Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav successfully conducted the test armor protection technology Riding in a locomotive on Friday. With this automated technology, there will no longer be a face-to-face collision between two trains in the Indian Railways network.
The Railway Minister was in the locomotive that went from Gullaguda to Chitgidda. Shri VK Tripathi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board was in the locomotive which went from Chitgidda to Galguda. During the trial, both the locomotives were moving towards each other, leading to a head-on collision.
The ‘Kavach’ system introduced the automatic braking system and stopped the locomotives at a distance of 380 metres. Kavach is an indigenously developed ATP system by Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) in collaboration with Indian Industry and tested by South Central Railway. Corporate Objectives of Safety in Train Operations in Indian Railways.
It is a state-of-the-art electronic system of security integrity level-4 standards. The armor is meant to provide protection to trains to pass signals at danger (red) and to avoid collisions. If the driver fails to control the train in accordance with the speed restrictions, it automatically activates the train braking system. In addition, it prevents a collision between two engines equipped with a functional armor system.
The Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnav inspected the trial of ‘Kavach’ working system between Gullaguda-Chitgidda railway stations on Lingampalli-Vikarabad section in Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway. On this occasion, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board Shri VK Tripathi and other senior officers were also present.
Armor deployment strategy on Indian Railways:
96% of rail traffic is carried on Indian Railways’ high density network and heavily used network routes. In order to carry this traffic safely, the Kavach works are being carried out in a focused manner as per the following priority set by the Railway Board.
First priority: 160 kmph speed with automatic block signaling and centralized traffic control on high density routes and New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah sections. Since such sections are more prone to human errors on the part of drivers, resulting in accidents as trains move closer to each other
Second priority: Armor will be used on heavily used networks with automatic block signaling and centralized traffic control.
Third priority: other passenger on high-density routes with automatic block signalling.
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