Railways ticketing using single fiber media

BANGALORE, INDIA: MRO-TEK Ltd, a leading provider of product-based solutions to access every network, successfully implemented a solution for Metro Railway stations of Hyderabad to effectively use a Single Fiber which connects all stations as a backup media for ticketing. The last mile access and delivery solution was completely designed to ensure reliable and continuous working of the ticketing department.

S. Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director, MRO-TEK Ltd. said, “The Ticketing department of Railways were interconnected to the Central Site Ticketing Server through a leased line. So in case of leased line failure, tickets cannot be issued on time. So the Railways were in need for a single solution which would connect all stations as a backup media for ticketing which is very crucial.”

“MRO-TEK came up with a solution to effectively use a Single Fiber Media in a Protected Ring Topology with an Ethernet Aggregator called eSONA-8. There can be a maximum of 9 stations connected to the Central Server Location over a single fiber in one protected ring. Now as the 9th station doesn’t have fiber back to the central location, the Ring is closed through the Railtel SDH backbone using 10/100BaseTx Media Converters and the Application continues to work even if there is a failure in any part of the ring.” added Narayanan.