Indian Railways has achieved a major milestone with the commissioning of 472.3 route kilometers of Kavach Version 4.0 across three key network sections. This commissioning highlights Indian Railways’ accelerated rollout of the indigenous Kavach system, strengthening train protection, operational safety, and reliability on high-density routes.
The newly commissioned sections includes:
- Vadodara-Virar (344 km) on Western Railway,
- Tuglakabad Junction Cabin-Palwal (35 km) on Northern Railway,
- Manpur-Sarmatanr (93.3 km) on East Central Railway.
As per the PIB Press Release, This commissioning marks the highest ever route kilometres of Kavach commissioned on a single day as well as in a month, with 472.3 RKm brought under Kavach Version 4.0. The previous highest commissioning stood at 324 RKm on the Kota-Mathura section of West Central Railway. With the latest addition, Kavach Version 4.0 has now been commissioned across five zones of Indian Railways.
Following today’s commissioning, Kavach Version 4.0 has now been commissioned across a total of 1,306.3 route kilometres on Indian Railways. Earlier, the Kavach Version 4.0 was operational over 834 route kilometres, covering the Palwal-Mathura- Nagda section (633 RKm) of the Delhi- Mumbai corridor and the Howrah-Bardhaman section (105 RKm) of the Delhi-Howrah corridor. Additionally, 96 route kilometres were commissioned on Gujarat’s first Bajwa (Vadodara)- Ahmedabad section.
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