Saturday 04 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
New GPS system for exact train station info

Remote Data Exchange has successfully completed a technology demonstrator for GPS-based Passenger Information System (PIS) on Indian Railways, which enables to get the exact information of stations on the route.

New Delhi: Remote Data Exchange has successfully completed a technology demonstrator for GPS-based Passenger Information System (PIS) on Indian Railways to get the exact information of stations on the route.

The system is a state-of-the-art solution developed specifically for Indian Railways and is a highly scalable system having options of a wide variety of displays (from LED displays to LCD screens) and voice announcement systems to be interfaced to the same core module.

The company further informed that the system has been designed for rugged operations and has a special anti-theft industrial package.

The system comes with full fledged entertainment sub-system comprising of video entertainment and informative movie clips for particular stations.

Passengers travelling in AC coaches can watch video clips, movies and the video songs all the time during their journey, the company added.

The Southern Central Railway (SCR) division impressed with performance of the system has decided to adopt the system for wider implementation on more trains.

Presently, the system is running on Mumbai CST to Nanded, Tapovan Express and further will also be commissioned on number of trains of Central Railway shortly.

Using the desired combination of display and announcement systems and interfacing them to the same core module, the system is suited for AC coaches, sleeper coaches, EMU's, passenger trains and local trains.
—iGovernment Bureau

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