<p>Plugging a gaping hole in its safety mechanism, the Railways has begun deploying the Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS), which would regulate the train’s movement to prevent accidents. <br /><br />The protection technology from Europe would monitor the train’s speed and automatically apply the breaks if it exceeds the speed limits. <br /><br />“If a train jumped the signal, approached the signal too fast, or approached the buffer stops too fast, the TPWS would put the breaks and bring the train to a standstill,” a Railway official said, adding that the system would prevent accidents taking place due to the loco pilot’s error in passing on the signals. <br /><br />The official also pointed out that the trains would be in constant communication with each other through sensors installed on the trackside. <br /><br />In the next three to four years, the Railways has plans to introduce the new system in two phases over a stretch of 3,330 km. <br /><br />It had successfully piloted the system in the Chennai-Gummidipundi suburban section, Dum Dum-Kavi Subhash section of the Kolkata Metro rail, and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Agra and Basin Bridge-Arrakonam sections.<br /> </p>
<p>Plugging a gaping hole in its safety mechanism, the Railways has begun deploying the Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS), which would regulate the train’s movement to prevent accidents. <br /><br />The protection technology from Europe would monitor the train’s speed and automatically apply the breaks if it exceeds the speed limits. <br /><br />“If a train jumped the signal, approached the signal too fast, or approached the buffer stops too fast, the TPWS would put the breaks and bring the train to a standstill,” a Railway official said, adding that the system would prevent accidents taking place due to the loco pilot’s error in passing on the signals. <br /><br />The official also pointed out that the trains would be in constant communication with each other through sensors installed on the trackside. <br /><br />In the next three to four years, the Railways has plans to introduce the new system in two phases over a stretch of 3,330 km. <br /><br />It had successfully piloted the system in the Chennai-Gummidipundi suburban section, Dum Dum-Kavi Subhash section of the Kolkata Metro rail, and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Agra and Basin Bridge-Arrakonam sections.<br /> </p>
