Rlys put train protection system on fast track

The TPWS technology ensures automatic application of emergency brakes in case the driver has jumped a red signal.

While one of the components of the TPWS is be installed in the loco cabin,another is to be fitted in the signal pole along the rail track.

According to records available with the Railways,around 60 per cent accidents take place due to human error. On September 13,in the train accident near Arakkonam in Chennai,the Chennai Beach-Vellore Cantonment train rammed into the stationary Arakkonam-Katpadi passenger train after the driver jumped the red signal.

Had the TPWS been in place,the emergency brakes would have been applied automatically and the accident could have been averted, said the official.

The European technology was first tested two years ago on the Delhi-Agra route. There are four sectors which have been identified for implementing the system. It will cut down accidents to a large extent, the official said.