GUWAHATI: The Indian Railways is to begin using Radio-Frequency Identification Tags (RFID) for tracking all wagons by the year 2022.
A total of 23,000 wagons have been covered under the RFID project so far according to a press release from Indian Railways.
RFID devices will make it easier for railways to find out the exact location of wagons, locomotives and coaches; the data which is currently maintained manually may lead to errors and inaccurate records.
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RFID tags will be fitted in the rolling stock, trackside readers will be installed at stations and key points along the tracks to read the tag from a distance of about two meters and transmit the wagon identity over a network to a central computer.
“With the introduction of RFID, the issue of shortage of wagons, locomotives and coaches is expected to be addressed in a more transparent and expeditious manner,” said Subhanan Chanda, Chief Public Relations Officer, NF Railway.
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