Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has developed a new passenger-friendly technology under the Railway Technology Mission.
The technology will be unveiled by Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh at a function in New Delhi on September 15, Sanjay Govind Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur, said in a statement in Kanpur.
The technology allows a waiting passenger to see on television screen the exact location of a train and the time at which it would arrive at a particular station, he said.
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information can also be made available on Internet and telephone, Dhande said.
The institute took up the research in this regard following a request from railway and HRD ministries.
Dhande said the IIT, Kanpur had developed various advanced communications techniques for the Railways in the past.
