Ashwini Vaishnaw announces Kavach 5.0 system to increase Mumbai local services by 30%

Vaishnaw said that to address demands of improvement in the Mumbai local, better infrastructure, better technology and better trains are required and Indian Railways is working on it.

“The work on Kavach 5.0 is ongoing with a Mumbai specific aim. Its development will be completed by the end of December. This means that if we can reduce the gap of 180 seconds between two trains by 30 percent, it means we can run 30 percent more trains. The more frequently you can run trains, it means you will be able to provide more services. So due to Kavach 5.0, we will be able to add 30 percent more trains,” said Vaishnaw in Mumbai, while addressing the media on progress of a major Railways project in Maharashtra, along with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

There are around 3,500 train services every day in Mumbai local and about 80 lakh people travel. “Efforts are underway to ensure more people travel comfortably. This will be implemented in three parts. First, infrastructure will be improved; for this projects worth almost `17,000 crore are under implementation. To ensure 80 lakh people can travel comfortably, we have to provide more services,” he said.