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To check accidents, Railways to have derailment detector device

Alarmed by the spate of derailment incidents, Indian Railways is acquiring derailment detector devices to prevent mishaps which cause loss of lives and damage coaches.

The derailment detector devices, a first for Indian Railways, will be fitted in three Rajdhanis and two Shatabdi trains on a pilot basis and later more trains will be equipped with this system, said a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project.

The Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains that would be fitted with the device will be decided shortly.
Level of vibrations increases dramatically if a coach, wagon or locomotive derails. 

‘The severe increase in vibrations can be sensed by a derailment detector device,’ the official said.
The derailment detectors are fitted on the end of a coach or wagon, and are designed to immediately apply brakes in the event of such unusually high level of vibrations.
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