Guwahati, January 20 (MExN): The Signal and Telecommunication Department of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has taken various initiatives during last few months resulting in increased safety during running, an official release informed today.
Besides, the initiatives have increased the reliability of assets and resulted in improvement of punctuality, stated the release issued by NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer, Subhanan Chanda.
The department has already installed Electronic Interlocking, offering better reliability than old mechanical interlocking system, in 168 stations spreading throughout NFR resulting in speedy and safer operations of trains, it said.
Similarly, Block Proving Axle Counter machines have been installed in 337 block sections all over NFR and this helps in detecting train parting during movement from one station to another, it added.
In addition, the release informed that a total 554 numbers level crossing gates have been interlocked with signal of nearby stations to improve safety of road users.
Integrated Power Supply system which helps in reliable and stable power supply to various equipments for optimum function have been provided to 362 stations, it said.
Datalogger machine which provide real time monitoring of train movement as well as real time analysis of signal assets have also been provided in 375 stations spreading all over NFR, it added.
Meanwhile, to improve sectional capacity by decreasing the train operation time, Universal Fail-Safe Block Interface has been provided in 110 block sections and Electric Lifting Barrier have been provided by replacing existing manual lifting barrier gates in 372 locations resulting into reduction in failure and improvement in safety and punctuality.
Sliding boom in LC gates has been provided in total 106 LC gates to reduce failure time during breakage of gate barrier, the release said.
NFR, on January 19, also has replaced the Mechanical signalling system in the Raninagar Jalpaiguri Jn – Jalpaiguri – Haldibari section under Katihar division with new Electronic Interlocking system.
“With this no section of NFR is left with Mechanical signalling system as on date,” it added.
