India – 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.
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.
