Railway Products

Indian Railways’ Automated Train Protection System (IR-ATP) also known as Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) also called KAVACH (AE09) is a fail-safe, reliable, and easy-to-use 2 x 2oo2 architecture-based system.

LHB AC Smart Coach (PICCU)

Indian Railway shall be able to monitor vital safety and passenger amenity systems remotely and create actionable alerts for the concerned authorities in case of any deviation from the norm. Each smart coach shall have a computing unit to control and integrate the digital systems on board. Smart coaches shall be able to deliver the expected performance independently and in rake formation. Smart coaches is integrate GPS based PAPIS, Digital Destination Board (DDB), Emergency Call System (ECS), On Board Condition Monitoring System (OBCMS) for wheel, bearing and track, and toilet sensors, and others.

Public Address & Passenger Information System (PAPIS)

PAPIS shall provide the all required information to the passengers to make their journey convenient and handle emergent situations.

GPS location-based logging of speed (kmph) and distance run (km) every minute.

Display and announcement of essential passenger information such as current train location (preferably through info graphics like maps or line diagram), next halting station, current time late running status, train speed, toilet occupancy status, and other PAPIS related information to be displayed inside the coach regularly in Hindi, English, and regional language.

Essential passenger information (safety/running/commercial) should be provided in multilingual format (HINDI, ENGLISH, and a Regional Language) (including alarms, maps and informational video content).

On Board Condition Monitoring System (OBCMS)

The OBCMS shall monitor the health and safety of key components: wheel, bearing, and track. Such a system would finally result in improved safety, improved reliability, higher utilization, increased up-time and reduced operation cost of the railway assets by enabling predictive maintenance and reduction in sudden catastrophic failures of these assets.

The smart coaches shall be equipped with video surveillance system to record the events during journeys. These recordings might prove helpful in investigating any mis happening or tragic event. Any recording shall be kept on the PICCU for a period of one month before being overwritten by the latest data. The CCTV system shall have the following capabilities.

Infotainment System

Infotainment system is conceived as a congregation of train information and entertainment (music, movie, documentary, et cetera). Passengers shall be able to access the infotainment content using smar’ phone, tablet, or laptop. The content shall be accessible through captive portal login on Wi-Fi hotspot or through mobile applications. The infotainment content page layout shall be designed suitably to provide essential information like train speed, next arriving station, toilet occupancy, and other important announcements directly on their devices. Passengers shall be able to access desired content even without the internet.

Emergency Call System (ECS)

Passengers shall be able to contact the train conductor or the guard in case of any emergent situation. All such calls shall be handled by PICCU through the Ethernet Train Backbone (ETB). The logs of all such calls shall be recorded by PICCU. During such a call, the guard console shall display the live feed from that particular coach and camera to show the caller.

Water Level Sensing Module

The module shall indicate the status of water level in the underslung water tanks. The real time analysis of relevant parameters shall raise SMS alerts to the next water station on the route when the level indicated changes from “Medium” to “Low”. The web portal shall have the functionality to manage the contacts of watering authority at nominated watering stations. The data analysis should enable IR to determine the optimal distance between watering stations.

Emergency Push Button in Lavatories

This is to alert the fellow passengers of a coach about the assistance required in a particular lavatory. The button shall be of twist release standard stop/emergency button type complying to the design principles of ISO 13850. A press of button shall be indicated on the coach LED screens with sound. The location of the button in the lavatory shall be ergonomically designed keeping the possible scenarios with children’, elderlies, and differently abled people.