Track Management System for IR

Track Asset on IR

• 1.14 lac km track on 64,000 km route length

• Turnouts > 86,000

• Joints (Welds, Fishplates, etc.) – 3 crore (appx.)

• Level crossings > 33,500 (one LC in every 2 km)

• Bridges > 1,31,000 (2 bridges in every km)

 Resources Deployed in Track Maintenance

• Officials deployed in track maintenance

– Junior Engineers ≈ 3800
– Section Engineers ≈ 2500
– Sub Divisional Engineer ≈ 600
– SrDENs / DENs ≈ 400
 Current Practice

Present system of Keeping Track Data

• Each division in IR has 20-30 SE (P.Way) & each PWI owns 35-40
registers to record and maintain track inspection & work data.
• Indian Railways has 68 divisions under total 16 Zonal Railways.
• Total registers > 1,00,000 Appx.
 Why Track Management System?

Where is the report To increase the efficiency, preciseness and

of this fracture? consistency of the track maintenance
Who is responsible process.
for this weld?
What is the
utilization of Current Challenges
Where is
the proposal? this machine?
Manual Monitoring of Tracks is time consuming

Where is the No validation checks on data collected

What is the
status of machine to be Paper records difficult to maintain and retrieve.
this work? deployed? Track health maintenance is reactive not proactive
Man hours consumed in manual procedure
What is the total
cost of maintenance? Lack of reliable and timely data for the management to
make intelligent business decisions
No forecasting possible to maintain spares inventory or
deploy resources in a planned manner
Time lag between capturing the data and getting it to
the management for decision making
 Paper(less) e-Governance

• Paperless (or Less Paper) e-Governance

in various areas of working –
– Track
– Bridges
– Track Machines
– Land
– Buildings & Structures
– Planning
– GIS mapping & GUI interface
 e-Governance
• Separate Portal has been developed for this
purpose
– Indian Railways
• www.indianrailways.gov.in
• Zonal railways, production units, divisions, various
Depts. are part of it.
• Public site
– Indian Railways Civil Engineering portal
• www.ircep.gov.in
• Any item concerning engineering department on
Indian Railways will be part of it.
 Indian Railways Portal
www.indianrailways.gov.in
 IR Civil Engineering Portal
www.ircep.gov.in
 Track Maintenance
Attention+Change
Track – Consisting–of Inspection entries
Inspections – in
Change
variousofassets
Crossings,
viz. Rail Inspection
1. Indirect registers,
: FP, LV,
Attention
renewal,
renewal,
Sleeper
rail, sleeper,
Deep
P&C, LC, Track Inspection
OMS, TRC
messages
notes,
+ Change
formation, ballast, 2. Direct :etc.
Special
Screening, welding, etc.
bridges, fastenings, Features viz. P&C, LC,
etc. Inspection curve, bridges, LWR,
• Direct Condition trolley, on foot, etc.
• Indirect

Condition – for As per – Attention

various assets viz. IRPWM, LWR manual,
Attention –
rail, machines,
sleeper, P&C, LC, USFD Manual, AT
Track Bench Gang Exception welding manual, SOD,
formation,
inputs, ballast,
external
Mark Report Engineering code, etc.
bridges, etc.
agencies, fastenings,
etc.
Eg. – Packing, slack
picking, etc.
 Solution Architecture

Central server

Client-side Server-side TM S
Application
domain
Web Web
Services Services Enterprise
Module 1

Deployment View
Enterprise
Assured Assured
Applications &
MoNedtuwloerk2s Internet
Transactions
Internet Transactions
Module 3
Data Data
synchronization synchronization :
1. Landline :
Device
broadband Management
Device
Management
Module N

internet in
J2E
offices of Java Runtime Application Server TMS Databases
ADEN and
SE PDA, Thin Zonal/Divisional
Client, Kiosks,
2. Mobile Desktop, Offices with
Netbooks to PWIs Laptop End to End Security
datacard for Management Users
and other engineers
JE, SE and
for conducting Track
ADEN
Inspections
 Management Systems Adoption

