North Western Railway plans to implement the Kavach anti-collision system within the zone, unfold throughout Rajasthan and Haryana, inside the subsequent two years, a senior railway official mentioned on Monday.
The North Western Railway operates three Vande Bharat Specific trains that are outfitted with Kavach, the indigenously developed prepare safety system, the official mentioned.
Nonetheless, the anti-collision system can’t be used within the railway zone because the system has not been carried out on this a part of the nation but.
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“We have awarded tenders worth Rs 426 crore for Kavach to be rolled out on 1,600 km across the zone,” the official mentioned, including that the LTE survey to determine the supply of 4G and 5G networks alongside the route is underway.
Vande Bharat Specific are indigenously developed semi-high-speed trains that may attain a most velocity of 160 kmph. Final month, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Parliament that Kavach has been deployed on 1,465 route km on the South-Central Railway.
He mentioned Kavach tenders have been awarded for the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi -Howrah corridors and work is in progress on these routes.
Indian Railways is making ready an in depth challenge report and detailed estimate for an additional 6,000 route km and to date 121 locomotives, together with Electrical A number of Unit rakes, on South Central Railway have been outfitted with the Kavach system.
The prepare accident in Odisha’s Balasore, which killed over 290 individuals and injured at the least 1,000, has introduced the railways’ computerized prepare safety system “Kavach” into focus. The railways have mentioned that ‘Kavach’ was not out there on the route the place the accident occurred on June 2.
The system alerts the loco pilot when a prepare jumps a sign, which is among the many main causes of collisions. The system can alert the loco pilot, take management of the brakes and convey the prepare to a halt mechanically when it notices one other prepare on the identical line inside a prescribed distance.
The implementation of the Kavach system started in a phased method, with the primary subject trials on passenger trains beginning in February 2016.