New Delhi: The Indian Railways will launch a pilot project, Office on Wheels, to add value to business travellers.
Railways Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda while presenting the 2014-15 railway budget Tuesday said the railways would provide workstations in select trains on a payment basis. A pilot project will be launched by this year.
He said the railways would provide Wi-fi services in select trains and all A1 and A category stations.
The railways is also going for a computer assisted Enterprise Resource Planning solution to bring in synergy in the system.
A typical Interior of Office on Wheels Train. (representational purpose only)
Indian Railways is also going for a computer assisted Enterprise Resource Planning Solution, so that synergy is brought in. To begin with, following initiatives will be taken up:
i) Moving towards paperless offices in Indian Railways in 5 years;
ii) Next Generation Ticket Reservation System;
iii) Wi-fi Services in all A1 and A category stations and in select trains;
iv) Real-time tracking of trains and rolling stock;
v) Mobile based Wakeup Call System for passengers;
vi) Mobile based Destination Arrival Alert;
vii) Station Navigation Information System;
viii) Extension of Dual Display Fare Repeaters at all the Ticket Counters through PPP;
ix) Digital reservation charts at Stations (Bengaluru model);
x) Extension of Computerized Parcel Management System;
xi) Extension of logistics support to various e-commerce Companies by providing designated pick-up centres at identified Stations;
xii) Providing education to children of Railway staff at remote locations through Railtel OFC (optical fibre cable) network.