IT Applications in Operations by SR Prof TM

IT APPLICATIONS
IN TRAIN
OPERATIONS
BY:
PRAVIN PARMAR
Sr Professor(T.M.)
8/31/15
Why IT applications
Gigantic Dimensions
Operations
Payment
Man power Planning
Data capture
Data Mining
Administration and Management
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Indian Railways Gigantic

Operations
DAILY
TRANSPORT OUTPUT
23 MILLION PASSENGERS
3 MILLION TONNES FREIGHT LOADING
12,617 PASSENGER TRAINS RUN
> 7000 FREIGHT TRAINS
Assets of I R
(2013-14)
65,436 route kilometers

63,870 Passenger Coaches
9,956 locomotives
2.44 lakh wagons
7172 block stations
13.07 lakh work force
IT APPLICATIONS IN OPERATIONS
1. FOIS (Freight Operations Information System)
2. ICMS (Integrated Coaching Management System)
3. COA (Control Office Application)
4. PMS (Parcel Management System)
5. SATSaNG (Software Aided Train Scheduling and
Network Governance)
6. CMS (Crew Management System)

7. RFID (Radio frequency Identification)
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Freight Operation Information

System (FOIS) - Back ground
1051 Million Tonnes of Freight Loading in a year
2013-14
Freight trains bring two thirds of the Indian Railway
revenues
The major commodities carried by Indian Railways
are Coal, Iron Ore, Food grains, Iron & Steel,
Cement, Petroleum products, Fertilizer and
Containerized Traffic.
specialized wagons for different types of
commodities.
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System (FOIS) - Back ground
Freight trains do not run to a fixed schedule thus
making Freight Operations a highly Information

Intensive activity.
Based on this information managers
make Allocation Decisions continually to
dynamically Optimize Utilization of resources like
wagons, locomotives, crew and paths on the network.
Real time information allows good decision making
and thus ensures high levels of mobility within the
system.
This realisation has led to the development of Freight
Operations Information System (FOIS).
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System (FOIS)
Freight Operations Information System
Conceived in 1982
Led to formation and functioning of CRIS in
1987
RMS pilot implementation started in 1999
on NR
TMS implementation started in 2006
E-payment pilot project 2007
Being extended to major customers in phases
FOIS terminals being extended to
customers
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FOIS - OBJECTIVE
A Strategic Advantage to both IR and its
customers. The implementation of the system is

envisaged to eventually achieve the following:-
1. Extension of the current business practice of
bulk movement in train load formation to
piecemeal traffic to increase the market share
by clubbing and moving together similar type of
stock of "Hub & Spoke" arrangement.
2. Global tracking of consignments in real
time whether in rakes or in individual wagons.
Theinsight and pipeline of consignments would
be seamlessly available for timely planningand
just in time inventory management.
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FOIS - OBJECTIVE
3. Facilitate acceptance of customer's
orders, billing and cash accountal

from identified nodal customer
centers which, may not necessarily
be the handling terminals. These
facilities could even get extended to
customer's premises and along with
introduction ofe-commerce
benefit both by reducing the burden
of logistics management.
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FOIS MODULES
FOIS comprises two major subsystems :
1. Phase I -Rake Management
System(RMS) for handling the
operational aspects of IR.
2. Phase II -Terminal Management
System(TMS) for handling the
commercial aspects of IR.
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Rake Management System

(RMS)
RMS captures the following events in real time
Customer indents
Wagon supply - date and time
Departure after loading
Running particulars - arrival/departure at
stations
enroute with
attachments/detachments if any
Arrival at destination
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RMS provides information on:

1. Train Operations
2. Interchange & Forecast
3. Rake based consignment tracking
4. Train in pipeline
5. Wagon type wise stock holding
6. Consist reporting on summary basis
7. Terminal handling performance
8. Loco holding, outage and power on
line.
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RMS Query Set

Conference Set Interchange, Forecast,
Loads on Run, Stream-wise Pipeline,
Traffic Flow, Terminal Position, etc.
Managerial Set Yesterdays Interchange,
Load in Pipeline, Stock, Demand, Rake,
etc.
Operations Control I/C, Stock, Rake,
Loco, Trains, Demand, etc.
Statistical Report I/C Summary, Load,
Stock
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Terminal Management System

