The Control Organisation of Indian Railway is the nerve centre of Train Operation. All the planning for safe, efficient and punctual movement of Passenger and Freight carrying trains is the responsibility of a workforce: Traffic Train Controllers. And the platform / organisation representing train controllers of Indian Railways is ALL INDIA TRAIN CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION often known as AITCA. A very small number, less than 2500 Train Controllers have to control and command the train movement over 7589 Stations across India for approx. 13100 Passenger Trains, 9200 Freight Trains. The optimum utilisation of costly assets consisting of 3.03 lakh Wagons, 8000 coaches and 12734 Locomotives. They deliver the safe movement of 22.16 Million Passengers and 3.5 lakh Tonnes of Freight on a daily basis. A Principal Chief Train Controller is in charge of the overall staff working in Control Office and the section under his jurisdiction. He is assisted by Chief Controllers who are accountable for specific areas such as punctuality, freight, stock and statistical work. The other personnel of allied departments, posted in the Control Office for assisting Train Controllers, are from Engineering, Signal & Telecom, Electrical, Mechanical, and Security etc. Under the command of the Chief Train Controllers (who work in shifts) are Section Controllers (one for each control board). Although the Principal Chief Controller is responsible for the overall control function and coordination amongst the outstation and headquarters control offices, the Chief Controllers are the ones most closely tied to the day-to-day scheduling and planning for trains in a control section. Field staff like Station Masters, Loco Pilots, Guards and Yard Masters etc. take direct commands and orders from Section Control who keeps a bird’s eye view over the section and staff under his jurisdiction. Field staff are accountable to Section Controllers / Chief Controllers / Principal Chief Controllers. Achievements of Indian Railway is proportional to efficiency of Controllers who are responsible for optimum utilisation of costly assets of IR (Coaches, Wagons, Locos, and Humane Resource etc.)