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Tuesday, 15 January 2019

21:10

Warning Signal to Passengers Travelling by Local Train/EMU

Warning Signal to Passengers Travelling by Local Train/EMU
2019/1/11 
15-01-2019
Safety First – Blue Light Warning Signal to Passengers travelling by Local trains/EMUs
Hon'ble Minister of Railways, Shri Piyush Goyal, with a view to improving safety of passengers travelling by the Lifeline of Mumbai, the Mumbai Locals, advised all officials to come out with innovative methods.
The Central Railway have yet again come out with an innovation, and based o­n the successful trial runs, if implemented, will act as o­ne more indicator for the Mumbaikars, not to risk their lives and wait for another local, for reaching their homes and destinations safe.
Central Railway have installed a blue light visual indicator just above the entrance of o­ne EMU coach for guiding the commuters not to board the running train, at the last moment.  Due to the fact that unlike METRO Trains or AC EMUs which have an electronic door closer and due to the impracticality (suffocation, etc) of providing doors o­n Non-AC EMU Coaches, the blue light visual indicator is being tried at present.  The blue light visual indicator indicates when to stop boarding the train before it becomes unsafe and draws a boundary o­n the platform which is the minimum clearance level for commuters to avoid accidents while the train is in motion.
Visual Indicator emits a beam of light over the entrance area, when train starts, taking connection from the Guard who gives the beat to start the train and the commuter is alerted and warned of the imminent danger of being too close to the train o­n the platform, thereby guiding him/her to back off from the train.  This device will definitely act as a psychological barrier from boarding the moving train and also as a deterrent to the  people,  not to board the running train.
The work of installation of Blue light visual Indicator has been carried out in Kurla car shed of Central Railway under able guidance of Shri D.K. Sharma, General Manager, Central Railway.
Central Railway would monitor the performance of the new blue light visual indicator and based o­n the outcome and the commuter feedback, a decision would be taken o­n installation of Visual Indicators o­n more coaches/rakes of Mumbai Suburban Locals.

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Wednesday, 29 June 2016

08:53

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation wants to install Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) in its entire network

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation wants to install Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) in its entire network

DFC Corp seeks to install European anti-collision tech

The corporation has written to the Railway Board to give permission to install the system on the 1,839 km Eastern corridor barring a small stretch between Sonnagar and Dankuni, which is to be constructed on public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation wants to install European anti-collision technology called Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) in its entire network to make it the safest freight train operation in the world.
The corporation has written to the Railway Board to give permission to install the system on the 1,839 km Eastern corridor barring a small stretch between Sonnagar and Dankuni, which is to be constructed on public-private partnership (PPP) mode. So, the proposal, that requires an expenditure of an additional Rs 500 crore, is to install the system between Ludhiana, Punjab and Sonnagar, West Bengal, covering around 1,350 km, DFC MD Adhesh Sharma said on Friday.
“According to the agreement with Japan, we are installing TPWS anyway in the Western corridor because the lending agency, JICA wanted the operations to be safe. Now we have approached Railways to let us install it in Eastern corridor as well,” he said.
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The Western Corridor, spanning 1,483 km between Khurja in Uttar Pradesh and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in the Maharashtra-Gujarat border, will have TPWS for Rs 600 crore.
Incidentally, Indian Railways found TPWS to be prohibitively expensive and did not pursue installing it except for a small stretch on the Delhi-Agra route. But for a new project like DFC, cost is not an issue and the rate of return on investment is also high enough to justify the expenditure. The first section of 56 km long track between Durgawati and Sasaram is expected to be operational for regular freight operation in July after getting Commissioner Railway Safety clearances.
“The 56 km line was commissioned in May this year after trial run. But regular freight operation will resume by July after getting CRS clearances,” he said.
With December 2019 as the final deadline in mind, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation has expedited awarding contracts for speedy execution of the project in both Eastern and Western corridors.
The Rs 91,459 crore project envisages the construction of total 3342 km long track for the exclusive movement of freight in a faster and environment-friendly way.




