Category: S & T

The Indian Railways have planned deployment of AI based surveillance system on a network of 700 km to avert elephant casualties.

Indian Railways (IR) is expected to complete the KAVACH installation on Delhi-Mumbai corridor by 2025.

Central Railway (CR) has commissioned the block proving by axle counter (BPAC) system in the Vasind-Asangaon section of Mumbai Division.

Reportedly, North Western Railway (NWR) plans to implement the KAVACH anti-collision system by 2025.

An automatic block signalling (ABS) system was commissioned between Chinchwad and Khadki stations in the Lonavala-Pune section of the Pune division on August 20, 2023.

Reportedly, a sensor machine used for detecting railway track occupancy by a train has been tested faulty.

Indian Railways is working towards modernisation of signalling system.

Indian Railways is working towards improving the signalling system.

Reportedly, the number of consequential train derailments has witnessed steep decline in the last 23 years.

As of July 21, 2023, KAVACH has been deployed on 1,465 rkm and 121 locomotives on the South Central Railways  (SCR).

Reportedly, Indian Railways (IR) plans to acquire Kavach automatic train protection (ATP) systems at a cost of Rs 50 billion.

In the April-June period of 2023-24(Q1-2023-24), Indian Railways (IR) has recorded a significant increase in equipment failures.

Indian Railways plans to make the signalling system along its network electronic over the next six years in a bid to avoid train accidents.

Indian Railways has commissioned a new electronic interlocking system at Bhusawal Division’s Hisval station with a new third line in Jalgaon-Manmad section.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, is developing a tamper-proof signalling for Indian Railways (IR).

Pandhurna Station on the Nagpur-Itarsi railway section of Central Railway (CR) has successfully implemented a new Electronic Interlocking Signaling system and commissioned a third line.

Post the train accident at Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore district of Odisha, the railway board has instructed all zones of Indian Railways (IR) to initiate safety drives immediately, emphasising on “super check” of signalling systems.

In a bid to avoid train collisions, Indian Railways (IR) has decided to install Kavach on various routes of the North Eastern Railway (NER).

In order to increase line capacity to run more trains on existing high-density routes of Indian Railways (IR), automatic block signalling (ABS) is a cost-effective solution.