New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday took a trip in Kavach- fitted train for a test to examine the performance of the automated train defense system at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan.
The Minister boarded the Kavach- fitted engine of a train at 4 pm at the Sawai Madhopur train terminal and took a trip for 45 mins approximately Indargarh Railway terminal.
“In these 45 minutes, the train run in Kavach-equipped section at different speeds and it stopped on its own at red signals without applying brake by the loco pilot,” stated the train authorities.
Total 7 examinations carried out and in all 7, the examination achieved success, stated the train authorities.
The Kavach system, additionally called an Automatic Train Protection System, has actually been established by the Research Designs and Standards Organisation, and it can use brakes immediately in an emergency situation when a train chauffeur stops working to act in time.
The Railway Ministry has actually been dealing with this job for the last 8 years to bring the rail network under the Kavach system in a phased fashion.
After effective examination, Vaishnaw stated that job is taking place to operationalise the Kavach system on the 3,000-km lengthy Mumbai-Delhi and Delhi-Kolkata rail courses and is anticipated to end up by March following year.
Vaishnaw included that the Kavach progressed variation 4.0 was accepted by the Research Designs and Standards Organisation on July 17, 2024, and large installment would certainly start quickly.
According to the Railway Ministry, Kavach’s very first area tests on guest trains were begun in February 2016 and based upon the experience obtained and the Independent Safety Assessment of the system by a 3rd party, 3 companies were accepted in 2018-19 for supply of Kavach.
“Kavach has so far been deployed on 1465 Route km and 139 locomotives on South Central Railway,” an authorities from the Railway Ministry stated.
Published 24 September 2024, 16:12 IST
