By: Kul Bhushan: Advisor, Electrical (Rolling Stock) Indian

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Technological advancements to enhance safety
performance of Drivers

• By
• Kul Bhushan Advisor, Electrical (Rolling Stock)
• Indian Ministry of Railways

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Need of IR for sustained growth

• Achieve high level of performance for moving
  freight and passenger traffic safely.
• Enhance rail coefficient and get back the traffic
  from road to rail.

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Physical Financial Performance of IR
Target 2007-08 Freight (MT) - 800 Passenger
(Billion Passenger) - 8.4
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Physical Financial Performance of IR
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Key Issue

• Achieve an ambitious target of 800 MT of
  originating freight loading in 2007-08 and 1100
  MT by 2011-12.
• The key driver to growth remains safety with
  enhanced productivity.

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An overview of safety performance on IR
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A graphical view of safety performance on IR
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Corporate Safety Plan (2003-13)

• Safety Action Plan directed towards continuous
  reduction in risk level to customers envisaged in
  the form of Corporate Safety Plan (2003-13),
  which advocates for
• