Significant achievement of SECR in Automatic Signaling System

Raipur (Team Newsbuddy): South East Central Railway is committed to provide better, convenient, safe and comfortable travel experience to the passengers. Modern and advanced technology is being adopted to increase capacity along with providing better services to the passengers. As an important step in the field of automatic signaling system, South East Central Railway has commissioned the highest number of 136.25 km automatic signaling system in Indian Railways this year. Thus, till now a total section of 460 km of South East Central Railway has been equipped with automatic signaling system.

In the Automatic Block Signaling System, signals are installed at a fixed distance between two stations. In the new system, signals have been installed about one to one and a half kilometers ahead of the advance starter signal of the station yard. As a result, trains keep moving behind each other with the help of signals. If due to any reason there is a technical fault in the signal ahead, then the trains running behind also get the information and the trains will stop at the place where they are. This helps in running more trains and regulates traffic at major junction stations. Where earlier only one train could run between two stations, now through auto signalling 4, 5 or 6 trains can be run in each section depending upon the distance between two stations.

In South East Central Railway, work of auto signalling system in Bilha to Jairamnagar (30 Km), Kalamna to Durg (259 Km), Bilaspur to Ghutku (16 Km), Champa to Urga (28 Km) railway lines was completed in the last financial years. During the last financial year 2023-24, work of 136.25 km auto signaling system has been completed, which includes Jairam Nagar-Akaltara (34 km), Urga-Gevra Road (16.25 km), Durg-Kumhari (54 km), Dhanoli-Gudma (18 km), Salwa-Kamthi (11 km), and Bilaspur Card Cabin-Uslapur (03 km) railway line.