1. TRAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON MUMBAI SUBURBAN SECTION OF CENTRAL RAILWAY
Rajeev Kumar Dy.CSTE(C)Dadar
Bhaskar Verma DSTE(C)Dadar

2. MUMBAI SUBURBAN SECTION
Mumbai CST to Kalyan (54 Km) - 26 stations
Handles about 803 suburban trains which carry 35 lakh passengers daily and 208 Mail Express & Miscellaneous movements
Train movement is based on Automatic Signaling
During peak hours trains are spaced at 3 minutes interval
Sectional capacity is already over saturated

3. NEED FOR TMS
The present system of train control does not match highly intensive traffic requirement of suburban section.
Controllers have no visual display of train movements.
Station staff has to manually keep record of each train movement.
No real time information to passengers about expected arrival time of trains.

4. IMPLEMENTATION OF TMS IN MUMBAI SUBURBAN SECTION
Contract for TMS awarded to M/s Bombardier Transportation on
Cost of contract Rs cr.
The scope of work consisted of:
Central Server and Control Room Equipment
Rear View Projection Unit
Station Equipment for 26 stations including Field Interface Unit, PA/PIS integration, Expected Arrival Time display, Video Display Unit for arrival time of next 2 trains.
Maintenance period for 2 years
TMS in CSTM- KYN section commissioned on
System is under 2 year maintenance period as per contract.

5. FEATURES/ BENEFITS OF TMS

6. For Section Controller:
Live monitoring of train running
Live status of Signaling gears
Online generation of Train Control Chart, Controllers Diary
Online messaging facility to Station Masters
Ease of decision making in case of emergencies, blocks, train cancellation/ modification.

7. B. For Station Masters/ Announcer:
Live monitoring of trains running
Expected arrival time of next 2 trains is available
Automatic operation of PA and PIS
Automatic recording of train timing
Automatic update of time table

8. C. For Commuters: Expected arrival time indication at Platforms
VDU for expected arrival of next 2 trains at FOB
Accurate announcement and display of train information
Status of train information is available through NTES on Real Time basis (due to integration of TMS with ICMS)

9. D. For Management:
Integrated view of all trains and signaling gears of CSTM-KYN sections at Control Room
Live train data to CRIS server for unified reporting
No possibility of false reporting of train timing
Generation of various MIS reports
Quick update of Train Time Table and download at stations

10. TRAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
DISPLAY WALL
CONTROLLER
PRINTER
PLOTTER
CONTROLLER TERMINALS
TRG & SIMULATION TERMINAL
MAINTAINER TERMINAL
ASM PC
Mumbai CST
DADAR
Relay Room
FIU
KALYAN
Omnibus2 E1 channels
REAR VIDEO PROJECTION SYSTEM
TRAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
CENTRAL RAILWAY
APPLICATION SERVERS
MAIN
HOT STANDBY
PIS SYSTEM
VDU
PA System
Other Controller terminal
INDICATOR
PIS SYSTEM
LOBBY/ CARSHED ETC
Dual LAN
FOR UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE ONLY
Centralised Announcement System
D/I MUX
CST

11. CONTROL ROOM EQUIPMENT
Application server in hot standby mode and a Training & simulation server (HP Itanium 64 bit servers, OS- RH Linux4.8, Oracle 10G for DB)‏
40 KVA UPS with hot standby arrangement and 2hrs battery backup.
Rear Video Projection Units (BARCO DLP Panel size 70 inches diagonal in 2 rows of 8 panels each)
Workstations with 3 monitors for Section Controllers and workstations with 1 monitor for other Controllers
A dual LAN connecting all workstations in Central Control (HP router & switches)‏
Line Interface Units for polling data coming from Field Interface Units

12. CENTRAL CONTROL LAN SCHEMATIC

13. REAR VIDEO PROJECTION UNIT

14. FIELD EQUIPMENT
FIUs in relay rooms repeat the status of all panel indications such as signals, points, track circuits etc. to the Central Server.
1KVA single phase UPS with 1 hour battery backup for FIUs.
Drop Insert Nokia MUX equipments installed at all OFC locations between CST-KYN and Terminal MUX at CST, BIRD, ABY and ABH.
RAD ASM 31 modems (V.24) for connectivity between Relay room and OFC
Workstation at train terminating and originating stations viz. CST, BY,MZN,DR, CLA, LTT, TNA, DW, DI & KYN in star connectivity with router at Central Control.
ASM PC for operation of Indicator, EAIM and PA system.
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15. SCHEMATIC OF INSTALLATION AT A STATION

16. ANNOUNCER ROOM INSTALLATION

17. NEED FOR INTEGRATION OF TMS WITH ICMS
Scope of TMS is limited to CSTM – KYN section. However, local trains run beyond Kalyan up to Karjat and Kasara.
As per contract TMS reports are limited to CSTM- KYN section. Division wanted unified report including section beyond Kalyan by linking TMS data of CSTM-KYN with CRIS server.
A separate work was executed for integration of TMS with CRIS server (for CRIS applications of COA, ICMS and NTES).
Work scope:
Bombardier: Provided TMS real time data for CSTM-Kalyan without any delay on separate server machine in Oracle database.  
CRIS: To install required software’s (JMS messenger) on separate machine to fetch the real time data from oracle database to CRIS server.
Division: To provide WAN connectivity through railnet from TMS Server (Mumbai) to CRIS Server.

19. CONCLUSION
TMS has been commissioned successfully on in CSTM-KYN section and warranty period of two years has started form  
Following operation / passenger benefits are being felt in day-to-day suburban rail operations on account of TMS:
The section controllers are much relieved with automatic time stampings in Train Control Charts. This has enabled them to focus on management of train operations.
Since live train movements are available both to Section Controllers and Cabin ASMs, the communication gap between them has been eliminated.
Availability of live indications of signaling gears and level crossing gates in the Control Center as well as with Cabin ASMs, is very useful in planning traffic movement.
Availability of live train movements is especially useful during Mega blocks / traffic disruption for planning train movements and diversions.
Commuters are benefited with real time announcements of train arrivals, delay, display of countdown in minutes beside Train Indicators and display of information of next two trains expected in each platform in VDUs placed at station entrances and FOBs.
TMS facilitates to get Online Information of the Status of Running of Trains through NTES.

20. THANK YOU