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Indian Space Centre ISRO Developed Technology to Alert Users at Unmanned Crossings
25Jun By PriyankaNo Comments
INDIA

Indian Space Centre ISRO Developed Technology to Alert Users at Unmanned 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 ...
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ISRO Developed 1st Satellite-based Warning System For Unmanned Railway Crossings
6Feb By AdityaNo Comments
INDIA

ISRO Developed 1st Satellite-based Warning System For Unmanned Railway Crossings

The first trial run for developing a satellite-based system to warn train drivers on unmanned railway crossings was conducted by ISRO scientists in Ahmedabad recently. Scientists at the city-based Space Applications Centre (SAC) are now in the process of commercially developing this system that will be fitted on 50 different trains across the country as a second part of the demonstration project. Of around 30,000 level crossings of the Railways, as many as 11,000 are unmanned. “An estimated 7,000 people die every year at these unmanned crossings in the country. We have successfully conducted the first test-drive in Ahmedabad for developing a satellite-controlled warning system for the Indian Railways that will alert the train driver well in advance about an approaching unmanned le...
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