You are/may not an employee of Indian Railways but, as we always feel worried about our relatives running on trains mostly due to the reason that the train may be late or stopped or delayed at stations. Now, you are in very much need to spot the train.
Indian Railways
It is a vast organisation and transportation network, owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. India is world's second largest populated country and thus requires a huge and fast transportation all over the country.
How Big is Indian Railway
As stated above, this is the world's largest railway networks with 115,000 km of track laid over a route of 65,436 km and with 7,172 stations for passenger boarding. In the year 2014-15, Indian Railway (IR) alone carried 8.397 billion passengers and 1050.18 million tons of freight annually.It is amazing that it runs about 14,300 trains daily.
How it is managed
There are mainly two parts for the vast network to run successfully. One is to income through selling tickets ( managed by a central website
IRCTC ) and run the trains in proper schedule.
Indian Rail network is divided into seventeen zones all over. Now a days e-tickets are allowed to board a train for the passenger with a valid
voter ID or Aadhaar Card.
Moreover, passengers convenience, information service, safety and maintenance are to look after. Here comes a handy site maintained by
CRIS ( Centre for Railways Information system ) which let people know about the whereabouts of the trains running all across the lands of India.
What National Train Enquiry System gives you
Through this page anyone can find the
live status of a running train with the number of the train. Each train is coded with a number and also given a name. You get other information regarding running trains such as
1.
Spot your train : Train current position ie. situated at which station
2. Train running on time or late
3. If the train is rescheduled , diverted or cancelled
4. About Heritage trains and Special trains
5. PNR enquiry
6. Ticket seat-birth availability
When it is most useful
This system is very useful when your friends and relatives are on a train and its running late, delayed on stations or diverted due to blockage on tracks. Whenever you have to leave your home to railway station to board a train or to receive your relatives , it saves your valuable time. It is very useful when a train with your beloved relatives gets delayed and you are very much worried about them.
Final Words
You have to pass a security check to use this information pages to prove you are human.
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