On safer tracks: How Kavach and AI are transforming railway safety in India

February 6, 2026 4:15 PM

On safer tracks: How Kavach and AI are transforming railway safety in India

Every railway journey in India carries an unspoken assurance - that passengers will reach their destinations safely. As train speeds rise and traffic density increases across one of the world’s busiest rail networks, Indian Railways is undertaking a quiet but far-reaching transformation to strengthen that assurance. At the heart of this shift is Kavach, an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, supported by a growing suite of AI-driven safety and monitoring technologie...

Indian Railways records best safety performance in decades; annual accidents fall from 171 to 11

December 12, 2025 5:38 PM

Indian Railways records best safety performance in decades; annual accidents fall from 171 to 11

Indian Railways has reported its strongest safety performance in decades, with the number of annual consequential train accidents dropping sharply from an average of 171 between 2004 and 2014 to 31 in 2024–25 and just 11 so far in 2025–26. The update was shared in the Rajya Sabha by Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. According to the Railways, safety remains a core priority, and every unusual incident is investigated thoroughly. Whil...

Indian Railways expands AI-based intrusion detection to prevent elephant collisions across key routes

December 5, 2025 5:18 PM

Indian Railways expands AI-based intrusion detection to prevent elephant collisions across key routes

Indian Railways has scaled up the deployment of its artificial intelligence-enabled Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to curb elephant fatalities on rail tracks, with the technology now active across 141 route kilometres (RKms) of the Northeast Frontier Railway and tenders awarded for an additional 981 RKms nationwide. The IDS, which uses a Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) system, generates real-time alerts for loco pilots, station masters and control rooms when elephant movement is detected n...