Pune Metro has installed a Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system for passenger and train safety. With this system, it will be possible to operate a train every two minutes and still maintain a safe distance between each train.
Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation managing director, Brijesh Dixit, said, “In CBTC system, the position, speed, location, timing and other important information of the train will be continuously communicated and updated by the on-board computer on the train, Train Control and Management System (TCMS) with other trains running on the tracks and Zonal Control Centre through radio communication.”
A Metro official said, “The information of a train will be continuously received by the train running ahead and the train running behind it. As a result of such features, two trains can never approach or hit each other. If for some reason a train stops, the train behind it will automatically stop at a safe distance.”
