The Indian Railway has developed ‘Kavach’, to prevent accidents due to human error resulting in signal failure and over speeding, and recently approved the new version Kavach 4.0 incorporating lessons learned from the previous implementations.
The South Central Railways has been closely associated with its development since inception, facilitating its trials, and also deploying Kavach extensively over its rail network
Hyderabad: Railway officials literally held their breath as two locomotives hurtled down at 120 kmph on the same track. A head-on collision appeared imminent. But just then the two trains screeched to a halt at a gap of 300 metres. And, the officials pumped fists high in the air, patted each other and began breathing […]
Hyderabad: ‘Kavach’, the indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, will be deployed across the entire rail network beginning with 2,000 km in the 2022-23 fiscal and will be rolled out in 4,000 to 5,000 km every subsequent year, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. ‘Kavach’, which literally means armour, is being promoted by […]