New Delhi, July 13 -- Buoyed by the positive outcome of experimental installation of CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras in passenger coaches, the Indian Railways has decided to set up this video surveillance system in all coaches.

The move is aimed at improving passenger safety, while also ensuring that luggage theft in trains in curbed.

Miscreants and organized gangs take advantage of gullible passengers. With cameras, such incidents can be significantly reduced, the ministry of railways said in a statement.

To preserve the privacy of passengers, CCTV cameras will be installed in the common movement area near the doors.

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and junior railway minister Ravneet Singh Bittu reviewed the progress of CC...