(TMS)
Introduced as phase II of FOIS in 2006
Enables management of activities at freight
terminals
Commercial activities RR preparations; epayment
Document generationwagon consist, labels
Data capture and report generationDC,WC
etc
Detention analysis
Commodity and customer details capture
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Customer facilitation in tracking consignments
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TMS provides information on:
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Customers profile, concessions, etc

Booking arrival, demand register, haulage,
RR, etc
Rake handling
Piecemeal
Outward F/Notes
Inward delivery, on hand, etc
Charges local, remittance, WC, DC, Bill
Transshipment
Query
Message
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E-Payment of Freight
E-banking facility for payment of freight,
Year 1997
Tri-partite Agreement: Railways, Bank and
Consignee
Originating point intimates electronically
(TMS) freight charges due (Paid) to Bank
before printing RR/ORR (Invoice)
RR generated after receipt of successful
transaction message from the Bank
Synchronous Transaction reply within 150
sec
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FREIGHT OPERATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM
FOIS Phase-II (TMS Expansion)

Enabling non-device locations under the nodal
concept, more than 99.9% of RRs are booked

through TMS.
IREPG, E-Payment facility .
Facility has now been extended to more than
635 customers.
A total of Rs. 5550 crores (Rs. 179 crores per
day) of freight payment was done through Epayment during December, 2012 which is
around 71.60 % of the total freight.
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FOIS-BENEFITS
1.
Convenience and Transparency to Customers
2.
Optimum Utilization of Resources
3.
Handling of Commercial and Operational
aspects of Rail and Freight Movement

4.
Better Decision making tools
5.
Help for better logistics management.
6.
Position of Freight Trains in Computerized
Territory, ETA/ETD at a station
www.fois.indianrail.gov.in
7.
Commodity wise flow for customers like Power
Houses, Refineries, Fertilizers, Cement Plants,
Steel Depots and public freight terminals .
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FOIS-BENEFITS
8. Attachment/Detachment of Rolling Stock
-Wagons in yard, Locos in Shed

9. Detention -Loading/Unloading from different
regions/locations.
10. Freight Earnings, RRs, Invoices, Demurrage
charges, Wharfage charges and other Local
Charges
11. Balance Sheet, Apportionment, E-payments,
Empty Haulage etc.
12. Availability of data like NTKMs, GTKMs, WTR,
Outage etc.
13. Comparative/ Trend analysis on different21
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TEST RESULT OF FNR ENQUIRY
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Management System
(ICMS)
1. National Train Enquiry System (NTES)
2. Punctuality Analysis and Monitoring (PAM)
3. Coaching Operations Information System
(COIS)
4. Coach Maintenance Management (CMM)
Pilot phase
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ICMS
(Integrated Coaching
Management System)
MODULES IN ICMS
1.
National Train Enquiry System (NTES):
Captures train running details from COA and

provides real time information to passengers
.Status: Implemented in 1999
2.
Punctuality Module (PAM):For Post facto
analysis of punctuality loss and its causes (not an
on-line system), Captures train running at
Originating/ Terminating and interchange points
and the causes of detention. Data input
predominantly at Divisional HQ level. Status:
Implemented in 2003
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ICMS
Management System)
1.Coaching Operations
Information System (COIS):

Captures events on Coaches,
Rakes, Generates Reports for
Management of Coaching Stock.
Data input predominantly at
Station/Coaching Yard level.
Status: Implemented in 2006
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ICMS
Management System)
Coaching Maintenance
Module: Coach Maintenance
Management (CMM) Presently
under Pilot phase
Pilot project and is aimed at
computerization of complete
Mechanical & Electrical maintenance
activities of coaching depots and
closely integrated with COIS.
Status : Under pilot project being
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ICMS
Management System)
PAM:
Feeding mostly at divisional level. Interchange
owning division controls the data feeding for
handing over or taking over, Zonal client does
the responsibility fixing( deciding the trains
lost in punctuality).Activities include:
1. Originating terminating, interchange timings.
2. Detention Reports.
3. Cause wise logging
4. Fixing Responsibility
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ICMS
Management System)
COIS:
Unlike PAM - no concept of data feeding in COIS.
Instead working on the system at station/yard level
leads to generation of required data (and memos for
the operator).This works as input for MIS.All
station/yard activities from arrival to departure of
rake are captured:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Yard stock entry

