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AGRA: By the end of June month, Tundla railway station would be the first station in the country to have centralised traffic control (CTC) system, to control and operate train operations from one location.The CTC is being installed in Kanpur-Ghaziabad section of the North Central Railway(NCR), which is one of the most important and oversaturated sections of Indian Railways . On an average, over 400 trains comprising freight, oil tankers and passengers pass via this section of NCR.Amit Malviya, public relation officer of NCRsaid, “What makes the CTC unique is that, the signalling functions are operated from a centralized location instead of distributed operation from individual stations. ""The project, being executed at a cost of Rs 40 crore has several important advantages, such as efficient time table management of train operations, upto six train movements on a route at a particular period which would save time and energy, facility for real time detection and online rectification of mistakes if any are committed by controller and various others advantages,” he said.“The CTC will be a game changer for train operations, as it will allow the planning and operation of trains to be done from a centralized location” said general manager of NCR, M C Chauhan.“The benefits of CTC will be reflected both in the form of enhanced punctuality and safety of trains besides an increase in throughput of goods trains” he added..