Anti Collision Device on Indian Railway network will be in place by 2013

An Anti Collision Device (ACD), which is an on-board train protection device, will be in place by 2013 on the entire railway network so as to reduce chances of collision.

New Delhi, Aug 10 : An Anti Collision Device (ACD), which is an on-board train protection device, will be in place by 2013 on the entire railway network so as to reduce chances of collision.

It will be the first ever device in the world indigenously developed by the Konkan Railway.

A survey for expanding the system to another 10,000 kilometres which, fall on critical and busy sections of the network is almost complete.

The application of this device has been refined to not only prevent mid-section collisions but also to pre-empt their occurrences in station yards.

The newly engineered solution is integrated with the signalling systems and positioned to react appropriately a head of a potential collision.

In addition, the design of crash-worthy coaches and tight lock couplers with anti-climbing features has been finalised. All future coaches will be made as per the new design.

Despite the phenomenal increase in traffic, the number of train accidents has come down from 464 in 2000-01 to 234 in 2005-06.

In 2006-07, there were195 accidents, the lowest since 1960's.

Indian railways, the largest rail network in Asia and the world's second largest under one management, are also credited with having a multi gauge and multi traction system.

The railways have 7566 locomotives, 37,840 coaching vehicles, 222,147 freight wagons, 6853 stations, 300 yards, 2300 goodsheds, 700 repair shops, and 1.54 million workforces.

Indian Railways runs around 11,000 trains everyday, of which 7,000 are passenger trains.

ANI