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Indian Railways has initiated installation of fog safety devices in northern trains in order to avoid delay and cancellation of trains owing to zero visibility in dense winter fog. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The device, a GPS-based Loco Pilot Assistance System, will be placed in the driver’s cabin. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The fog safety device alerts the driver of the approaching signal, level crossing gate as well as neutral section on the track during fog. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The visual and voice alerts provided in the system ensures that the alert will be noticed or heard by the driver well before the approaching signals or level crossings. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The device will also help increase the speed of trains. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The Fog safety device will also display the distance of the upcoming next two landmarks alongwith the details of upcoming three locations. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The device has a in-built data logging facility to store more than 100,00 location data as well as to log all the events that have occured in the last 40 hours. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The alarm in the device will be activated before the arrival of the location whose GPS co-ordinates are fed into its database. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
Alarm decisons will be taken by the unitas and when it falls within the geo-fence (pre-warning distance. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The fog safety devices have been provided to drivers of all the trains including Mail/Express/ Passenger/ EMU/ DEMU as well as goods trains working over Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
Nitin Chowdhary, CPRO, Northern Railway said, “We have used GPS technology in the device with a map of tracks, signals, stations & level crossing of Northern Railway in it. It alerts loco pilot about level crossing/signal.” (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
Nitin Chowdharysaid, “The device alerts loco pilot about level crossings and signal. When drivers know there are no hurdles, they can increase speed.” (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
