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Kavach Rollout Covers 2,569 km of India’s Rail Network
India is trying to make its trains safer by installing a system called Kavach that can stop a train automatically if the driver misses a signal.
Only a small part of the country’s trains have it right now – about 2,569 kilometres out of almost 70,000.
The system is already working on the busy routes between Delhi and Mumbai, and Delhi and Howrah.
Work is starting on many more routes, but it will take time to finish.
The government has spent a lot of money and trained many people to use Kavach, but they haven’t set a date for when it will be everywhere.
Kavach system commissioned on 2,569 km, less than 5% of total 69,439 km.
Version 4.0 active on Delhi‑Mumbai (1,423 km) and Delhi‑Howrah (1,146 km) corridors.
Work underway on 21,858 km across Golden Quadrilateral, Golden Diagonal, Southern Railway sections.
Infrastructure: 11,253 km optical fibre, 1,668 telecom towers, 7,726 km trackside equipment, 6,153 locomotives fitted.
Rs 3,874 crore spent, 94,000 personnel trained, no target date for full coverage.
- Who
- Indian Railways and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
- What
- Status of the Kavach automatic train protection system rollout
- Where
- India’s rail network
- When
- as of March 2025 (reported in June 2026)
- Why
- to improve safety and reduce train accidents
Key facts
- Total rail network length
- 69,439 km
- Kavach coverage
- 2,569 km
- Kavach version
- 4.0
- Optical fibre laid
- 11,253 km
- Locomotives fitted
- 6,153
- Funding spent
- Rs 3,874 crore
- Personnel trained
- 94,000









