₹25,000  cr  plan to boost railway communication infra gets govt nod

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved a ₹25,000 crore five-year plan to use 4G technology to modernize communication networks in railway stations and improve the safety and security of train journeys.

Railways will be allotted 5MHz spectrum in 700MHz frequency band to provide long-term evolution or LTE-based mobile train radio communications.

In addition to this, Indian Railways has approved an indigenously developed ATP (Automatic Train Protection) system, which will help avoid train collisions.

The purpose of LTE band for the railways is to provide secure and reliable voice, video and data communication services for operational safety and security applications.