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Agra: By the end of June, Tundla railway station will become the first in the country to have a centralised traffic control (CTC) system, to control train operations from one location.The system is being installed in the Kanpur-Ghaziabad section of North Central Railway (NCR), one of the most important and busiest sections of Indian Railways. The benefits of CTC will be reflected both in enhanced punctuality and in ensuring goods train passage is clear and does not have obstructions,” said general manager of NCR, M C Chauhan. On an average, over 400 trains comprising freight, oil tankers and passenger trains pass via this section every day.Amit Malviya, public relations officer of NCR said, “What makes CTC unique is that the signalling functions are operated from a centralized location instead of a 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; up to six train movements on a route at a particular period which will save time and resources; facility for real-time detection and online rectification of mistakes if any are committed by the controller among others,” Malviya added.“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..