When one is dealing with the Indian Railways, he finds out that this is a very vast organization, and it is not possible to get every single detail about it at the same time. However, there are various sites, which are there to help people with all this information in a very organized form. A person can get information on various things like:
· Online ticket booking
· Railways reservation inquiry
· PNR status
· Codes of station
· Schedule of any train
· Train number
· Refunds
· Break journey
· Ticket cancellation
· Luggage status
· Tatkal scheme
· Spot train running status, etc.
In all of these, the one, which is getting the maximum popularity, is the current running status of the train. It is one of those most beneficial services, which is being provided by Indian railway, which is helping people to know the exact time of the train, and consequently saving time and efforts. There are many occasions when one requires to know the exact status of the train, which is already on the track. If you need to receive someone at the railway station or if you need to meet someone or deliver something at the station, you must be aware about the exact timing of the train. In case, the train is running late it may cause you waste your precious time.
It is somewhat difficult to find the current status of the running train, which often changes due to various reasons. Weather and traffic are the most impacting factors, which affect the timing of the trains the most. There is, however, a service launched by the Indian railways, which is providing information on the current status of the train which is running at the moment.
Information gathering:
This information about trains is collected with the assistance of satellite. From the information related to various stations and the timings at which the train will reach this station, everything can be obtained using this service. This particular service in knowing as rail radar, in which all information that a person has to provide from his side is the name and number of the train.
This kind of service saves a lot of time for the people who are to receive their friends or relatives from a particular station. While the people travelling in the train can also check the status very easily. If they have any device supporting internet application, then, it is possible for them to get information related to the latest position of the train and the next station at which the train will be resting along with its exact timing.
Benefits:
There are many benefits of this service, which are being offered to all people over the internet. The passengers now do not have to wait for long hours at station for a train, and can just check the exact time at which train will be arriving at the station.