Railways migrate to 5 digit scheme to monitor trains

Monday, 20 December 2010, 22:45 IST
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New Delhi: Indian Railways today "smoothly" migrated to a five digit number scheme to monitor movement of passenger trains more effectively and facilitate management of train information scientifically for public convenience. "The migration went of smoothly as the date upgradation was carried out in the systems overnight to cause least inconvenience to passengers," said a Railway Ministry official. The pan-India 139 rail enquiry system has also added a new number '7' in the system to enable passengers find the new train numbers. The migration to five digit number had also become necessary as the four digit numbering scheme had got exhausted with the Indian Railways running more than 10,000 trains every day, the official said. To make the transition smooth and simple, only a prefix of the digit 1 (one) has been added to the four-digit numbers of the existing trains.
Source: PTI
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