New Delhi, June 18 -- Indian Railways has approved a Rs 405 crore signalling modernisation project on Eastern Railway to enhance safety, reliability and operational efficiency on some of the network's busiest routes.

The project involves replacing existing relay-based interlocking systems with Electronic Interlocking (EI) at 32 locations, including 25 Panel Interlocking (PI)/Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) stations and 7 Intermediate Block Signalling (IBS) locations situated on High Density Network (HDN) and Highly Utilised Network (HUN) routes.

The upgrade is aimed at addressing limitations associated with ageing signalling infrastructure, including outdated relay technology, higher maintenance requirements and increased risk of system ...