Railways launches real time train information system

Indian Railways has opened the first phase of the Real Train Information System (RTIS) to public which will allow accurate train tracking, thus heralding a more passenger-friendly information technology.

The new tracking system is based on satellite imaging for rail navigation (SIMRAN) and has been developed jointly by Research, Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, the research arm of the ministry of railways and IIT Kanpur.

Union minister of railways Dinesh Trivedi inaugurated this facility during the Economic Editors' Conference in New Delhi yesterday. 

The first phase of the RTIS system will cover 6 pairs of trains including the 12301  Howrah-N Delhi Rajdhani, 12302 N Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani, 12305 Howrah-N Delhi Rajdhani, 12306 N Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani, 12313 Sealdah-N Delhi Rajdhani, 12314 N Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani, 12951 Mumbai Central-N Delhi Rajdhani, 12952 N Delhi-Mumbai Central Rajdhani, 12953 Mumbai Central-Nizamuddin A K Rajdhani, 12954 Nizamuddin-Mumbai Central A K Rajdhani, 12003 Lucknow-N Delhi Shatabdi and the 12004 N Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi.
 
The facility will provide accurate train running information on a click of button or through SMS and will overcome limitations of the existing train information dissemination through 139 which is mainly dependent on manual collection and feeding, a railway ministry release said.

RTIS system deployed in the trains mentioned above will provide information to public/passengers regarding train location, running position (ie, whether train is running on time or if running late and by how much) and location with respect to next stopping station in terms of  kms.

This information will be available on website "http://www.simran.in".