Railways to armour 3000 km of rail route with Kavach system

24 Jul 2023 CW Team

The Railways will armour 3,000 km of its network covering the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes with the protection system Kavach system. The Kavach system has so far been deployed on 1465 route km and 121 locomotives (including Electric Multiple Unit rakes) on South Central Railway.

Kavach is indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system. Kavach is a highly technology intensive system, which requires safety certification of highest order. Kavach aids the loco pilot in train running within specified speed limits by automatic application of brakes in case loco pilot fails to do so and also help the train safely run during inclement weather.

The first field trials on the passenger trains were started in February 2016. Based on the experience so gained and Independent Safety Assessment of the system by a 3rd party (Independent Safety Assessor: ISA), three firms were approved in 2018-19, for supply of Kavach. Subsequently Kavach was adopted as a National ATP system in July 2020.

According to the railway ministry, the amount spent so far on Kavach implementation is Rs 351.91 crore. The cost for provision of track side including station equipment of Kavach is approximately Rs. 50 lakhs/km and cost for provision of Kavach equipment on loco is approximately Rs. 70 lakh/ loco.

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