29 June 2012

SIMRAN - IIT KANPUR + RDSO PROJECT


Meet SIMRAN: IIT Kanpur & Indian Railways Project To Track Trains
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   "SIMRAN" will tell you the exact status of the train and its location via SMS or website. SIMRAN stands for Satellite Imaging For Rail Navigation for Real Time Passenger Information System being developed. IIT Kanpur and Research Designs & Standard Organization (RDSO), Lucknow are jointly working on the project. The total investment Indian Government is making in the project is around Rs. 100 crores. The project will use GPS data to monitor trains and provide real time information about the location of the train to users. The SIMRAN project aims to track every train in India and provide accurate information about its speed, location and direction. The information will be made available to users via display boards, SMS, IVRS systems and Internet website. The project received sanction to procure hardware and develop software in 2007. 
In order to obtain train status information through SMS, users will have to send SMS to 09415213409 OR 09415213409 in the following format T <train number=""> Example: T 12301</train>

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