Deadline to install 'Kavach' on Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata train route extended to December 25

Railway Board has extended its deadline for the installation of Automatic Train Protection System, Kavach, connected Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi Kolkata way from March to December 2025. "Track broadside instrumentality for Kavach Version 4.0 connected the 3,000 Km way of New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Kolkata volition beryllium completed by Dec, 2025 and enactment connected the remaining conception is underway," fund document, 'Railways estimates for Revised Estimates 2024-25 and Budget Estimates 2025-26' shared by the Board connected February 1, 2025 said.

The Railway Ministry had connected August 7 past twelvemonth said that Kavach enactment would beryllium completed connected the way by March, 2025.

"Indian Railways has adopted indigenously developed Kavach arsenic National ATP strategy successful 2020 and aft indigenous improvement specification for Kavach Version 4.0 was approved successful July '24. Work for the installation of Kavach connected 10,000 locomotives has already started," the fund papers said.

According to railways, Kavach is simply a analyzable exertion with aggregate components specified arsenic RFID tags meant to beryllium installed on the way length, telecom towers passim the section, optical fibre cablegram on the track, and Loco Kavach connected each and each locomotive.

"Kavach installation enactment is going connected crossed each Indian Railway networks connected a ngo mode. The latest version, Kavach, ie, 4.0 was approved by the Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) successful July 2024.

"Since it is simply a precise analyzable exertion ... Its installation is clip taking. However, we are overmuch faster arsenic compared to different developed countries," a railway root said.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw portion addressing the media precocious connected fund 2025-26 said that the full obstruction web volition beryllium covered by Kavach successful the adjacent six years.

Vaishnaw had earlier said that developed countries similar Germany, France, Italy, which are one-fourth the size of India, took implicit 20 years to operationalise automatic bid extortion systems crossed their obstruction network, but Indian railways volition execute it successful little time.

Kavach immunodeficiency the Loco Pilot successful moving of trains wrong specified velocity limits by automatic exertion of brakes successful lawsuit Loco Pilot fails to bash truthful and besides helps trains tally safely during inclement weather.

On December 20 past year, Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha successful a written reply that the archetypal tract trials connected the rider trains were started successful February 2016, and based connected the acquisition and Independent Safety Assessment of the system, 3 firms were approved successful 2018-19 for proviso of Kavach Ver 3.2.

"Based connected deployment of Kavach mentation 3.2 connected 1465 RKm connected southbound cardinal Railway, a batch of acquisition was gained. Using that further improvements were made. Finally, Kavach specification mentation 4.0 was approved by RDSO connected 16.07.2024," Vaishnaw said.

He added, "Kavach mentation 4.0 covers each the large features required for the divers railway network. This is simply a important milestone successful information for Indian Railways. Within a abbreviated period, IR has developed, tested and started deploying the Automatic Train Protection System."