Version 4.0 underwent extensive trials and has been commissioned on the 324-km Mathura-Kota section, the first to be cleared by the Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) in July this year.
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The Indian Railways has invited bids for about 15,000 km, covering the Golden Quadrilateral, Golden Diagonal, and other high-density routes, of which contracts for 14,954 km have been awarded for implementing the latest version of the indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system – Kavach version 4.0.
South Central Railway (SCR), which had earlier deployed Kavach version 3.2 on 1,465 km, played a key role in its development and subsequent improvements, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha.
Published – September 03, 2025 05:08 pm IST
