India, June 17 -- Indian Railways has approved a Rs 405 crore signalling modernisation project on Eastern Railway, aimed at enhancing safety, reliability and operational efficiency across key high-density routes.
The project involves replacing relay-based interlocking systems with advanced Electronic Interlocking (EI) technology at 32 locations, including 25 Panel Interlocking (PI)/Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) stations and seven Intermediate Block Signalling (IBS) locations on High Density Network (HDN) and Highly Utilised Network (HUN) routes.
The upgrade is intended to address limitations associated with ageing signalling infrastructure, including outdated relay technology, higher maintenance requirements and increased risk of equipme...