SCR completes Kavach field trials for 487 route km
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Hyderabad: The South Central Railway has successfully completed Kavach field trials for 487 route kilometres during 2025-26, surpassing the target set by the Railway Board.
Kavach is an indigenously developed safety system designed to prevent accidents caused by human error.
It can automatically apply brakes if a train passes a signal at danger and helps ensure safe train operations by continuously monitoring speed and signals.
The South Central Railway (SCR) said on Sunday that it has given special thrust to safety enhancement measures, and in this direction, steps were taken for the installation of Kavach 4.0 across the SCR network during the last financial year 2025-26.
Accordingly, the Zone has successfully completed field trials for a distance of 487 route kms by surpassing the Railway Board’s target of 402 route kms.
