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Northeast Frontier Railway to introduce AI Driver Safety System

Q: Q1. Which Railway zone is developing an Artificial Intelligence based Railway Driver Assistance System?

Answer : Northeast Frontier Railway

Q: Q3. Which is the longest railway platform in the world ?

Answer : Hubballi railway platform, Karnataka is the longest platform in the world .It is 1507 meters long.

Q: Q4. Which country has the largest railway network in the world ?

Answer : United States of America. China has the second largest and India third largest network in the world

Q: Q5. Which was the 17th Railway zone in India ?

Answer : Kolkata Metro railway . It was made a railway zone in 2010.

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Updated: 11 Sep 2023

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Northeast Frontier Railway to introduce AI Driver Safety System

The Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR) zone of the Indian Railway is developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based device to monitor train drivers alertness level by tracking blinking of their eyes . The device named Railway Driver Assistance System (RDAS) is being developed by NFR in response to the directive from the Railway Board.

This technology is based on the tracking of the driver's blinking of eyes . If the RDAS detects signs of drowsiness in the driver then it alerts the driver. In an emergency situation it can stop the train.

When the system becomes operational it is expected to reduce accidents in India caused due to fatigue of the railway engine drivers.

The RDAS is at a development phase and it will be initially deployed as a pilot project in 20 goods train engines and passenger train engines in the next few weeks .

Indian Railways Zones and Divisions (as on 11 September 2023)

At present there are 17 Railways Zones and 68 Divisions in India . The Government of India has announced a new South Coast Railway Zone but it has yet to be officially notified by the government.

Serial No	Railway Zone	Division	Zonal Headquarters	Established
1	Eastern Railway	Asansol, Howrah, Malda, Sealdah	Kolkata	1952	West Bengal, Jharkhand
2	East Central Railway	Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Sonpur, Samastipur	Hajipur	2002	Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
3	East Coast Railway	Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Waltair	Bhubaneshwar	2003	Odisha , Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh
4	Western Railway	Mumbai Central, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Ratlam, Rajkot, Bhavnagar	Mumbai CST	1951	Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
5	West Central Railway	Kota, Jabalpur, Bhopal	Jabalpur	2002	Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
6	Northern Railway	Ambala, Delhi, Firozpur, Lucknow , Moradabad	New Delhi (Baroda House)	1952	Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh,
7	North Central Railway	Prayagraj, Jhansi, Agra	Prayagraj	2003	Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan
8	North Eastern Railway	Varanasi, Izzatnagar, Lucknow	Gorakhpur	2002	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand
9	Northeast Frontier Railway	Tinsukia, Lumding, Rangiya, Alipurduar, Katihar	Maligaon, Guwahati	1958	Assam, West Bengal, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Bihar
10	North Western Division	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur	Jaipur	2002	Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat
11	Southern Railway	Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Palghat, Trivandrum, Salem	Chennai	1951	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh
12	South Central Railway	Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded	Secunderabad	1966	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu , Madhya Pradesh
13	South East Central Railway	Bilaspur, Nagpur, Raipur	Bilaspur	1998	Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh
14	South Eastern Railway	Ranchi, Adra, Chakradharpur Kharagpur	Kolkata	1955	Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal
15	South Western Railway	Hubballi, Mysuru, Bengaluru	Hubli	2003	Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa , Maharashtra
16	Central Railway	Mumbai, Pune, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur .	Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus )	1951	Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
17	Metro Railway Kolkata	No division	Kolkata	2010

Oldest and largest railway zone : North Zone

Smallest railway zone : Northeast Frontier Railway

17th railway zone : Kolkata Metro

Indian Railways

Railways was first introduced in India 0n April 16, 1853 when the first train covered the 34 Km distance between Mumbai’s Bori bandar to Thane.
The train was operated by three engines , Sultan, Sahib and Sindh.
India has the third largest rail network in the country after the United States of America and China.
World’s highest railway bridge is in Dharot, Jammu and Kashmir over river Chenab. It is 1178 feet above the river .
Hubballi railway platform, Karnataka is the longest platform in the world .It is 1507 meters long.