​Kavach

  • Recent incidents like the collision involving Kanchenjunga Express underscore the urgency to deploy Kavach, an anti-collision device.
  • Kavach is a cab signalling train control system with anti-collision features developed by the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in association with three Indian vendors.
  • It has been adopted as our National Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System.
  • It adheres to Safety Integrity Level-4 (SIL-4) standards and acts as a vigilant watchdog over the existing signalling system, alerting the loco pilot when approaching a 'red signal' and applying automatic brakes if necessary to prevent overshooting the signal.
  • The system also relays SoS messages during emergency situations.
  • It features ....
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