Railroad

With ever changing fuel costs and sensitivity to environment preservation, railroad is now the most preferred option for freight and passenger transport. The three E’s (Economics, Energy and Environment) of the contemporary world are driving the railways around the globe to modernize their infrastructure. Operational efficiency, punctuality, maximization of resource utilization and visibility to operations are the key factors required to keep pace with the future. Optimizing the infrastructure investments without compromising on the safety and security are the other most important aspects that every railroad needs to observe.

As an enterprise that understands the railway industry, we at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) enable you to achieve your objectives without adversely affecting your business. Along with our domain experience and skills, we bring to you fully-integrated IT, IS and BPO offerings. These help you transform the way your enterprise functions, reduce costs and enable it to thrive in a challenging business environment.

  Challenges

 
  • Increased demand on already congested railway sections
  • Shift in the load types from long distance rake loads to short distance less than a truck load
  • Speedy and punctual operations for changed load patterns
  • Improving client service, real time availability of Customer Information
  • Improving efficiency and resource utilization to combat increasing costs
  • Stiff competition from other sectors enforcing strict requirements on quality of service
  • Increasing efficiency for reducing fuel costs and helping the green environment cause service
  • Operating across diverse geography with diverse operating systems and regulations

What TCS Provides

TCS' offerings for the railroad industry can help its business partners:

  • Optimize the utilization of railway sections, terminals as well as rolling stock
  • Schedule track maintenance with minimum impact to the operations
  • Provide real time schedule and location information to their customers
  • Use innovative technology application to reduce loading / unloading turn around for virtual capacity improvement

NEXT STEPS

From aligning your IT with your business needs to an end-to-end strategy for transforming your enterprise, TCS has the world-class experience and expertise that you need. Contact a Consultant today

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Railway Track Maintenance: Role and Scope of IT

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