QUICK FACTS

 Network 63,630 Route km

o B.G - 52002 km (82%),MG & NG – 11,628 km ( 18%)
o Electrified – 18942 km (36% of BG); 18,000 km double line
o BG accounts for 97.2% of passenger and 99.6% of freight traffic/earnings (99.8%) 

 Freight Loading achieved in 2008-09 : 833 MT

 Target for 2009-10 : 882 MT
 Originating Passengers 6974 million (in 2008-09) 

 World Standing
o 4th Largest in Freight loading after U.S.A, China & Russia
o 2nd in Passenger business (originating) after Japan

Organization 

 Railway Organization
o 16 Zones,
o 68 Divisions,
o 13 PSU/Corporations
o CONCOR, CRIS, DFCCIL, IRCON, IRCTC, IRFC, KRCL, MRVC, RAILTEL, RITES , RLDA, RVNL,
Bharat Wagon & Engineering Co.Ltd 

 Human Resource

o Approx. 13.95 Lakh Employee incl. about 15,000 Officers

Telecommunication on IR 

 Telecommunication plays a stellar role in Railways Train Control Communication, Safety,

Operations incl. Data Comm Networks required for Throughput enhancement applications like
FOIS, UTS, PRS, COIS, Railnet, Control Office Applications.
 State of art communication telecom systems are required to service high level of freight traffic,
high speed train operations, enhancing trains safety, proliferation of IT applications &
provisioning of Passenger Amenities at Railway Stations as well as in running trains

RAILWAYS NEED FOR COMMUNICATION 

 VOICE COMMUNICATION
o Long Distance Administrative Trunk Circuits incl. local communication 

 OPERATIONAL 

  i. Train Control Communication

  ii. Block Working

  iii. Level Crossing Gate (Telephone Communication)

  vi. Emergency Communication (emergency socket at every km  along  the track)

  v. Walkie-Talkie VHF communication between Guard, Driver &  Stations 

  Data Communication for PRS, FOIS, UTS, CMS, COIS, Railnet, Control Office Applications etc.

TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE ON IR 

as on 31.08.09

 Telephone Exchanges  902 Nos.

o No. of Subscriber Lines  3,04,026 Nos.
 OFC     
o Laid     36,427 Rkms
o Lit      33,300 Rkms
o WIP (Works in Progress)   10,000 Rkms
 Quad Cable    35,000 Rkms

    (for Block working, LC Gate & Emergency Communication)

 Analog/UHF Microwave  12,424 Kms

 Digital/UHF Microwave  8,271 Kms
 MTRC (Mobile Train Radio Communication)   692 Rkms
 VHF Sets  (25watt at Stations)    7,159 sets
 V-SAT Hub     9 MhzB.W.
o  (Located at Thompson Road MW Complex, New Delhi)
 OverHead Alignment   3,500Rkms
 Railnet:- All Zonal Hqrs, Divisions, PUs & Centralized Training Institutes are connected. Railnet is
an administrative enterprise wide network in place for general purposes like e-mail, Information
sharing, Internet browsing etc. Has potential to be expanded to every railway station for
dissemination of information data to maintenance/ operating staff

IT Applications Implemented  on Indian Railways 

 Passenger Reservation system (PRS):

    This system provides reserved tickets from over 1800 locations and via the internet.
 Freight Operations Information System (FOIS):
    This system with the help of main server at CRIS, New Delhi and routers/switches/LAN extenders
manages freight train movements and generation of computerized RR.
 Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS):
    This is a complete current ticketing system provides unreserved tickets from over 2100 locations at
present across the country.
 Control Office Application:
    Control office function is managed by this application available at 72 control offices.
 Crew Management System:
    Crew booking and related functions are managed by this application at 286 major lobbies.
 Integrated Coaching Management System:
    This system manages passenger coach movements from 221 locations.

IT Applications under development on Indian Railways 

 Asset Management System

         such as Locomotive Management System, Coaching Management System, Freight Management
System, and Workshop Management System are at various stages of development. 
 Material Management Information System
         which will provide a centralized material management for entire Indian Railways is under
development. 
 Track Management System
         is under development as a pilot project. It will manage all aspects of track maintenance.
TMRS Projects under development with RDSO 
(Technology Mission for Railway Safety)  
 
 SIMRAN – (Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation)
 
o A real time rolling stock tracking System uses GPS for rolling stock location and public
GSM/GPRS for transmitting this information to the central server.
 
 On-Board Loco Parameter diagnostic System
 
o During the run of the train, loco parameters are transmitted to central server for taking
timely action in case of a problem.
 
 OHE Parameters Monitoring System
 
o OHE parameters can be monitored from central location
TMRS Projects under development with RDSO 
(Technology Mission for Railway Safety)  
 
 Fog vision Improvement Device
 
o Will involve laser device to have improved visibility of 200 mts - 300 mts in foggy
conditions.
 
 Bridge Instrumentations
 
o System design involve measurement of bridge parameters such as stress, strain etc.
during running train. Flood levels are also measured and these parameters are
transmitted to central server.
 
 Derailment Detection Device
 
o Device deployed on track, which measures wheel parameters & Hot Box and transmit the
same to the central server.