Imagine indigenous technology in the form of microprocessor devices coming to the rescue of Indian Railways in averting major train collisions, thus saving precious human life and ensuring safety. The Indian Railways is zestfully looking to adopt modern technology to enhance safety. These include installing anti-collision devices (ACDs) zone-wise in trains and at stations to prevent accidents, redesign coaches, and expansion in use of IT for its overall operations.
So far, train collisions have been a bane of the worlds largest and busiest railway network number of accidents in 2005 were 234 covering a total length of 63,940 km, transporting just under five billion passengers and almost 350 million tonne of freight annually.
The ACD systems, developed by Konkan Railway, have already been installed on the entire route of Konkan Railway and in the Northeast Frontier Railway zone. Konkan Railway has filed for patents for its ACD systems in the US, European and Asian countries.
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