Indian Railway stations to have new design GPS-based digital clocks
Indian Railways will install GPS-based digital clocks at all railway stations across the country for uniformity in timing.
Apart from synchronising the time up to the second, the time-piece will have the same size and design all over the country, a senior Railways Ministry official said.
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"The new design of the clock, which has been approved by the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), will be bigger than the existing size," the official said.
Currently, there is no uniformity in the timing with clocks reading different time from one platform to another at the same railway station. "The lack of uniformity in timing has caused a problem for us. So we have decided to install GPS-based digital clocks at all platforms to have uniformity in timing," the official said.
To improve its visibility, the new GPS-based clocks will be equipped with Light Emitting Diodes (LED).
"Our aim is to increase its visibility with the use of LEDs, so that one can see the time from a distance of 100 metres at least," said the official.
Railways has identified two Japanese firms and one US-based company for the procurement of LED for its platform clocks.
"LED for all clocks numbering more than a thousand will be procured from these three firms only," the official said.
There are about 7,300 stations in the country and each station has more than two platforms.
The new-look clock with LED will cost about Rs 20,000 per piece, said the official.
Railways has recently successfully completed trials of the GPS-based rolling stock tracking system called SIMRAN (Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation).
It is now planning to provide SIMRAN system on all the trains which will completely revolutionise the information dissemination system of Indian Railways.
At present, railways is using the GPS for tracking trains for its location, speed, and direction of movement.
"GPS technology is being used to disseminate information, on real time basis about the running trains, to passengers and public through display boards at stations, via Internet and at railway enquiry counters," the official added.
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