India, Dec. 30 -- India's indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system, Kavach 4.0, has been commissioned on Gujarat's first Bajwa (Vadodara)–Ahmedabad rail section, covering a 96-km stretch. The project includes 17 stations and robust safety infrastructure comprising 23 towers, 20 Kavach buildings/huts, 192 km of optical fibre cable, and the installation of 2,872 RFID tags.
The maiden Kavach-enabled service on this route was the Sankalp Fast Passenger (59549/59550), operated using WAP-7 locomotives with 11 LHB coaches. Kavach 4.0 is now fully operational on the section.
Kavach 4.0 is designed to automatically prevent safety risks by addressing Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD) situations, enforcing automatic speed control&...