For a acceptability and sustenance of system

at organisation vide scale it should :
• Gel with the current work practice,
• It should make working easier,

• The time spent supporting the system should be less

than the value it provides.
• Intensive and repeated TRAINING is MUST
• Management of CHANGE
 TMS Architecture / Orgn.
• Web enabled, internet based application
• Database – DB2
• Application/Front end Java based
• Secure site – Verisign secured
• Centralised database & Application server at Delhi
• Daily backup and Geographically displaced backup
server set up in Pune.
• CE/TMS & Director/TMS – Monitoring &
Coordination of Application development &
implementation
• CRIS for programming & application development
support
 Infrastructure
 Netbooks for JE, SSE/SE, ADEN in field.
 Included in estimate and being provided through CRIS

 Net connectivity –
 Landline broadband net connection in office of SSE/SE &
ADEN
 Wireless broadband net connectivity for JE, SSE/SE &
ADEN
 To be provided by Divisions/Railways
 Provided for the first year in the estimate already
sanctioned.
 Opening Login Page of TMS
1. Internet based
system provided
anytime anywhere
access.
2. Secure system :
Verisign Secure like
banking operations
3. User is not worried
about upkeep of
the system.
4. System up-
gradation is
continuous process
 Home Pages for Different Users

Different Home Pages, as per

need, for –
1.JE/Pway
2.SE/Pway
3.SE/USFD
4.ADEN
5.DEN/SrDEN
6.HQ Officials
7.Rly. Bd. Officials
Home Page : JE (Pway)
Home Page : ADEN (Pway)
Home Page : DEN/SrDEN
Home Page : SrDEN(C)
Home Page : HQ Officials
Home Page : Rly. Bd. Officials
 TMS : Inputs
• Initial – One time • Regular Working
– Jurisdiction and domain – TRC/OMS/Oscillograph
data of Division results
– Master Assets (All – Rail, – USFD testing
sleeper, P&C, LC, welds, – All Inspections (Individual
joints… everything) with assets, trolleys, FP/RV, etc.)
correct chainage – All Works (Maintenance,
– One last inspection from all Renewal, Machines, gang
inspection registers input, etc..)
•Periodic – Once in year – Track machine work being
– Sanctioned works (once a entered by Engg. Ctl./MTS
year) – Contractual works/inputs
– GMT (once a year)
 Data Unification
• One data (type) entered only once and used to
update/populate at all places needed.
• For every data the ownership and
responsibility is defined & fixed in the
application design.
• Same data is used & sourced for compiling
information at all levels and for all types of
information.
 Data Unification

• GMT data : asset life carried, track diagram, renewal

proposal, etc.
• TRC/Oscillograph Recording : running and track
parameter analysis, track diagram, track health chart,
track degradation modelling,
• OMS Recording : running analysis, historical
comparison,
• Track Machine data (Progress, machine related) :
track diagram, tamping chart, due/overdue tamping,
track input analysis, machine failure analysis,
 Data Unification

• Asset Change data (rail, sleeper, crossing, etc) : track

diagram, renewal proposal, compliance,
• Work data (gang, external agency, etc) : input to
track, manpower utilisation, compliance,
• Inspection data : location requiring attention,
inspection charts, due/overdue inspection alerts,
• Sanctioned Works data : progress entry, to be linked
with stores and new proposals,
 Technical Solution – Track Management System

TMS - Automated system / Centralized System / Data Capture at Source / Offline as well as
Online Recording of inspections / Inbuilt validation checks / Easy to access

Inputs Outputs
Track Structure Data Machine Deployment Chart
Job Cards for Gangs
Track Feature Data MIS on TRC & OMS
Inspection Data TRACK Inventory Position
MANAGEMENT Statistical Information
Inventory & SYSTEM Status Reports
Transaction Data For
TMP Charts
Work Report Data Track Diagram
MIS on Curve & Bridge
Weld & Fracture Data
MIS on Weld & fracture
Bridge and Land data Cost of Maintenance
 Module wise Scope of Work