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Monday, 7 March 2016

18:31

204 Rail Accidents due to Failure of Staff: Report

204 Rail Accidents due to Failure of Staff: Report

New Delhi: Over 200 rail accidents out of the total 292 were caused due to failure of railway staff in the last few years with action being taken against 542 employees and penalties imposed in over 500 cases.

As per the findings of inquiry committees including prima-facie causes, out of a total of 292 consequential train accidents, excluding mishaps which occurred at unmanned level crossings, from 2012-13 to January 2016, 204 accidents have been attributed to failure of railway staff, according to Railway Ministry data.

Admitting negligence of railway staff as one of the causes behind many train accidents, a senior Railway Ministry official said, “All consequential train accidents are investigated by Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS). On the basis of these inquiry reports, disciplinary action is taken against the staff found guilty and penalties are imposed on the staff.”

A total of 542 employees have been taken up for disciplinary action and penalties imposed in 528 cases.

The official said safety is accorded the highest priority by railways and all possible steps are undertaken on a continual basis to prevent accidents and to enhance safety.

These include replacement of over-aged assets, adoption of suitable technologies for upgradation and maintenance of track, rolling stock, signalling and interlocking systems and safety drives among others.

He said railways has also adopted new technologies such as train protection warning system (TPWS), train collision avoidance system (TCAS) as a means of automatic train protection on pilot-basis on selected routes.

Source: RailNews
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Sunday, 30 August 2015

10:34

“Zero Accident Mission” - Railway Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu

“Zero Accident Mission” - Railway Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu addresses valedictory session of International Railway Convention on “Advances in Command, Control and Communication Systems for Main Line, Metro and High Speed Transit Systems” 

Two day International Railway Convention on “Advances in Command, Control and Communication Systems for Main Line, Metro and High Speed Transit Systems” concluded today. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu addressed the valedictory session. It was organized by Institution of Railway Signal and Telecommunication Engineers (IRSTE), (India) and Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), (Indian Section) in association with Indian Railways. 

The conference was yesterday opened by a keynote speech by the Chairman of the Railway Board, Shri A.K.Mittal and Member Electrical Shri Naveen Tandon. The event was also attended by Addl. Member (Signal), Shri S. Manohar, Addl. Member Telecom, Shri K.S.Krishna Kumar, Hon. Secretary IRSTE & CAO/IRPMU Shri Kundan Choudhary and other dignitaries. 

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said that main thrust of any transport organisation should be on safe and secure transportation with zero scope of accidents. Indian Railways need to launch “Zero Accident Mission”. This requires integrated approach involving use of cost effective advanced technology and properly trained manpower. He further said that new advances in command, control and communication system can play a very vital role in evolving safe and secure operation environment on Indian Railways where there should be no scope of accidents even in case of human errors. 

Hon’ble Minister laid emphasis on development of suitable technology to control accidents at unmanned level crossings by providing suitable indications about approaching trains and any obstruction on track. He pointed out that in such conferences we should focus on Global Bench marks and assess our standing as compared to Global standards. We should try to develop indigenous cost effective system having global standards suitable for Indian Railways. He requested to foreign delegates and companies to come, collaborate and manufacture in India. India has advantage of skilled man power, big market and large manufacturing base. In addition to internal consumptions such manufacturing hubs should have export potential. 

At the end Hon’ble Minister said that Indian Railways “Zero Accident Mission” should have a definite time frame 

Railway Signalling & Telecommunication Engineering comprises of a whole range of technologies to provide cost effective solutions in enhancing Safety and Line Capacity as well as disseminating train running information to passengers so as to make their journey safe, comfortable and convenient. Indian Railways under the modernization plan for Signaling and Telecom assets have adopted modern S&T solutions like Centralized Operation of Signalling system, Electronic Interlocking, LED signals, Block Proving by Axle Counters. Throughput enhancement has been achieved by providing Automatic Block Signalling and IBS (Intermediate Block Signalling) on high density routes. To prevent the incidences of Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD) and Over-speeding, Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) based on based on European Train Control System (ETCS L-1) has been successfully implemented as Pilot projects on select corridors and further implementation on suburban sections with dense traffic movement has been planned. Indian Railways is also in the process of indigenously developing Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) as a cost effective solution for automatic train protection. 