Dispute Resolve
Yard Position
Sick Marking
Rake formation
Sick line Placement
Sick line Operation
Modify consist
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ICMS
Management System)
COIS
9. Shop Marking
10. Movement Shop Placement
11. Movement (Yard to yard)
12. Remove fit available coaches
13. Rake Examination
14. Search Feedbacks
15. Departure Reporting
16. Send Feedbacks
17. En route Attachments/Detachments
18. Generate memo
19. Arrival Reporting
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ICMS
ICMS-MIS-REPORTS
PAM : Reports for Management at Divisional Level, HQ level,
Board level like:
1. Railway Punctuality Performance for a date for a Division
2. Movement of Trains (Division wise) in a Zone
3. Punctuality percentage of Mail/Express
4. Cause wise/Gauge Wise breakup of Lost Trains between dates
5. Division wise analysis of Cause of Lost Trains on Date in a
Zone
6. Railway Punctuality performance for a date in a Zone
7. Cause wise breakup of Trains lost in a period
8. Summary of Monitored trains daily Run and Lost
9. Section wise/Cause wise analysis for all trains on a date
10. Zone wise/Cause wise analysis for all trains on a date, etc
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ICMS
COIS: Reports for Management at Station Level,
Divisional Level, HQ, RB level like :
1. Yard Stock Position (Line position)
2. Vehicle Guidance
3. Zonal Stock Balance sheet (type wise details of
Bare Requirement, allotment, running in service,
ineffective etc)
4. Coaches on way from/to shop
5. Foreign Railway Coaches
6. Ineffective Coaches
7. Coach History
8. Rake Link Information Zonal/Divisional Coaching
Stock allotment/availability, etc.
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CONTROL OFFICE
APPLICATION (COA)
Control Office Application (COA) is
comprehensive software for the

automation of Control Charting ata railway
divisional control office.
COA is intended to replace the tedious
manual plotting of running trains on a
chart.
The core functionality of the control
charting with ergonomics is intended to
provide the Traffic Controllersgood lookand-feel and user-friendly work
environment.
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Control Office Application (COA)

Pilot project completed in TVC Division February, 2006
Completed phase III in October 2009 in all 69
Divisions
Integration with;
NTES NOV.2009
ICMS NOV. 2009
FOIS- AUG. 2009
DATA LOGGER- NOV.2012
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CONTROL OFFICE
APPLICATION (COA)
Functionalities of COA
1. Train Ordering
2. Maintain Train Information
3. Manage Train Movement (Abnormal
Working, Stabling, Banker Movement)

4. Report Unusual Occurrences.
5. Management of Maintenance Blocks
6. Caution Orders
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CONTROL OFFICE
APPLICATION (COA)
Functionalities of COA
7. Plot Graph.
8. Advance Plotting _ System / Manual
9. Maintain referential data
10.MIS Reports
11.Yard Management Siding
12.Miscellaneous Functions
13.View Station Layout
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Control Office Application (COA)

Benefits:
1. 24*7 system for train running operation.
2. Automated Chart plotting in all divisional control offices of
Indian Railways.
3. Forecasting tool for Advanced planning.
4. Reporting of unusual and abnormal events.
5. MIS for management to take informed decisions.
6. Online Real-time Train running information to public through
NTES.
7. Train running information to ICMS for punctuality.
8. Integration with Data-logger for automated Train Movement
Capture.
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Parcel Management System

Pilot Project on Delhi - Howrah corridor
Project architecture RDBMS-based software
on three-tiered network
Modules
Booking
and Delivery Modules

Loading and Unloading modules
Demurrage and Wharfage calculation
VP and lease Booking
Printing of Bar Code Labels on packages and
scanning
On Line Status and tracking
Over-carriage and Undercarriage position
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223 parcel offices
10 corridors
1. NDLS-BCT
2. NDLS-MAS
3. CSTM-HWH
4. CSTM-SBC-MAS
5. HWH-MAS
6. JAT-CAPE
7. NDLS-HWH
8. BSB-GHY-TSK
9. DLI-ADI
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10. SRE-LKO-SPJ
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Benefits to Customers:
1. Track latest status of the parcel through internet and
SMS
2. Reduction in time required for weighment and booking
Benefits to Staff
3. Automatic freight calculation based on latest rules
4. Reduction in human errors.
Benefits to Railways
5. Loading generally according to priority thereby curtailing
malpractices and complaints
6. Beneficial to Accounts for internal check
7. Reduction in Claims
8. Potential for revenue generation based on improvement in
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Crew Management System