 SEJ and LWR

 Track Structure
 Points and crossings
 Track Maintenance Planning
 Curve
 Machine Deployment
 Bridge
 Track Diagram
 Level Crossing (LC)
 Workshop
 Track Recording Car (TRC)
 Material Management
 Oscillation Monitoring System
(OMS) Additional Modules for Value Addition
 USFD, Fracture and Weld  Scrap
 Job card and work compliance  PCDO
 Engineering Control
 Track Renewal

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 Track Asset Register/Details
Points & Crossing
1. P & Xing 13. Last deep 25. Track circuited 37. Tongue(l) grade 49. Stock(r) grade
2. Div/Rly screening 26. Motor operated 38. Tongue(l) 50. Stock(r)
3. Section month & year 27. Speed over P & replacement replacement
4. Station 14. Layout Xing date date
5. Line 15. Station 28. Is 39. Switch type 51. Crossing
6. Km operated by Rajdhani/Shatab 40. Tongue(r) rail operation
7. M 16. Angle di line section 52. Crossing rail
8. TP from 17. Radius of turn- 29. Passenger 41. Tongue(r) grade section
9. TP to out running line 42. Tongue(r) 53. Crossing grade
10. Type 18. Heel divergence 30. Radius of turn in replacement 54. Crossing
11. Laying month & 19. Laid on curve date replacement
year 20. Super elevation 31. Super elevation 43. Sleeper type date
12. Last tamping 21. Direction of turn in curve 44. Stock(l) rail 55. Stock type
date 22. Traffic direction 32. Turn in curve section 56. Lead rail section
  23. Joint type rail section 45. Stock(l) grade 57. Lead grade
24. Flexure 33. Turn in curve 46. Stock(l) 58. Lead
  grade replacement replacement
34. Rail section date date
35. Switch 47. Crossing type 59. Approach rail
geometry 48. Stock(r) rail section
36. Tongue(l) rail section 60. Approach grade
section    
 
 Track Asset Register/Details

Rail Glued Joint

1. Div/Rly 9. To km 1. Glued joint 8. Km from
2. Section 10. To met no 9. Met from
3. Station 11. Rolling 2. Div/Rly 10. TP from
4. Line month 3. Section 11. TP to
5. Xover 12. Laying 4. Station 12. Glued joint
6. LR/RR month 5. Line type
7. From km 13. Supplier 6. LR/RR 13. Laying date
8. From met 14. GMT 7. Xover 14. Manufactur
  carried   ed by
15. Rail section 15. Supplied by
16. Grade of
steel
 Track Asset Register/Details

