Electronic Interlocking provided at 2,888 stations
The 762-km Ghaziabad-Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay section has becomes the longest fully automatic block signalling section recently as the Indian Railways works on increasing line capacity to run more trains on existing High-Density Routes by installing Automatic Block Signalling (ABS).
The Indian Railways has been rolling out ABS on a mission mode, rating it as a cost effective solution.
ABS has been commissioned on 268-Route km during 2022-23, the Ministry of Railways said on 5 Jan 2023 in a project update.
As on 31 Dec 2022, ABS has been provided on 3,706-Route km.
“With implementation of Automatic Signalling, increase in capacity will result in more train services becoming possible,” said the Ministry.
Electronic Interlocking are being adopted on a large scale to derive benefits of digital technologies in train operation and to enhance safety.
Electronic Interlocking systems have been provided at 347 stations during 2022-23. As of 31 Dec 2022, 2,888 stations have been provided with Electronic Interlocking, covering 45.5% of Indian Railways network. fiinews.com
