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Engagement of Contract Teacher - KAVACH – Automatic Train Protection System on Southern Railway
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Supreme Court has appreciated the Indian Railways’ efforts to
Pensioners Corner implement the Anti Collision system of “Kavach” in trains in a PIL
Act Apprentice 2023-24 case. As a part of the Indian Railway project of implementing the
Re-engagement of Retired Running
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KAVACH, the following is the current status of the same in
Re-engagement of Retired Running Southern Railway.
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Engagement of Contract Clinical The indigenously developed Train Collision Avoidance system of
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Consultant
Internal Complaints Committee
Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in
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collaboration with Indian Industry. Southern Railway has been
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closely associated with its implementation since the
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development stage and is facilitating trials to achieve the
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objective of safety in train operations across Indian Railways.
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KAVACH is meant to provide protection by preventing trains to
pass the Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD) (i.e., Red – Stop
Construction Organization
Signal) and avoid collision. It activates the train breaking system
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automatically if the driver fails to control the train as per the
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speed restrictions. In addition, it prevents collision between two
Careers
Trains / Locomotives, equipped with functional KAVACH system.
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Main Features of Kavach:
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Electrical Department ● Prevention of Trains / Locomotives Passing Signal at

Carriage & Wagon Workshop Danger (SPAD)
Signal & Telecom Workshop ● Continuous update of Movement Authority with display of
Locomotive Workshop signal aspects in Driver Machine Interface (DMI) / Loco Pilot
Engineering Workshop operation cum Indication Panel (LPOCIP)
Chennai Division ●Automatic Braking for Prevention of Over Speeding
Palghat Division ●Auto-Whistling while approaching Level Crossing Gates
Madurai Division ● Prevention of collision between two Locomotives equipped
Trichchchirappalli Division with functional KAVACH
Thiruvananthapuram Division ●SoS Messages during emergency situations
Salem Division ● Centralized live monitoring of Train movements through
Press Releases
Network Monitor
Press Release -Divisions
Provision of KAVACH will be an additional Safety aid to the Loco
Chennai Pilots to prevent consequences arising out of Signal Passing At
Trichchirappalli Danger (SPAD), to control train speed within specified limits, to
Madurai display Signal Aspect in Engine cab and to further reduce the
Palghat probability of train collisions in block sections and on running
Thiruvananthapuram lines at stations through certain non-signalling based protections.
Salem KAVACH, will be a powerful aid in assisting Railways in realising
Current Events
the Objective of “Zero Accidents” by eliminating train collisions.
Train Accidents Inquiry Reports
This is being accorded Top priority towards Modernisation of
Signalling Systems on IR.
The work of Provision of KAVACH on Southern Railway is
for 2216 RKM on High Density Network and High Uitilised
Network, which is being done in a phased manner, with a priority
of Vande Bharat Routes, as follows:
1. On High Density Network (HDN) – 271 RKM
Division Section RKM Route
Chennai – Arakkonam
MAS 68 HDN
section
Arakkonam – Renigunta
MAS 65 HDN
section
MAS Chennai – Gudur Section 138 HDN
2.High Utilised Network (HUN) – 1945 RKM
Division Section KMS Route
MAS Arakkonam – Jolarpettai 150 HUN
Dr MGR Chennai Central –
MAS 6.62 HUN
Chennai Beach
Chennai Egmore – Tambaram
MAS 60 HUN
- Chengalpattu
MAS Chengalpattu – Villupuram 102.76 HUN
SA Jolarpettai – Salem – Erode 179.29 HUN
Erode – Irugur – Coimbatore –
SA 106.54 HUN
Podanur
SA Irugur – Podanur 10.77 HUN
SA Erode – Karur 65.38 HUN
SA Salem – Namakkal – Karur 85.19 HUN
TPJ Villupuram - Tiruchchirappalli 178 HUN
MDU Tiruchchirapalli – Dindigul 94.31 HUN
MDU Dindigul – Madurai 65.78 HUN
MDU Madurai – Virudunagar 43.18 HUN
Virudunagar – Vanchi
MDU 84.48 HUN
Maniyachi
MDU Vanchi Maniyachi – Tirunelveli 28.9 HUN
Podanur – Palakkad –
PGT 95.88 HUN
Shoranur
TVC Shoranur - Ernakulam 106.85 HUN
Ernakulam – Kottayam –
TVC 114.65 HUN
Kayankulam
Ernakulam – Alappuzha –
TVC 100.34 HUN
Kayankulam
TVC Kayankulam – Trivandrum 105.33 HUN
TVC Trivandrum - Kanniyakumari 86.54 HUN
TVC Tirunelveli – Nagercoil 73.29 HUN
ARCHITECTURE OF KAVACH
Kavach broadly comprises of “Stationary Control Unit” and “On-
Board Equipment”. Stationary Control Unit is the network of
“Station control unit”, “radio unit”, and an “array of passive radio
frequency identifier (RFID) tags” positioned at all the crucial
locations of the station and block sections. “On- Board
Equipment” comprises of “Brake interface” & an “onboard
computer “connected to a speed sensor, RFID reader, radio unit,
and display unit.
On-board RFID reader is mounted on the under frame of the
locomotive such that it can read the RFID tags fitted between the
rails and collect data like unique tag id, direction of travel, unique
track identification number (TIN). This data is communicated to
the Station Control Unit through the radio link. Station Control
Unit locates the train in its database, based on the RFID tag ID
and sends the information like approaching signal aspect,
distance to the locomotive.
On- Board equipment uses the information provided by the
Station Control Unit like approaching signal aspect, movement
authority (MA), and collects the speed of the train through
sensors mounted on loco axle to determine whether the loco is
traveling in safe speed limits. In case, the locomotive is running
beyond safe speed an alert is sounded to the loco pilot for 5
seconds before initiating the brakes and bringing the train to a
complete stop.
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