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1) Indian Railways has improved train control and safety through advanced signalling systems like automatic block signalling and track circuiting. The number of stations with these systems increased between 2006-2007. 2) Telecommunication plays an important role in railway operations. Indian Railways has established a nationwide broadband optic fibre cable network through RailTel to improve communications and earn revenue by leasing surplus bandwidth. Over 28,000 route km of optic fibre cable had been laid by 2007. 3) Mobile train radio communication is being introduced on major routes to allow communication between train crews and station staff. Works were underway and expected to be completed by 2008-2009.

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Signal Telecom 2

1) Indian Railways has improved train control and safety through advanced signalling systems like automatic block signalling and track circuiting. The number of stations with these systems increased between 2006-2007. 2) Telecommunication plays an important role in railway operations. Indian Railways has established a nationwide broadband optic fibre cable network through RailTel to improve communications and earn revenue by leasing surplus bandwidth. Over 28,000 route km of optic fibre cable had been laid by 2007. 3) Mobile train radio communication is being introduced on major routes to allow communication between train crews and station staff. Works were underway and expected to be completed by 2008-2009.

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Signal and Telecom

Signalling:
Advanced signalling systems such as complete Track Circuiting,
Multiple Aspect Colour Light Signalling, Panel/Route Relay/Electronic
Interlocking, Automatic Block Signalling, Block Proving by Axle Counter
are deployed on IR to improve level of efficient and safe train control,
optimum utilization of line capacity, etc. Interlocking of level crossings
and provision of telephones at manned level crossings have contributed
to enhancement of safety.
Comparative position of each item of signalling system as on March
31, 2007 vis-a-vis previous year is as follows:
(in units)
Installation As on 31.3.2006 As on 31.3.2007
Tokenless Block Working
(No. of Block Sections) 1,860 1,915
Automatic Block Signalling
(Track kms.) 3,265 3,457
Multiple Aspect Colour Light
Signalling (No. of stations) 4,203 4,446
Panel Interlocking (No. of stations) 2,911 3,262
Solid State Interlocking (No. of stations) 100 159
Route Relay Interlocking (No. of stations) 219 220
Safety devices at level crossings:
(a) Interlocking at level crossings - Nos. 7,781 8,064
(b) Telephones at manned level crossings
- Nos. 15,650 16,073
(c) Lifting barriers at level crossings - Nos. 8,292 8,490
Track Circuiting:
(a) Fouling Mark to Fouling Mark on run
through lines (No. of stations) 4,776 4,926
(b) Fouling Mark to Fouling Mark on
loop lines (No. of stations) 3,395 3,746
(c) Fouling Mark to Block Section Limit
(No. of stations) 3,964 4,144
Block Proving by Axle Counter
(No. of Block Sections) 632 908
Second Distant Signal (No. of stations) 1,185 1,110

Telecommunication:
Telecommunication plays an important role in control, operation
and safety. Following are the highlights of telecommunication systems
of IR.
Nationwide Broadband Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) Telecom Network:
With the change in telecommunication technology, IR has decided
Railway personnel engaged in signal to go for a state-of-the-art, nationwide telecom network for meeting its
maintenance work. communication needs and earning revenue by exploiting surplus

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capacity commercially. With this objective in mind, RailTel, a Public
Sector Undertaking, was formed in September, 2000.
Of the 42,000 route kms. of Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) network that
has been planned for commissioning by 2008, more than 28,100
route kms. of OFC has been laid already. OFC connectivity between
four Metros and four mini Metros has been established and 203 other
important cities have also been connected. So far 2,717 stations have
been connected over the OFC network. RailTel has upgraded their
network by providing the latest state-of-the-art Multi Protocol Level
Switching (MPLS) network. Apart from modernizing the IR’s telecom
network, RailTel has started earning revenue by marketing surplus
bandwidth and other infrastructure to other service providers like AirTel,
Vodafone, Tata, BSNL and financial entities like State Bank of India,
etc.
Railways have also planned to provide 82 Cyber Cafes in the first
phase of which 24 railway stations have already been provided with
Cyber Cafes. Apart from this, 50 stations will also be provided with
Wi-Fi/Wi-Max facility.
Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC):
Global Service Mobile (GSM) based MTRC system is being
introduced on ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’ routes of IR for communication between
train crew and stationary operating staff such as Station Masters,
Controllers, field maintenance staff, etc. Works for over 3,200 route
kms. have been sanctioned on Northern, North Central, Eastern, East
Central and Northeast Frontier Railways. Works on Eastern and
Northeast Frontier Railways have been completed and are under trials.
Balance works are expected to be commissioned in 2008-09.
Railway’s V-SAT Hub:
IR is planning to commission its own V-SAT hub at New Delhi to
facilitate connectivity from the remote FOIS locations using V-SAT
terminals. Presently, about 200 remote sites are planned for connectivity.
V-SAT system has the potential to meet voice and data communication
requirements of remote locations that are lacking in telecom
infrastructure.
Switching and Data Networks:
Railways are replacing old analogue exchanges with digital electronic
exchanges to improve quality of switching and to reduce the
maintenance efforts. During the year, a total of 8,922 subscribers were
connected to digital electronic exchanges bringing the total subscribers
to 2,94,214.
All Zonal and Divisional exchanges of IR are being integrated for
seamless connectivity with uniform STD scheme for improved services
by providing 2 MB connectivity. Broadband connectivity of 2 Mega

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Byte Per Second (MBPS) or more is being increasingly provided
between Divisional and Zonal headquarters to establish high speed link
needed for various IT applications like Railnet, PRIME, AFRES, MIS,
etc. To improve reliability and to effect savings, data circuits required
for on-line applications like PRS, UTS and FOIS are being progressively
transferred to Railway’s own OFC network.
Passenger Amenities:
With a view to provide improved passenger amenities, Train
Indication Boards at 1,055 stations, Public Address System at 3,081
stations and Coach Guidance Boards at 141 stations have been installed.
In addition, Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) has also been
provided on 509 locations. Integrated Train Enquiry System with unique
No.139 was also commissioned during the year to provide information
to the travelling public in respect of all train movement and reservation
related queries.
The progress of installation of telecom equipment on IR is given
below:
(in units)
Installation As on 31.3.2006 As on 31.3.2007

Digital Electronic Exchanges


(No. of Lines) 2,85,292 2,94,214
No. of Control Sections provided with
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF)
control equipment 295 295
Digital Microwave (7 GHz)
(Route kms.) 7,093 7,093
Control communication through
wireless (18 GHz) (Route kms.) 989 989
Mobile Train Radio Communication
System (Route kms.) 1,686 1,686
OFC Communication System for Control
Communication (Route kms.) 25,269 28,124
Public Address System (No. of stations) 2,708 3,081
Train Display Boards (No. of stations) 925 1,055
Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) 457 509
(No. of stations)
Coach Guidance System (No. of stations) 129 141

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