Pilot trial for ATP system
Four works of total 640-route-km at a total cost of Rs.1,810 crores have been sanctioned as pilot projects in Supplementary WP 2018-19 for extensive trials for Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System.
Tenders are under evaluation, said the Ministry of Railways on 23 Dec 2019 when announcing the projects.
The systems are: Electronic Interlocking System, Remote Diagnostic & Predictive Maintenance System, Long Term Evolution (LTE) based Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC) System and Centralized Traffic Control System (CTC) /Train Management System (TMS).
The four works Renigunta (RU)–Yerraguntla (YA) section on South Central Railway, Vizianagaram (VZM)–Palasa (PSA) section on East Coast Railway, Jhansi (JHS)–Bina (BINA) Section on North Central Railway and Nagpur (NGP)–Badnera (BD) Section on Central Railway.
These are some of the busiest routes on Indian Railway with heavy traffic, said the Ministry.
RailTel Enterprises Ltd. (REL), a 100% subsidiary of RailTel Corporation of India Ltd (RCIL), has been given responsibility to implement these four pilot projects on behalf of Indian Railway.
In connection with works of raising of speed up to 160 kmph to reduce travel time from existing 18 hours to 12 hours on Delhi–Mumbai and Delhi–Howrah High Density routes, Modern Train Control system shall be implemented on these two routes separately, it said. fiinews.com.
