South Eastern Railway (SER) has installed RTIS in 288 of its locomotives.
The Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed the Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS) Project by linking the locomotives via satellites to track the location and speed of running trains.
RTIS is primarily used for acquisition of train movement data including arrival, departure and run-through timings at the enroute stations. The trains hauled by Locomotives enabled with RTIS device can be plotted in train control chart (Control Office Application System) automatically under this navigation system. RTIS also gives mid-section location updates including the current speed of trains.
The automatic acquisition of the train running data by the RTIS system helps in improving the efficiency of train control, dissemination of accurate train running information to the passengers and freight customers and emergency messaging between locomotives and control centres.
Besides ensuring safety and punctuality, RTIS is also a passenger-friendly system as it provides timely and accurate information about the train location.