Date:22/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082212650100.htm

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New facility tracks train movement

S. Vijay Kumar

Alerts passengers on approaching stations

An information board displaying the approaching station.

MADURAI: Passengers need not depend on others to know the approaching station or location of a train anymore, thanks to Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.

Southern Railway has installed GPS-enabled `station identification and display boards' on the Madurai-Chennai-Madurai Vaigai and Tiruchi-Chennai-Tiruchi Pallavan superfast expresses to give information on train movements to passengers, especially foreigners. They have been set up in the air-conditioned chair car coaches.