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Chapter : 8.3 Applications of Information Technology

Topic : 8.3.1 In Railways

Application of Information Technology in Railways

 Computers and Information Technology are widely used in the railway system and
railway industry.
 IT plays a vital role in railways. It made it more efficient and simple.
 The online reservation system allows the users to make reservations at the comfort
of their homes.
 The online reservation system also integrates other related services like irctc-pnr
status check, live train status, availability of tickets, train schedules, etc.
 A route-based reservation system that facilitates the issue of journey-cum-
reservation tickets, which can be issued from any station to any station.
 Passenger journey to multiple laps of reservation can be handled from a single
terminal window, and also round the clock service.
 Provides automatic database recovery against all kinds of hardware and software
failures.

FIG 8.6: Railway Ticket Reservation System

 Indian railways uses Information Technology for many purposes. They are
 Passenger Reservation System Solution .
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 Unreserved Ticketing System for Railways.

 Mobile Ticketing.
 Web Ticketing.
 Kiosk-based Ticketing.
 Centralized (Hybrid) Ticketing System.
 Time Table and Scheduling System.
 Traffic Management Systems.
 Passenger Information Display System.
 Managing railway construction projects.
 There are many railway mobile applications to check the live train status, ticket
availability, and train schedules, seat numbers, PNR status etc.

FIG 8.7: Railway Mobile Application

 The cloud based train security system has been installed in some parts of India.
 It will check for any problem in train tracks or wheels. It is mainly used for
preventing derailments.
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FIG 8.8: Railway Mobile Application

 With the help of modern technologies, the live train location can be tracked and the
railway station automatically manages the signal and track allocation works.
 It reduces the waiting time of each train for the signal.

FIG 8.9: Railway Signal And Track Control System