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September 20, 2026 11:48 AM

Indian Railways approves ₹252 crore for Kavach 4.0 on 607.7 route km of Lucknow Division

Indian Railways has approved ₹252 crore for the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 across 607.7 route kilometres of the Lucknow Division of North Eastern Railway. The project will extend Kavach 4.0 coverage to the identified remaining sections of the division, further strengthening safety infrastructure for train operations. Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system designed to enhance operational safety and support safer train movement. The system helps prev...

June 15, 2026 3:41 PM

Indian Railways Approves ₹140 Crore Kavach Project for Ahmedabad Division

Indian Railways has approved a ₹140 crore project for the installation of Kavach Version 4.0 across 598 route kilometres covering 48 block sections of the Ahmedabad Division of Western Railway in Gujarat, marking another step towards strengthening railway safety and modernising train operations. The project has been sanctioned under the umbrella programme for the provision of Kavach with an LTE-based communication backbone on the remaining routes of the Indian Railways network. Accor...

March 19, 2025 8:05 PM

‘Kavach 4.0’ to equip 10,000 locomotives in the next phase: Ashwini Vaishnaw

India’s cutting-edge automatic train protection system called ‘Kavach 4.0’ is on track to equip 10,000 locomotives in the next phase (the project has been finalised), and 69 loco sheds have been prepared for the installation of the system, the government informed on Wednesday. Bids for trackside works of Kavach for approximately 15,000 route kilometres (RKm) have been invited, covering all GQ, GD, HDN, and identified sections of Indian Railways, out of which works for 1,865 RKm have been ...