RailRadar - Indian Railway's new service

Now, railway passengers can track trains on real-time basis. Railways has launched online application RailRadar, which is an interactive map on Google that can facilitate passengers to track movements of all trains running across the country.

Passengers can locate trains on real-time basis on both internet and their cellphones. RailRadar, developed by a Railway PSU Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) in collaboration with RailYatri, is a live tracker of all passenger trains traffic in real time.

The interactive map will help users find the exact geographical location of about 6,500 trains on a Google map on real-time basis, an official said. The system enables a color coded method as trains highlighted in blue indicate those that are running on time, while the red markers indicate trains that are delayed or running behind schedule.

An official said if you click on a particular train, the map will show the exact route of the train, including all the stoppages and the current location of the train on real-time basis.

RailRadar can be accessed through the railway website, trainenquiry.com.

To know the current status of the train, a passenger can enter a train name or number and the system will inform whether the train is delayed or running on time.

The interactive map zooms in and out to get train and station detail. In case of an accident or unplanned activity, the site would be able to provide users with an overview of the situation and train status across the country.

The tracker is already live and can be accessed by travelers.