The SCR sets up modern LED passenger information display systems on platforms at all MMTS stations in the twin cities.
The South Central Railway has set up modern LED passenger information display systems on platforms at all MMTS stations in the twin cities.
The architecture of this system was designed based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and General Packet Radio.
At present, SCR operates 121 MMTS services on the Falaknuma-Secunderabad / Hyderabad-Lingampalli routes (42 kms) over 26 stations, ferrying around 1.5 lakh passengers on an average per day. 215 high-definition LED monitors have so far been set up on 69 platforms, at all the 26 MMTS stations.
A GPS-based receptor module, which receives its latitude and longitude co-ordinates from satellite, is fixed in each of the motorcars in all MMTS trains. This device encrypts, processes and transmits information on the train number, route and current location of a train to a main server using GPRS. No manual intervention is required for any inputs. An external main server receives and analyses this encrypted data, and decrypts and sends out information to local servers installed at stations.
The local server at a particular station feeds the relevant information to the display monitors positioned on the platforms. These monitors display the current location of the next three MMTS trains on run that are to arrive at a particular station in either direction. This position automatically gets updated on a real-time basis, as per the movement of the train. The train number, route, the live status of the train and the expected arrival/delays etc. at that station is displayed for the next three trains in sequence, in three languages - Telugu, Hindi and English.
This system can be used for displaying information about the other regular express / passenger trains (non-MMTS) as well, such as their expected time/delays and platform number, at major stations - Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Begumpet, Kacheguda, Lingampalli and Falaknuma.
In addition, this system automatically triggers public announcements in three languages - Telugu, Hindi and English - on the next expected trains at that station. The auto announcements for MMTS trains are given twice - 5 minutes and 2 minutes before the arrival of each train. (INN)