Railway decides not to proliferate use of ACD: Minister

Railway decides not to proliferate use of ACD: Minister

Railways has made it clear that further proliferation of anti-collision device (ACD) to other zones was not contemplated due to technical and operational problems, Lok Sabha was informed today.

Technical and operational problems have been experienced in the functioning of ACD in Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), Minister of State for Railway Manoj Sinha said in a written reply.

He said major problems was of unwarranted breakings which had adverse impact on running of train.

Development and deployment of ACD was taken up by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) as a pilot project on 1738 km route and 548 locomotives in Northeast Frontier Railway, and it was operationalised in 2006.

However, despite efforts in resolving the technical and operational glitches, unwarranted breakings still continue to exist, Sinha said.

Source :Business Standard.