ISRO’s
satellite-based chips to alert people at unmanned rail crossings...
Satellite-based chip systems will now alert road users at
unmanned level crossings about approaching trains and also help in tracking
train movement on a real-time basis.
On a pilot basis, the
Mumbai and Guwahati Rajdhani trains will be equipped with this system.
Road users will be warned
by hooters once a train approaches an unmanned level crossing as railways are
installing ISRO-developed integrated circuit (IC) chips on locomotives of
trains.
There will be hooters at
20 unmanned level crossings on Rajdhani routes for Guwahati and Mumbai, said a
senior railway ministry official involved with the project.
More trains will be
equipped with such technology in a phase-wise manner, according to the plan.
About 500 metres before
the level crossings, the hooter will be activated through the IC chip, warning
road users as well as the train driver near the crossing.
The hooter will be louder
as the level crossing nears, and finally it will be silent after the train
passes by.
Besides alerting road
users, the satellite-based system will also be used for tracking trains for
disseminating information about their movement on real time basis.
This will be of great
help to passengers as currently train movements are tracked manually.
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