Railways to roll out smart coaches

In accordance to the Make in India programme, the Indian Railways will be setting up 100 smart trains with features like black box and artificial integrate-powered CCTVs, which will match the international standards. The coaches will be equipped with sensors that can detect defects on bearings, wheels and railway tracks, giving constant inputs to the control room to avoid accidents, carry out maintenance and to improve efficiency of operations. The black box, which is introduced for the first time by the Indian Railways, has a powerful multi-dimensional communication interface to provide information on passenger and coach conditions on real-time basis.