![]() ![]() It helps the loco pilot in running the train during inclement weather conditions such as dense fog. The devices also continuously relay the signals ahead to the locomotive, making it useful for loco pilots in low visibility. Kavach also controls the speed of the train by an automatic application of brakes in case the loco pilot fails to do so. At the moment Kavach has been deployed on over 1,098 route km and 65 trains running under the South Central Railway after successful trial runs.Īs part of the new system, railway tracks, signalling systems on railway tracks and the engines of trains are installed with radio frequency devices that continuously send signals back and forth on a real-time basis to indicate that the track on which the train is operating has no obstacles. The Indian Railways plans to install Kavach across 2,000 rail route networks in 2022-23 and over 4,000-5,000 rail route networks every subsequent year. Since 2016, the railways has been carrying out field tests for Kavach on passenger trains. Kavach was developed by the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) under Indian Railway (IR) in collaboration with Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd, HBL Power Systems Ltd and Kernex Microsystems. ![]() The railways has been developing its own automatic protection system since 2012 as Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), which got rechristened Kavach or 'armour'. In all, 17 coaches were smashsed.Ĭould the implementation of the ‘Kavach’ automatic train protection system have averted the deadliest of train crashes in over two decades? The Indian Railway said that there was no 'Kavach' system on the route, which might have stopped the express trains from the collision. ![]() Some of the derailed coaches of the Coromandel Express skidded off to the loop line and collided with a passing goods train. ![]() Subsequently, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express collided with the derailed coaches, sending three to four of its coaches off the track. Around 10 to 12 coaches of the Howrah-bound Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express got derailed and fell on the adjacent track. The accident took place around 7pm on June 2 in Odisha's Balasore. Safety of travel by the Indian Railway has once again come under questions after a horrific derailment caused an accident involving three trains that left at least 288 people dead and over 900 injured. ![]()
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