The draft additionally says that the trains ought to be designed for a lifetime of 35 years (File)
New Delhi:
Digital sliding doorways, home windows with double-glazed security glass, Braille signages, emergency talk-back mechanism, passenger surveillance system, and knowledge and vacation spot boards.
These are a few of the specs the Railways has demanded from personal operators in trains that they are going to be working on the Railways community.
A draft specification for personal trains, shared by the Railways on Wednesday, additionally says these trains would supply noise-free journey to passengers and be able to working at a velocity of 160 km/hr.
“The practice shall be designed in order that they’ll function safely at a most velocity of 180 kmph throughout testing. Practice shall be able to accelerating to a velocity of 160 kmph from zero kmph in a most of 140 seconds on degree observe,” says the draft.
These trains might be fitted with an emergency brake which may deliver them to a standstill in lower than 1,250 m when travelling at 160 kmph, it says.
It additionally says that the trains ought to be designed for a lifetime of 35 years.
“Every coach shall have minimal 4 electrically/pneumatically powered, plug kind doorways, two on all sides,” it says.
The door mechanism shall have security provision whereby the practice shall not begin until all doorways have been closed and electrically locked.
“Provision shall be made for passengers to open doorways to allow evacuation from a stopped practice in an emergency,” the draft says.
“There shall be an inside and exterior guide launch mechanism on one door per aspect in every coach. All home windows shall be supplied with double-glazed security glass,” it says.
Stressing the necessity for hazard-free atmosphere for customers, the draft additionally says that sufficient handholds shall be supplied all through the automobile.
The doc additionally says regular and emergency gear and controls which the customers or crew might function shall be clearly recognized, and working procedures offered in each textual content and graphic codecs.
“Passenger emergency indicators shall even be embossed in Braille raised typeface,” it says.
The trains shall be designed to maintain the noise emissions as little as doable and designed to stop drumming, rattles or vibrations all through its life.
The draft says the practice shall present a public tackle (PA) facility in order that the loco pilot or guard could make bulletins to passengers from driving /non-driving cab.
Emergency buttons and talk-back telephones shall be situated close to all of the doorways and gangways, the draft says, including provision shall be there for voice recording of the conversations with GPS stamping.
A passenger data system (PIS) shall present computerized announcement and the show of vacation spot data on shows all through the practice in Hindi, English and regional languages.
Every automobile shall be supplied with two digital vacation spot boards on the skin (one on all sides) displaying the originating, vacation spot station, car quantity, practice quantity, the draft says.
The passenger coach surveillance system (PRSS) shall comprise an IP-based shut circuit tv (CCTV) community, surveillance cameras and different equipment as required with onboard gear for streaming of video to the central server for chosen cameras, it says.
Every sitting automobile of practice shall be supplied with minimal six surveillance cameras to cowl the passenger space. For a sleeper practice, every automobile shall be supplied with two surveillance cameras at acceptable location to cowl your entire hall, the draft says.
As well as, sufficient numbers within the gangway/vestibule space as deemed vital shall even be supplied.
“Moreover, at the least one digicam shall be positioned in Driving Cab for gathering frontend view, observe and OHE circumstances and so on. Cameras shall be positioned on outer aspect of the practice for gathering rear view of the platform. One/two digicam shall be put in on the roof of driving Automobile/energy head in direction of pantograph to watch the roof gear,” it mentioned.
An built-in display shall be supplied for the passenger automobile surveillance system in every driving cab.
The practice can even have an Emergency Speak-Again [ETB] (on two bodily impartial channels) in every coach.
“As soon as pressed/operated, it shall be doable for the passenger to speak with the practice driver/guard. If a couple of emergency machine has been operated, every demand shall be independently acknowledged,” it mentioned.
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