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New Delhi, Jan 3 Indian Railways has set an objective of December 2018 to connect every one of its trains by means of ISRO satellites, making it simple to track prepares and speak with their team continuously, authorities said.

By year-end, all 10,800 locos of the railroads will have radio wires settled on them and they will be observed inside the driver's lodge, senior authorities of the national transporter told.

"We have officially attempted it on 10 locos and by December 2018 we will have this framework introduced in all our locos," a senior railroad board part said.

The railways is also working with the Indian Space Research Organization to use its satellite-based system to check accidents at unmanned rail line intersections and track train movements.

Working on a pilot project with ISRO, the railroads has introduced space oagency-developed integrated circuit (IC) chips on some prepare motors. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (or NaVIC) will be utilized to caution street clients of moving toward trains through hooters introduced at unmanned street intersections.