(a) whether the Railways have conducted any experiment in collaboration with
IIT for running several trains on the same track as reported in the
Navbharat Times dated November 25, 2005;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether experiment conducted on the said tracks has proved to be successful;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Railways propose to introduce such system; and
(f) if so, the progress made in this regard so far?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)
(a) & (b): No, Sir. However a project on `Satellite Imaging For Rail Navigation`
(SIMRAN) was taken up by Research Design & Standards Organisation
(RDSO) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT)/Kanpur. The project aimed at designing a Global Positioning System
(GPS) based train running information system. The scope of the project
did not include running several trains on the same track.
(c) & (d): IIT/Kanpur conducted initial survey for mapping the track Latitude &
Longitude of section Kanpur-Allahabad & Kanpur-Lucknow.
(e) & (f): It has since been decided to drop the project.