Mission Safety: SCR Successfully Wraps Kavach 4.0 Field Trials

South Central Railway (SCR) has successfully completed field trials spanning 487 route kilometres for the deployment of Kavach 4.0, exceeding the Railway Board target of 402 route kilometres.

This achievement marks a key milestone in SCR’s safety enhancement initiatives for the financial year 2025–26, as the zone accelerates the rollout of Kavach—India’s indigenously developed automatic train protection system—across its network.

Field trials were conducted across several critical sections, including Kazipet–Peddampet, Malkajgiri–Kamareddi, Charlapalli–Raghunathpalli, Guntakal–Raichur, and Mudkhed–Parbhani. These tests also included successful commissioning of locomotive-based Kavach systems along the identified routes.

With the completion of these trials, SCR is now closer to large-scale deployment of Kavach 4.0, which is designed to significantly enhance operational safety by preventing train collisions and improving overall network reliability.

News by Rahul Yelligetti.