Saturday, 31 March 2012

WR locals to get advanced system to keep them off collision course

Train protection warning system (TPWS), proposed for Western Rly among others by Rly Board, will minimise risk of signal breach and derailments, deter speeding trains, and reduce collisionsWhile the French call it 'the Crocodile', the Germans have named their train protection system 'Indusi'. Now, the Railway Board is working out a similar advanced warning system for the Western Railway (WR), starting with suburban locals in Mumbai, where about 1,214 train services are operated every day.Need for upgrade: Currently,

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