mumbai central railway commuters will be able to track realtime location of trains across the suburban network on a dedicated websitetrainenquirycomor the panindia train inquiry number 139 within a month the information will help commuters alter their travel plans if there is a delay in or cancellation of a preferred service the project which is nearing completion will come as a relief to lakhs of cr commuters the cr suburban network operates around 1618 services per day on all its three linesmain harbour as well as transharbour commuters will not just be able to track a trains exact location but also the preceding and following two stations it is the control office application coa that currently monitors the movement of longdistance trains across the country in real time through a computeraided interface it was developed by the centre for railway information system cristhe information technology arm of indian railways the coa enables passengers to track the movement of both scheduled and unscheduled trains on the website or on 139 cr divisional general manager mukesh nigam said till now one can only track the movement of longdistance trains because the suburban network is not completely integrated with the coa nigam further said he was keen on this integration to capitalize on the use of mobile phones moreover in a busy city such as mumbai commuters would benefit from updated information on trains he said the suburban network is a challenging task nigam said as certain stretches run on four corridors while longdistance trains operate on two the average frequency of services on the main line is four minutes and harbour line five minutes