Chairman, Railway Board, Vinay Mittal on Friday inaugurated two-day International Convention on "Modern train control for capacity and safety enhancement". On this occasion, he said that in a breakthrough in dissemination of information related to train movement, Indian Railways has successfully launched SIMRAN ( Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation) as a pilot project for 18 pairs of prominent trains.
The facility provides the precise location of the trains through interactive mode on mobile phones, laptops etc, thereby eliminating the need for a telephonic enquiry. This is proposed to be implemented in all the trains over the next 18 months.
