Railways
...Morris
In
Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements of the
Infrastructure Development and Financing Course
On
August 24, 2001
By
Abhishek Kumar
Amit Gadgil
Ananta Satapathy
Rajesh Upadhyayula
Sandeep Prabhudesai
Group 3
Section B
Executive Summary
This report focuses on various aspects of Indian Railways and Information
Technology (IT) interface. Our project has three objectives viz. to examine the
Railway and IT interface from the perspective of Railways, to identify uses of IT for
improving effectiveness and efficiency of Railways and to evaluate issues pertaining
to railways developing and offering IT infrastructure for public use.
We have covered in this report the history of IT interface, various developments in
Railway IT interface till date. We have studied the various uses of IT in railways like
PRS, IMPRESS, CONCERT, FOIS and CRIS. We have also covered the RailNet, it’s
objectives, various phases of implementation, utility of RailNet and various issues in
RailNet.
In the next part of the report, we have studied the RailTel, the corporation formed for
implementation of OFC network for railways. We have focused on issues like need
for Railtel, demand potential, estimated market share, investment required, debt
equity options available, revenue model on the basis of one of these options, SWOT
analysis for RailTel and competitor analysis.
In the final part of this report, we have looked at the Railway IT interface across the
globe that may be useful to identify the various uses of IT in Indian Railways.
Table of Contents
Objectives Of The Project ________________________________________________ 1
History Of IT Interface __________________________________________________ 1
Need For IT In Railways _________________________________________________ 2
Background Of IT In Railways...
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