India, Sept. 1 -- KAVACH, an Automatic Train Protection system, has been installed in 168 locomotives in the city, in 50 trains under the Central Railways (CR) and 118 locomotives belonging to the Western Railways (WR). The installation of the safety system is set to complete by December this year, in all locomotives operational under WR, according to railway officials.

KAVACH is designed to enhance safety in trains by preventing signal passing at danger (SPAD), over speeding and collisions. As many as 730 locomotives under CR and 850 locomotives under WR are in the process of installing KAVACH.

According to the railway officials, the system uses radio links for acquiring real-time signalling information and location of the locomotives....