Weld
1. Div/Rly 12. Date of welding 23. DIM. TOL 1m lat
2. Section 13. Bolt. Hole dist. 24. DIM. TOL 1m ver
3. Station (mm) 25. DIM. TOL 10 cm
4. Xover 14. Welder name top
5. Line 15. Supervisor name 26. DIM. TOL 10 cm
6. LR or RR 16. Portion agency side
7. Km from 17. Portion batch no 27. Tensor used
8. Met from 18. Portion no 28. Done on
9. TP from 19. Date of 29. Last USFD insp.
10. TP to manufacture Result
11. Weld type 20. Block time from 30. Last USFD insp.
  21. Block time to Date
22. Date of finish 31. GMT carried
grinding 32. Whether joggled
  33. Whether on
bridge approach
 Track Asset Register/Details
Level Crossing - 1
1. Level 11. Gate type 21. Traffic/engineering 31. Clear view 41. Authority
crossing 12. Class 22. Is gate electrified distance UP LH 42. Angle of LC
no. 13. Upgradation 23. Train visibility 32. Clear view 43. State
2. Div/Rly 14. Gateman 24. Is visibility clear distance UP RH 44. District
3. Section count 25. Obstruct reason 33. Clear view 45. Constituency of
4. Station 15. Roster 26. Location distance DN LH MP
5. Km from description 27. Is phone provided 34. Clear view 46. Is gate
6. Met from 16. Detonator 28. Connected station distance DN RH lodge/bunk
7. Line count 29. Whistle board 35. Road name 47. Is quarter
count 17. Is interlocked distance up 36. Is metalled provided
8. Manning 18. Interlocking 30. Whistle board 37. Area type 48. Quarter count
9. Manning 19. Gate lodge distance down 38. Road surface 49. Is level between
status position 39. Road class gates
10. Straight 20. L.C. in/near 40. Is LC. skew 50. Is rumble strips
track or cutting provided
curve
 Track Asset Register/Details
Level Crossing - 2
51. Is speed 61. Level length outside 71. Visibility of train up 81. Fencing after
breaker/bumps gates right(m) direction left
provided 62. Gradient on 72. Visibility of train 82. Fencing after
52. Wicket-gate/stiles approaches left down direction right
provided 63. Gradient on 73. Is any motor traffic 83. Avg. No. of
53. Warning boards road approaches right 74. Is locking trains per day
users LH side 64. Length of straight arrangements 84. Avg. No. of
54. Warning boards road outside gates left(m) provided motor vehicles
users distance LH 65. Length of straight 75. Distance of gate post per day
55. Warning boards road outside gates right(m) from central line 85. Avg. No. of
users RH side 66. Position of gate 76. Distance of gate other vehicles
56. Warning boards road 67. Is gate/barrier lodge from edge of per day
users distance RH operated road 86. Census from
57. Width of roadway to 68. Interlocked with 77. Distance of gate 87. Census to
center-line of road separate/station signal lodge from nearest 88. TVU
58. Width of road surface 69. Automatic warning track
between gates system provided 78. Fencing type
59. Width of road surface 70. Is warning bell on gate 79. Fencing prior left
outside gates 80. Fencing prior right
60. Level length outside
gates left(m)
 Track Asset Register/Details

LWR SEJ
1. LWR no. 13. Gap to be 1. SEJ no 11. Drawing no
2. Div/Rly measured for 2. Div/Rly 12. Rail section
3. Section 14. Length of LWR 3. Section 13. Sleeper type
4. Station (mtr) 4. Station 14. Grade of steel
5. Line 15. Rail section 5. Line 15. Installation
6. Km from 16. Sleeper type 6. Km from month & year
7. Met from 17. Sleeper density 7. Met from 16. Laying rail
8. Km to 18. Laying date 8. TP from temp
9. Met to 19. Weld type 9. TP to 17. Initial gap at
10. SEJ from 20. Anchored 10. Supplier laying
11. Gap to be 21. Laying temp(°c)   18. Passenger
measured for 22. Date of running line
12. SEJ to destressing 19. Initial GMT
  23. Destressing carried
  temp(°c)  
24. Reason for
destressing
 