The Conference gave the opportunity to the participants, Signalling and Telecommunication professionals as well as representatives from the industrial and research sectors, such as Efftronics, RTVision, Railel, Huawei, TechnoSatComm, Siemens, Thales, Hitachi, Frauscher, EMC etc from various countries to benefit from an open, relevant and comprehensive information exchange on the state-of-the-art, technologies, needs and requirements, as well as the vision of future systems. 

The two days of the Convention, led by around 20 renowned speakers debated subjects such as: 

•Signalling Trends on Main Line and Metros- Opportunities for Make in India 

•Modern Control, Command and Communication technologies for Main Line, Metro and High Speed Systems 

•Advance Automatic Train Protection technologies like ETCS, CBTC 

•High Availability Systems and Smart Signalling Systems 

•Centralized Traffic Control System on Indian Railways 

•Challenges in adoption of Electronic Interlocking in Indian Railways and their possible solutions 

•Train Management System on Indian Railway 

•Signalling on Kolkata Metro 

•Modern Railway Communication and Ensuring Safety in Communication 

• Empowering through Knowledge and Skill Development 

The conclusions and outputs during the Convention provided the Railway Train Control, Command and Communication domains with a clear vision on the challenges ahead to meet the need for enhanced Safety, Reliability and Line Capacity, the technologies available world-wide and the need for empowerment through knowledge and skill development. 
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

20:09

Train Protection Warning System to be extended


Train Protection Warning System to be extended

Madurai (MDU): Train Protection Warning System, a system to prevent accidents owing to human error by way of not following the signals, already installed in the Chennai-Central-Gummudipoondi section will be extended to the Arakkonam and Chengalpattu sections, Southern Railway Chief Signal and Telecommunications Engineer A.V. Sivaprasad said.

Works for the installation of the system is under way, Mr. Sivaprasad, who was here to distribute awards to the employees of his department, told on Tuesday.

Stating that the system, now working in Gummudipoondi section, is well appreciated by the loco-pilots, Mr. Sivaprasad said it would automatically bring the running trains to a halt whenever the loco-pilots fail to acknowledge the signal.

No accident

The reliability of railway signalling system has improved so much in the last one year that no accident was reported owing to the failure of signals in the entire country, he said. As part of the measures to prevent accidents at unmanned level-crossings, a total of 191 level-crossings in the Southern Railway would be provided with interlocking signals during the current financial year.

The Indian Railway is now installing sophisticated electronic interlocking signalling systems that would further ensure reliability. The electro-mechanical signals being used are imported from Austria and Germany, whereas the advanced system is indigenous.

“The electronic interlocking system is being installed in 10 railway stations in the Tiruchi-Dindigul section where doubling work is under way,” Mr. Sivaprasad said.
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Tuesday, 9 December 2014

06:46

1381 Fog Safe Devices are Under Trial on Indian Railways

1381 Fog Safe Devices are Under Trial on Indian Railways 

Technological options are being pursues by Indian Railways for prevention of accidents during conditions of poor visibility by installing notably Fog Safe Device, which is a Global Positioning System (GPS) based device installed to assist the Loco Pilot during poor visibility condition. Currently, a total of 1381 Fog Safe Devices are under trial on Northern, North Eastern and North Western Railways in fog prone areas. In addition, Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) are also under various stages of trial. 

Guidelines are already in place instructing Zonal Railways to take action during foggy season to deal with train operations as under:- 

i)To provide safeguard in train operation in Automatic Block System during foggy weather by restricting the number of trains to two between two stations. 

ii)Reduce the speed of train. 

iii)Deputing additional staff to alert the Loco Pilot through placement of detonators before the First Stop signal. 

iv)Improving the visibility of signals. 

v)Loco Pilot to take precautions, be vigilant and alert and to observe Special Rules and instructions regarding speed limits under foggy conditions. 

Indian Railways have decided to cancel 27 pairs of train services between 31.12.2014 and 15.2.2015 to ensure smooth operation of trains and safety of passengers during foggy condition. 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. 

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