Lagatar24 Desk
Secunderabad, Mar 4: The Indian Railways’ anti-collision test, which was undertaken to check the indigenously designed technology to avert rail accidents, was successful, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who oversaw the test.
The Kavach Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, which was developed in-house, was created to assist the Railways in achieving the aim of “zero accidents.”
He said that ‘Kavach’ immediately stopped the train in front of 380 metres of other locomotive.
The minister also uploaded a video from inside a train that was used in an Indian Railways anti-collision test in Secunderabad.
Two trains, one carrying the railway minister and the other carrying the Chairman of the Railway Board, hurtled towards each other at full speed during the test. Both trains came to a halt 380 metres apart.
The Railways are promoting ‘Kavach,’ which literally means armour, as the world’s cheapest automatic train collision protection technology.
Trains will automatically halt when the digital system detects any manual error, such as “jumping” the red signal or any other failure, according to senior officials.
Also read: Indian Railways to test anti-collision system ‘Kavach’ in Secunderabad today
