New Look for Rail Freight by Introducing Information Projects
TMIS and PMIS will be completed by the coming yearend
TMIS is a superhuge information system under which all dynamic information about locomotives, freight cars, trains, containers and cargoes is transmitted to a central information processing center and then is sent to dispatchers through computer networking. Cargo owners may apply for freight cars through computer terminals
PMIS is a booking center consisting of the passenger ticket booking center, the regional ticket booking centers and the station booking offices. Under the system, ticket booking is controled through a unified computer system nationwide.
Economicnews 1999-01-17 Page4
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