Rail Budget 2014: Gowda to start ‘Office on Wheels’ for business travellers

Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda today announced an 'Office on Wheels', in order to add more value for business travelers, where in workstations will be provided in select trains on a payment basis.Moreover, since Indian Railways is opting for a computer assisted Enterprise Resource Planning Solution, the following initiatives will be taken by the Rail Ministry:

i) Move  towards paperless offices in Indian Railways in 5 years;ii) Next Generation Ticket Reservation System;iii) Wi-fi Services in all A1 and A category stations and in select trains;iv) Real-time tracking of trains and rolling stock;v) Mobile based Wakeup Call System for passengers;vi) Mobile based Destination Arrival Alert;vii) Station Navigation Information System;viii) Extension of Dual Display Fare Repeaters at all the Ticket Counters through PPP;ix) Digital reservation charts at Stations (Bengaluru model);x) Extension of Computerized Parcel Management System;xi) Extension of logistics support to various e-commerce Companies by providing designated pick-up centres at identified Stations;xii) Providing education to children of Railway staff at remote locations through Railtel OFC (optical fibre cable) network.