Indian Railways to install GPS in around 2,700 trains by December 2018

Monday, January 8, 2018

The government plans to install GPS devices on 2700 electric locomotives by December 2018 to provide real-time train information.

It was stated by Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways in a written reply to the Lok Sabha  that the Railway Ministry and ISRO have collaborated to install Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS) to track trains.

It was reported that Phase-1 of the project would be covering 2,700 locomotives and the expected time of installing GPS devices will be December 2018.

He further added that a a reliable and high-level accuracy of about 99.3% of real-time reporting of arrival and departure timing updates have been observed that will meet up the RTIS requirements.

Real-time GPS information is an excellent tool will help in maintain a tight schedule and avoid delays.

It was noted that trials for this system have already been conducted on the New-Delhi-Guwahati, and New-Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani trains on six electric locomotives.

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