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Monday, April 29, 2024

CoA - Control Office Application

 CoA  - Control Office Application


Website Link of CoA: https://cris.org.in/loadpage?page=proCOA 


  • CoA stands for Control Office Application 

  • Implemented in all 68 Divisions in Indian Railways 

  • TSR - Train Signal Register - 600 plus locations 

  • TSR - A Register kept at Railway stations to record the actual movement of the Trains.  


Need of CoA

  •  To automate the Control Rooms i.e., nerve centre of Train operations. 

  • To ensure systematic control, monitoring & fluidity of train movements 24/7

  • To capture Train movements real time. 

  • To provide an analytical DSS (Decision Support System) tool for improving operational efficiency. 


Salient features: 

  • Requires the Controllers to enter data related to the train operations (as they receive information from the control points or stations) 

  • Charts the running of the train in a section 

  • Generates the advance forecast based on various operational parameters. 

  • To order trains, view all possible routes, divert or re-route trains. 

  • Has the facility for capturing and viewing details of composition of the train, details of the crew and the Locomotive. 

  • Shows details of line occupancy, caution orders etc. 

  • Designed to facilitate its integration with other applications such as FOIS, ICMS, NTES, PAM, RTIS, REMMLOT and CMS. 

  • Train BPC (Break Power Certificate), Caution Order, Train Order, Regulation, Stabling, Yarding, Train schedule modification, Consist and Train Modification (like Diversion) is shared in between respective applications.

  • TSR data is sent to the CoA divisional server. Further, this data updates in NTES, FOIS and ICMS through CAS server.



CoA Advantages:


  • Removes drudgery (hard work) of the manual system of drawing control charts with various colour pencils. 

  • Trains running information - available - to take decisions quickly 

  • Quick reference tools such as Blocks, Cautions, loco details, crew details, stabled trains and siding position reduces retrieval time of information. 

  •  Paperless operations. Helping a green environment. 

  • Accurate train movement information helps NTES - National Train Enquiry System


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