Northeast Frontier Railway to introduce AI Driver Safety System
Transport
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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.
