Indian Railways to launch world’s ultra modern, smart coach, see pics

In smart coaches, the sensor will also provide the condition of air conditioners fitted in the train and it will send an alert if an ac needs to be repaired.

DNA Web Team  Aug 28, 2018, 

Indian Railways has started to manufacture smart coach at its Rae Bareily Modern coach factory. Railways' new smart coaches will be equipped with black boxes and coach information and diagnostics systems.

This will be the first time Railways will reportedly include the black boxes. The black boxes will have a powerful multi-dimensional communication interface to provide information on coach condition, queries related tp passenger information on a real-time basis. The smart coaches will run on coach diagnostic systems. The wheel of the smart coaches will have vibration based self power harvesting sensor, which will know in advance if the tracks they are about to run on are weak or not. The sensors are based upon energy harvestor which means they will be charged by the jerks that are already present in the train. 

In smart coaches, the sensor will also provide the condition of air conditioners fitted in the train and it will send an alert if an ac needs to be repaired. 

The smart coaches will be enabled by the GPS tracker. The will have at lease six CCTV cameras that will send the live feed related to the certain train. 

1. Infotainment on Indian Railways

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Smart coaches will boasts of wifi hotspots. (Image: Zee Media Bureau)

2. Smart Coaches to be unveiled soon

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With GPS, passengers travelling in smart coaches will be able to know details regarding the next station and what is it famous for. They will also get to know the estimated time of their arrival. (Image: Zee Media Bureau)

3. Water level in train

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Smart Coaches are also laden with WLI or Water Level Indicator technology. It will tell if the water in the coach is suffecient or not and when it needs to be filled. (Image source: Zee Media Bureau)

4. Cost of smart coaches

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For one smart coaches Railways has to pay Rs 15 lakh. First smart coach will be unveiled by the end of next week, and if the coaches pass the pilot test then soon every Indian Rail will have a smart coach.