ISRO¡¯s Satellite-Based System Will Now Save Lives By Alerting Users At Unmanned Level Crossings
The Mumbai and Guwahati Rajdhani trains will be the first to be equipped with this system.
Satellite-based chip systems developed by ISRO will now alert road users at unmanned level crossings about approaching trains and also help in tracking train movement on a real-time basis.
The Mumbai and Guwahati Rajdhani trains will be the first to be equipped with this system.
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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.
According to the plan, more trains will be equipped with such technology.
About 500 metres before the level crossings, the hooter will be activated through the IC chip, warning road users as well as the train driver near the crossing.
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The hooter will be louder as the level crossing nears, and finally, it will be silent after the train passes by.
Besides alerting road users, the satellite-based system will also be used for tracking trains for disseminating information about their movement on real time basis.
This will be of great help to passengers as currently train movements are tracked manually.
