As a part of Eastern Railway’s continuous endeavour for more efficient train operations with optimum scheduling, Shri Amar Prakash Dwivedi, General Manager, Eastern Railway commissioned a Train Management System (TMS) at Sealdah.
More Details:
- The Train Management System is an integrated real time traffic management system for monitoring & controlling train movements.
- Train Management System (TMS) imports the status of signals, track circuits and points etc. from the station interlocking system on a real time basis. TMS also obtains the train/rake identification details from the originating point of the TMS zone/territory.
- This information is processed and used to monitor the movement of trains and facilitates timely decision making. TMS can regulate train movement, diversion of trains, induction of trains, withdrawal of trains and planning reversal of trains in the TMS zone/territory.
- This Train Management System (TMS) has been installed in the Sealdah control office and covers Sealdah – Ranaghat Section. Gradually the system will be extended to other sections.
- The benefits of implementation of Train Management System in Sealdah division are as follows:
- Increased line capacity by reducing the headway between trains – using real-time availability of train movement information.
- Improvement in punctuality (in maintaining schedule) of the trains – by better planning.
- Optimised decision making – by efficient management of speed restrictions
- Faster response to emergencies
- It enhances efficiency and safety of train operation.
- The physical positions of all the trains running in the section are displayed at a glance through Large Sized Video Display Units (VDUs).
- The track layouts, signal positions and level crossing gales are also displayed on the VDUs for the entire section.
- TMS imports the status of signals, track circuits and points etc. from the station interlocking system on a real time basis.
- TMS also obtains the train/rake identification details from the originating point of the TMS zone/territory. This information is processed and used to monitor the movement of trains and facilitates timely decision making.
- Field Interface Unit (FIU) is installed on each Station and LC gate. Relay Information is picked up by wiring and this information is sent to the TMS control room through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC).
- All these will not only result in effective train movement management but also enables comparison, analysis of train movement time graph to plan the traffic efficiently over Sealdah Division.
Source: Eastern Railway- Press Release | Images Credit: Eastern Railway
