KAVACH SYSTEM

The letter specifically mentions three trains - train number 20171/20172 (New Delhi-Rani Kamalapati Vande Bharat Express), 22470/22469 (Hazrat Nizamuddin-Khajuraho Vande Bharat Express) and train number 12049/12050 (New Delhi-Virangana Lakshmibai Jh...

Kavach: The basic reason why the installation of this technology is taking time is because deploying it is a complex process, particularly because it has to be installed on existing networks without disrupting train schedules.

The Railway Ministry faced criticism for delays in implementing the Automatic Train Protection System, Kavach, developed by RDSO. The Agra division has successfully implemented Kavach on an 80-km stretch for trials. Jaya Verma Sinha and railway offi...

More than 22 million Indians travel daily in over 13,000 passenger trains, emphasizing the importance of safety measures in the wake of the Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express incident and the limited operationality of the anti-collision system, Kavach.

Kanchanjungha Express Train Accident: A goods train collided with the Kanchanjungha Express collided near New Jalpaiguri, resulting in several deaths and over 60 injuries. The incident highlighted the absence of the railway's anti-collision system, ...

Train Accident Today (Google Trends): The recent collision of a goods train with the Kanchanjungha Express in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, has raised concerns about railway safety. Similar to the Coromandel Express disaster in June 2023, signal...

In a tragic incident on Monday morning, a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound 13174 Kanchanjungha Express near New Jalpaiguri, resulting in the death of at least 15 people and serious injuries to over 60 others. The collision reportedly happ...

A collision between a goods train and the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near New Jalpaiguri resulted in several deaths and around 50 injuries on Monday. Railway Board Chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha disclosed that the anti-collision system 'Kavach...

At least 15 passengers died and 60 others were injured, after three rear coaches of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday morning. Kavach was not in place in the route.

Exactly one year ago, on June 2, 2023, the Howrah-bound Coromandel Express met with a tragic accident in Balasore district, Odisha. The collision with a stationary goods train caused severe damage, derailing most of its coaches. Shockingly, during t...

The Agra railway division successfully tested an automatic braking system installed in eight-car Vande Bharat trains as part of the 'Kavach' anti-collision device. In the trial, the train automatically stopped 10 meters before a red signal at a spee...

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan spoke at the 'Kalam and Kavach' Defence Literature Festival in Pune. He emphasized the relevance of ancient Indian texts, such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and the Bhagavad Gita in today's strategic ne...

Responding to questions raised by Javed Ali Khan, Samajwadi Party MP in the Rajya Sabha, Vaishnaw said that 'Kavach' is an indigenously developed automatic train protection (ATP) system which is highly technology intensive and it requires safety cer...

The Kavach system, developed by the Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), can apply brakes automatically in case of an emergency when a train driver fails to act in time.

Train Accidents: The Supreme Court directed the Indian government to outline preventive measures, including the 'Kavach' train protection system, following a catastrophic three-train collision in Odisha's Balasore district that claimed nearly 300 li...

As per the release, presently Kavach tenders have been awarded for the Delhi - Mumbai and Delhi - Howrah corridors (approximately 3000 Route km) and work is in progress on these routes.

​“In 2024, we will install Kavach in 2,500 km route. And from 2025 onward, we will be deploying it in 5,000 km every year till we cover our entire rail network of 68,000 km,” Vaishnaw told ET in an interview. He said large electronics and telecom eq...

Tenders to install Kavach over 3000 kms were awarded in December last year. Progress is as per schedule with 98% Radio survey on the routes have been completed till now. According to Vaishnaw, bids to install Kavach on another 2500 kms of railway ne...

The East Coast Railway has called for a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the train collision in Vizianagaram. The incident resulted in the tragic loss of 13 lives and left over 50 people injured. Both trains were not equipped with th...