Railways ties up with ISRO for train tracking

Contact Counsellor

Last Updated09/03/2023

The Indian Railways has initiated a project which will enable real-time tracking of train movements with the assistance of satellite imagery under the Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) project.
Through this project, the Indian Railways is looking to harness data analytics technologies for integrated transportation.

The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for live tracking to help Railways run trains efficiently.
The plan is to integrate locomotives with a device and a SIM, which communicates the train’s real position to the satellite and feedback is received.
In order to facilitate this, ISRO’s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) and Bhuvan, which is a web-based utility that allows users to explore a set of map-based content being deployed for tracking will be used.
Real-time tracking of trains becomes extremely useful during accidents, floods and landslides.
Indian Railways is also looking to adopt advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum tech and data analytics to improve its services and passenger experience.
A pilot project is underway between Sanchar Bhavan and Rail Bhavan to use quantum key encryption in order to improve the security of information exchange.
CRIS has developed a hand-held device that can help reduce queues by providing tickets on platforms.