Explanation:

 In a major digital initiative to help plan the traffic flows and optimize freight operations Railways has launched a new app. With this application, movement of freight trains on Geographic Information System (GIS) view can be tracked. Both passenger and freight trains can be tracked over Zones/Divisions/ Sections in single GIS View.

SFOORTI application will hel pto track movement of freight trains over Zones/Divisions/Sections on GIS View. Even passenger trains can be tracked using It. It will help to monitor freight business along with comparative analysis of Zonal and Divisional Traffic. The app will help in analysis of new traffic captured and traffic lost and provides a Bird’s eye view of all Freight Assets in a single window. It will also provide end to end Rake movement on Geospatial view and will also help evaluate daily performance of expected traffic at Interchange points.
It has Freight Operation Information System (FOIS) Map View-A GIS based monitoring and management tool designed and developed in CRIS which provides layered views of freight trains on Indian Railways. The FOIS Map View-A GIS has been designed to cater to Divisional, Zonal and Board levels of management for improved freight operations and also help to plan the traffic flows and optimize freight operations