Central Railway in Mumbai is finally free of the safety gag that restricted train speeds at CSMT station and had been delaying trains on the entire network every single day since the upgraded signalling system was installed in early June. Central Railway in Mumbai are finally off the strict rule that restricted closer movement of trains under the new electronic interlocking system after the Railway Board in the weekend sanctioned a “special approval” as a pioneering solution for dense traffic using the advanced system of Digital Axle Counters.

The advanced system of Digital Axle Counters to be used is a critical track monitoring system that senses train movement over a detection point on tracks by counting the passing axles with the use of microcontrollers. The system then transmits the counts to a second unit, matching it and clearing the section. The DACs also enable real-time communication between trains and the control room.