(CMS)
System to enable
Management of Crew activities
Booking
Monitoring including performance evaluation
Information updation
MIS report generation
DSS for planning
Rolled out in 2007
352 lobbies covered
48000 daily calls served through SMS
Bio Data of 123970 Crew in CMS
Biometrics, abnormality reporting to be
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SOFWARE FUNCTIONALITY
Planning & Control

Crew Scheduling.
Scheduling Crew Rest

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Scheduling PME.
Global availability of Driver

bio-data in case of
accidents
Crew Utilization
Overtime / Mileage
Pre Dept Detention
Outstation Rest
Crew Balancing
Availability On
Railnet
Others
Call Serve by SMS
Bio Metric sign on
Touch Screen Sign On
Inter Server
Messaging
Bi-lingual
Coaching,
Shunter
Employee Self Service
LI monitoring
Group SMS for breakdowns
Analytics
Crew Quiz - QUICK

Grading of Drivers
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Bio Metrics Sign ON / OFF

Easier to handle.
Increased
Security
and
authentication.
Legally binding.
Quickly
adaptable
for
crew
booking
points.
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CMS Breath-analyser
integration
Breath analyzer
integrated with
CMS For safety
reasons.
On getting positive
CMS will not allow
Sign on
It will also send
SMS to concern
BO
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SOFTWARE AIDED TRAIN

SCHEDULING AND NETWORK
GOVERNANCE (SATSaNG)
For Train Scheduling Proposed by Rly. Bd. In 2007
Data entry for infrastructure data enabled in 2012
BENEFITS
The application has features that will enable
creation of conflict free paths for train services and
conflict free allocation of resources. The acronym
SATSaNG means the collective search for truth, in
Sanskrit. Planners at the Zonal level can use this
application to refine their solutions and find newer
ones with greater ease.
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Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID)
For Automatic Identification of Railway
Wagons using RFID

Pilot project with Rs. 2 crore provisions from
FOIS estimate in Talcher, Paradeep and
Vishakhapatnam locations has been
executed. Detailed estimate for roll out
as per revised instruction of Railway Board
has been sent to CAO/FOIS, NR for
sanction.
PO for the Tender for AMC of RFID locations
has been issued in April 2013
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RFID
RFID READER
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Thank You
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What are some of the major challenges faced by Indian Railways in its operations?

What are some of the major challenges faced by Indian Railways in its operations?

What is FOIS and what are its objectives?

What is FOIS and what are its objectives?

IT APPLICATIONS

Indian Railways Gigantic

65,436 route kilometers

6. CMS (Crew Management System)

Freight Operation Information

Freight Operation Information

making Freight Operations a highly Information

Freight Operation Information

Being extended to major customers in phases

FOIS terminals being extended to

customers. The implementation of the system is

orders, billing and cash accountal

Rake Management System

RMS provides information on:

RMS Query Set

Terminal Management System

TMS provides information on:

Customers profile, concessions, etc

FREIGHT OPERATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM

FOIS Phase-II (TMS Expansion)

concept, more than 99.9% of RRs are booked

aspects of Rail and Freight Movement

-Wagons in yard, Locos in Shed

TEST RESULT OF FNR ENQUIRY

Captures train running details from COA and

Information System (COIS):

Yard stock entry

comprehensive software for the

Control Office Application (COA)

Working, Stabling, Banker Movement)

Control Office Application (COA)

Parcel Management System

and Delivery Modules

Parcel Management System

Parcel Management System

Crew Management System

Planning & Control

Scheduling Crew Rest

Global availability of Driver

Pre Dept Detention

Call Serve by SMS

Bio Metric sign on

Touch Screen Sign On

Employee Self Service

Crew Quiz - QUICK

Bio Metrics Sign ON / OFF

SOFTWARE AIDED TRAIN

Wagons using RFID

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