(News) Scientists at IIT-K develop system to stop train collision

Scientists at IIT-K develop system to stop train collision

Fri, Feb 22 01:25 AM

SCIENTISTS OF the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur have developed successfully a system that works on state-of-the-art Radio Frequency Identification technology, to eliminate possibilities of train collision. The unique system, to prevent mishaps on railway tracks has been developed under the Satellite Imaging for Railway Navigation (SIMRAN) project, allocated to the IIT-K by the Union Ministry for Railways under its ambitious scheme of Technology Mission on Railway Safety (TMRS).

Senior software engineer B.M

Misra working on the project said, "The system will be integrated into the railway tracks and will actually stop trains if they are hurtled for a collision at any point of time on the same tracks. By our calculation, the trains will stop at a distance of 2


5 kms from each other." The safety process would be operational through the RFID Safety Tag Technology, which would be placed at all possibly all railway tracks in the city.

The tag would keep informing the control room every second about all train movement on the track and in case if two trains happen to be running on the same track. Incase if the warning from the safety tag goes unheeded and no efforts are put in to bring the trains to a halt, the tag would automatically come into action and it would stop the trains at a distance of two and a half kilometres.

Though the train safety systems have been available in the global market for a long time now, they are priced at exorbitant rates. The IIT-K would provide effective substitute to the imported device using indigenous technology.

What's more the new track detection system developed by the institute would be cost-effective and with simpler operational facilities, claimed Misra.




Courtesy: Yahoonews.com

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