 Track Asset Register/Details

Curve Sleeper Ballast

1. Curve no 1. Km to 1. Div/Rly 1. Div/Rly 1. Sub ballast
2. Curve type 2. Met to 2. Section 2. Section depth
3. Div/Rly 3. LR/RR 3. Line 3. Station 2. Ballast
4. Section 4. Length (mtr) 4. From km 4. Line type
5. Station 5. Degree 5. From met 5. Xover 3. Total
6. Line 6. Radius of 6. To km 6. Km from cushion
7. Segment no curve 7. To met 7. Met from 4. Clean
8. Segment 7. Design 8. Sleeper type 8. Km to cushion
type versine 9. Sleeper density 9. Met to 5. Screening
9. Km from 8. Super 10. Laying date 10. Sub ballast date
10. Met from elevation 11. Supplier type 6. Screening
9. Speed 12. GMT carried   method
potential 7. Size of
10. Start station ballast
11. End station  
 Track Asset Register/Details
Bridge
1. Bridge no. 11. Span type 21. Standard of 31. Details of man 41. Springing level
2. Bridge name 12. No of lines loading fit for refuges 42. Crown level
3. Div/Rly 13. No of spans 22. Is bridge skew 32. Is foot path 43. HFL
4. Section 14. Span 23. Degree of skew available 44. Year of HFL
5. Km from configuration 24. Is 33. Details of foot 45. Bed level
6. Met from 15. Bridge category superstructure path 46. Is bridge
7. Km to 16. Name of skew 34. Is pathway affected by raw
8. Met to canal/nallah/ro 25. What is going available 47. Old bridge
9. Bridge type ad under bridge 35. Details of register no
10. No of 17. Whether 26. Is guard rail pathway
tier(story) perennial flow provided on 36. Sub structure
18. Whether under track construction
water insp. 27. Guard rail year
Required section 37. Sup structure
19. Bridge used for 28. Is trolley construction
carrying refuges year
20. Standard of available 38. Rail level
loading as 29. Details of 39. Formation level
constructed trolley refuges 40. Danger level
30. Is man refuges
available
 TMS : Outputs/Reports
• Master Asset related : • Asset Condition related :
– Jurisdiction and domain data – Various Reports (Xing worn
– Assets classification & beyond limit, curve needing
exception local/re-alignment, rail
corroded/worn, etc)
– Track statistics
– USFD classification, progress
• Inspection related : & condition related
– Inspection charts – Due tamping, renewal, D/s,
– Due/Overdue etc
– Shortfall •Work Related :
– Inspection Planning – Machine progress/quality,
– Quality – Machine planning
– Pending compliance – Gang progress/utilisation
– Draft renewal proposal
 Inspections
For ADEN and above For JE/SE/SSE-PWay
Inspection Registers
JE/SE-Pway : Work/Change entry
Reports
Reports

Objective:
After relevant regular
data entry, it should
NOT be required to ask
for any data/
information or paper
report.
All information should
be readily available on
the desktop.
 Track Diagram - Detailed
All Asset details & their Inspections are linked on-line with Track Diagram
Track Planning using Track Diagram

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Asset Details : Yard Plans
Asset Details : Yard Plans & SIPs
Asset Details : Yard Plans
Asset Details : SIP
 USFD : Paperless working

Rly. Bd.
All USFD
report and
progress

Div. Hq. Rly. Hq

All USFD All USFD
report and report and
progress progress
TMS
SE(P.Way)
SE(USFD)
New welds,
All test
rail renewal
reports
entry
 Fracture : Paperless working
Rly. Bd.
All Fracture
reports and
Analysis

Div. Hq. Rly. Hq

All Fracture
reports and TMS All Fracture
reports and
Analysis Analysis

Alerts for comments (on-line) SSE/SE/JE

on Fracture Report by : (P.Way)
1. SSE/USFD Fracture
2. ADEN (P.Way) data entry
3. DEN/SrDEN
TRC Analysis & Reports
TRC Analysis & Reports
Summary of Index of TRC

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SD Values Chart – Blocks Needing Attention

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OMS Reports & Analysis
OMS Reports & Analysis
 Track Machine Module
• Data Entry by Engineering Controls of divisional Hq.
– Daily, online/real time to the extent possible
• All types of machine with all types of situation –
multiple runs, passes etc
• Incorrect entry if any can be corrected by
DyCE/TMC/Hq with in a week.
• Facilities for shifting the M/c with Dir/TM/Rly Bd. &
DyCE/TMC/Hq.
• Tamping chart, Due/Overdue tamping reports
• Morning position to be taken from TMS only
• Email of Morning position
 Track M/c : Reports
• Track Machine Progress Reports
– Daily progress with block details
– Detailed progress report
– Machine wise detailed report
– Machine type wise report
– Progress in mega block
– Machine progress, utilisation and availability
– Progress Target vs Actual
– Yearly summary – Pictorial chart
– Summary progress reports – 2 no.
– Idle machine report with reason
– Missing data entry
Track Machine Module
Track Machine Module
Alerts on Home Page
Alerts : IMR Rail/Weld
Alerts : Inspection Overdue
Location Needing Attention

