Satellite technology to improve railway transport management
The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the Sri Lanka Railway
Department (SLR) have jointly taken action to use satellite technology
to improve railway transport management.
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Train commuters will get accurate information on arrival
times through new technology. |
ICTA and the SLR and gTrack Solutions Private Ltd. signed a MoU
recently to use Satellite Technology that will enhance railway transport
management in Sri Lanka.
This MoU to use the Global Position System (GPS) and the Global
System for Mobile Communication (GSM) entailing satellite technology for
more efficient train service management and more effective commuter
satisfaction was signed at the Railway Department headquarters in
Colombo last week.
ICTA Re-engineering Government Program Director Vasantha Deshapriya
said as a result of the application of Satellite Technology as per the
MoU anyone from anywhere would be able instantly to know where a train
operating under the new technology is.
“When this project is implemented anyone will be able to avail
himself / herself of the automatic display of where a train equipped
with the said facility is at any given time.
The commuter, will be able to know instantly whether the train
concerned will be on schedule, have a delay and if so the likely extent
of the delay and make alternative plans accordingly.
He or she will be able to have this information simply by using his /
her mobile phone or internet”, Deshapriya said.
“It is hoped that the GPS / GSM units that will be installed in the
locomotives will go a long way in offering a better train service to the
people.
This should also greatly facilitate particularly the work of the
railway transport operation staff,” Railways General Manager P. P.
Wijesekera said.
Initially this project would be implemented as a pilot project with
the new devices installed on a few trains for a few weeks. |
