Baby Simran comes to life; track Rajdhani from today Source: Rajendra Aklekar, DNA | Last Updated 03:30(21/10/11) Share |
Call 'Baby Simran' to track trains Mumbai: Track the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani and a host of other Rajdhani trains on-line from today. Just log in to http://www.simran.in/ and find out the train location, running position and location with respect to the next stop in terms of kilometres. DNA has reported that the railways had been working on this project on September 28. The Indian Railways on Wednesday went live with the new satellite-based technology that would help commuters waiting at stations to track down the exact location of trains. Affectionately called Baby Simran, (the official name of the project is Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation or SIMRAN), the project took railway ministry four years to complete. The system will provide the public and passengers information such as train's running position (whether it is running on time or late and the duration of delay), and location with respect to the next stop in terms of kms. A top Mumbai-based official said, "The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) at Lucknow and Kanpur IIT had been working on the project, which also involves getting details on mobile phones." "The work is being done in a phase-wise manner. It's a Rs 100-crore project, and it will eventually connect all stations and trains. The project works on the principles of GPS navigation and radio frequency and would require installation of radio tags on locomotives, stations and control rooms connected to a central server. The process also involves digital mapping of stations,'' he elaborated. Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
