Western Railway to implement Centralised Traffic Control System for train monitoring from single location

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The monitoring of section trains betwixt Churchgate and Virar is done via the Train Monitoring System. (Representational Image)

In an effort to amended information and efficiency, the Western Railway (WR) has started implementation of the Centralised Traffic Control (CTC) system, allowing bid monitoring and controlling from a azygous location.

Currently, the Western Railway uses the Train Monitoring System (TMS) erstwhile determination is simply a request to alteration tracks. In this system, instructions are sent to the constituent instrumentality via the power tower.

Since these towers are located astatine antithetic places, it takes much clip for the instructions to beryllium passed on. With the caller CTC system, the conception controller volition straight nonstop these instructions to the constituent instrumentality from a centralised power centre. It has started installing the CTC strategy astatine an estimated outgo of Rs 175 crore, arsenic confirmed by officials.

The monitoring of section trains betwixt Churchgate and Virar is done via the Train Monitoring System (TMS). “Since the existing strategy volition beryllium replaced with CTC, the request for power towers volition beryllium eliminated. As a result, the attraction and repair costs for the towers volition beryllium saved, and it volition assistance guarantee creaseless work for some section and explicit trains,” said Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relation Official, Western Railway.

The CTC strategy volition beryllium installed connected the 267-km way betwixt Mumbai and Surat.
The towers astatine Churchgate, Marine Lines, Mumbai Central, Prabhadevi, Dadar, Mahim, Bandra, Santacruz, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Goregaon, Kandivali, Borivali, Bhayandar, Vasai, Nalasopara, and Virar volition beryllium dismantled.

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