RDSO to expedite anti-collision system
LUCKNOW: Railway Board chairman AK Mittal on Friday directed Research Designs and Standards Organization to give top priority to the Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). Mittal was in the city for governing council meeting at RDSO.
Trains run inordinately delayed during fog. "At present, drivers have no technical assistance available to safely operate the trains during such conditions. TCAS will fill in the gap," he said. The trail is underway for last one year in Secunderabad division of South Central Railway.
TCAS will upgrade level of safety by several notches if implemented all over Indian Railways because it generates derailment alerts and apply emergency brakes in critical situations like two trains coming on the same track.
Since TCAS works on both signaling and non-signaling technology, it can control 'human error' too. At present, trial for TCAS is on in 250km section with onboard equipment in 40 locomotives.
It is a train control system with additional features like generating SOS alerts, applying emergency brakes, controlling over-speed, cab signaling, preventing driver from jumping red signal and ensuring safety in fog whsystem
ibility is reduced by several meters.
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