  the  RTIS system helps in improving the efficiency of train control, dissemination of accurate train running information to the passengers  and  freight  customers,  and  emergency  messaging between locomotive and control centre.

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