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USFD Defects Analysis Report

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LWR/CWR Inspection

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Daily Gang Wok - Entry Form

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Gang Usage
Engineering Control Reports
Engineering Control Reports
 Stores Module
• Stores Module
– Clients / Users :
• TMS based, non TMS based, external suppliers
– Types of transactions
• User dependent
• Material based (new, SS, Scrap)
– Gate pass
– Issue note
– Verification of issue note
– Advice note, TV/TC,
– Credit
– Storage location based data
Knowledge Management
Innovations & Technical Suggestions
 Message Center

1. Field Engineers can send messages within Division and to CE/TMS,

Dir/TMS and CRIS.
2. ADENs, SEs and JEs get information about any inspection recorded in
their section immediately through message center also.
Message Chain

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 Benefits from TMS

 Intelligent Actionable Reports available Anytime Anywhere

 No Time lag between data gathering and analysis there off
 Better decision making on account of data analysis at different levels of hierarchy
 Prioritization of Works based on inspection results
 Need Based Deployment of Gang and Machine results in optimum resource utilisation
 Comparison of Track Quality Based on TRC & OMS Results
 Defect do not get lost till attended
 Quality of inspection vastly improved
 Overdue Inspections can be monitored
 Up-dated Track Diagram available at all times
 Proactive track maintenance leading to reduced track health related accidents
 Inventory management – warning of stores falling below critical limit
 Message Centre, a unique feature of this application which allows the perfect platform for
collaboration among users at disparate locations
 Solution Innovation Considerations

• For the First time section PWIs are being provided Netbooks to do their daily job of
track Inspection

• Use of Eclipse Platform (Lotus Expeditor) to have the ability to work Offline for
recording inspection data . Very critical as Telecom Network coverage is not always
reliable across the IR track length.

• Software based VPN Solution- To Set up secured encrypted VPN tunnel from Offline
terminals to the Data centre to achieve seamless cross-network roaming with
session persistence.

• Data Compression of Lotus Mobile Connect helps to optimize the network

bandwidth requirements- Compression of data up to 40%

• Use of Java Technology for TMS development to ensure platform independence

and application portability.

• Business Continuity Site at Pune , 1500 Km away from CRIS Data centre.
 Benefits Beyond Business

Environmental impact Cultural Impact

• Contribution to the Planet Earth by removing 35-40 • This is the first time that technology is reaching the
files that each person right at the bottom of the Railway Task
• PWI holds to input the track maintenance data Force hierarchy, i.e., the Section PWI, who is
responsible for the upkeep of the track.
• Indian Railways has 5000-6000 PWIs across all over
• TMS is being seen as a socially inclusive program
India.
helping to bridge the technology gap in the Railway
• TMS will help to save close to 200 trees a year. Management hierarchy

Social Impact
• The ability to proactively maintain track health which reduces the possibilities of train wreckages attributed to
poor health of the track,
Enhancing passenger safety drastically
• Taxpayers money is protected since track management builds in safe guards for

Rail assets.
 TMS - Methodology
 Pilot project was sanctioned in 2008
 Work & Estimate sanctioned for All India
Implementation in 2010 by Railway Board
 CE/TMS & Director/TMS - Application
development & implementation
 CRIS for programming & application development
support
 Secure site – Verisign secured
 Daily backup and Geographically displaced
backup server set up in Pune.
 Implementation Progress
 Pilot Project : e-working of TMS implemented in 6 divisions
in 2010
 Physical inspection registers withdrawn with Approval of Board
(ME) & information to CCRS/CRS.

 Agra, Salem, Secundrabad, Bangalore, Bilaspur & Waltair divisions

commissioned in 2010.

 In 28 divisions TMS commissioned by 2013.

 This covers SECR, SCR, NR completely.

 Remaining 40 divisions are ready for commissioning

awaiting netbooks for field officials from CRIS.
Thanks