Presented by :-

Sumeet parmar

(120107232)

Sumit vikram

singh(120107234)

Abrar ahmed

(120107015)

Mushtaq ahmed

APPLICATION OF GIS IN INDIAN

RAILWAYS

INDIAN RAILWAYS

Indian Railways is one of the world’s largest

rail networks under a single management.

It is the lifeline of the nation, the Indian Railways started

its service 161 years ago on 16 April 1853.

The Route Length is around 63,332 Km with more than

8000 stations & There are around 250,000 wagons and

9045 Locos.

It carries over 13 million passengers & 1.3 million tones

of freight everyday

The Gross Traffic Receipts is Rs.90,000 Crores.

NEED FOR GIS SYSTEM IN IR

ASSET MANGEMENT

Assets in IR are classified as: fixed(distributed),

moving, fixed (location specific)

GIS simplifies the management of geographically

distributed assets.

DESIGN & SAFETY

Decrease the probability of accidents and malfunctions

Real time monitoring of trains , Rail Radar, a live train tracking service that runs on Google Maps

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Center for railway management system FOIS

PRS

WISE

LRDSS

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Indian railways is a geographically distributed

organization

Assets are spread across the country

Types of assets :

Fixed (distributed): tracks, overhead ecltrified lines

Fixed(location specific ): station,yards

Moving : locomotives, coaches and wagons.

Simplifies the management of assets

ASSET MANAGEMENT

(CONT’D)

Assets management is done by base maps and

various maintenance and management systems

Base maps : Basic topgraphic sheets developed by

survey of india followed by adding

layers of assets owned by IR, finally adding

subsequent layers

Maintenance systems :

LMS : Locomotive management system

WISE : Workshop management system

TMS : Track management system

AWT : Automatic wagon tracking

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

CRIS : CENTRE FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION

SYSTEM

The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)

designs, develops, implements and maintains most

of the important information systems of Indian

Railways

It is located in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. CRIS was

established in 1986 by the Ministry of Railways of India.

A unique feature of CRIS is collaboration by IT

specialists and railway experts on deputation from the

Indian Railways

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

PRS : PASSENGER RESERVATION SYSTEM

A nationwide online passenger reservation and

ticketing system, developed and maintained by CRIS, is

a client-server application developed

in C and Fortran on a Digital OpenVMS operating

system using RTR (Reliable Transaction Router)

as middleware.

CONCERT (Country-wide Network of Computerised

Enhanced Reservation & Ticketing) interconnects the

four regional computing systems (in New

Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai) into a national

PRS grid. . It allows a passenger anywhere to book

train tickets from any station to any station.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

PRS handles

reservations,

changes,

cancellations and

refunds, reserving

over 1.6 million seats

and berths daily.

Complex rules,

validations and fare

computation

techniques are

interwoven in the

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

FOIS : FREIGHT OPERATIONS INFORMATION

SYSTEM

FOIS began as an application to track and monitor

the movement of wagons, locomotives and unit trains.

Now it is a complete management module for freight

trains handling the billing and revenue collections as

well.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

BENEFITS OF FOIS :

It gives a total transparent system with continuos cargo

visibility

It provides an up to date business enviroment to the

customers with instant access to information regarding

their consignments in transit for just in time inventory.

Increased revenue

Savings in time and cost of

handling in yards

Improved customer service

and satisfaction

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

OTHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

RBCS : RAIL BUDGET

COMPILATION SYSTEM

CMS : CREW MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

MMIS : MATERIAL MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION SYSTEM

HRMS : HUMAN RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

TMS : TRACK MAAGEMENT

SYSTEM

SAFETY

Indian Railways plans to fit GPS devices on each train and

which will track Google Maps for general usage. For each

train the cost of the GPS device would come to around Rs

70,000 to Rs 100,000 for each train. The tracking

instruments are expected to provide precision of 10

meters and delay of 2 minutes. These devices will be fitted

in nearly 100 trains.

The move is expected to help prevent accidents and avert

loss of lives. The Centre for Railway Information Systems

(CRIS), the technology arm of the Indian Railways, has

developed a GPS-based solution with help of Indian

Space Research Organization (ISRO), which can provide

exact location of a train with an accuracy of 10 metres,

and latency of 2 minutes, on a real-time basis.

ISRO’s INSAT-3C satellite will aid in location of moving

trains.

SAFETY

Every year about 400 gangmen are run over by

trains while working on the rail tracks.

To check these deaths, railways will use

Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation (SIMRAN). This train

tracking technology has been developed by IIT-Kanpur and

Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO).

SIMRAN :

In March 2010, Indian Railways had announced a project

called Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation (SIMRAN),

which aimed at providing real-time train tracking through

GPS and mobile (GSM) technologies.

GWS and ULCGWS are by products of simran

SAFETY

GWS :

It stands for gangmen warning system

Every year about 400 gangmen are run

over by trains while working on the rail

tracks

GWS is a byproduct of SIMRAN which works on GSM

technology

GWS would alert a gangman about an approaching train

from a distance of 2,000 metres. The gangman will have to

walk with a device which will warn him against the

approaching train.

Developed at a cost of Rs 30 lakh by IIT-KANPUR

SAFETY

ULCGWS :

It stands for Unmanned Level Crossing Gates

Warning System.

The accidents at unmanned level crossings are rampant in

railways. There have been several instances where

vehicles hit the boom barriers and disrupted movement of

trains.

SIMRAN tracks trains through GPS, GSM and/or RF tags.

The technology has been developed jointly by RDSO and

IIT-K.

In this, a device would be installed at level crossings, both

manned and unmanned, to alert road-users about the

approaching train.

The signal would change colour when the train is 2,000

metres from the crossing and a hooter would blow when

the train is 700 metres away from the level crossing. Once

SAFETY

ACD :

It stands for ANTI COLLISION DEVICE.

Train Collision prevention system

invented by Rajaram Bojji and patented

by Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.

They take inputs from GPS satellite system for position

updates and network among themselves for exchanging

information using their data radio modems to take

decisions for timely auto-application of brakes to prevent

dangerous 'collisions', thus forming a 'Raksha Kavach'

(meaning a '(Train) Safety shield').

CONCLUSION

Indian Railways has used Information Technology

and GIS to improve the experience of passengers

and freight customers.

Increasingly, IT applications with the help of GIS are

being developed to address internal efficiency and

effectiveness. Indian Railways now finds itself in an

age in which rapid assimilation of IT in all walks of life

opens up greater opportunities.

GIS has increased the effectiveness of management

and safety in indian railways and will be of great use

in this sector.

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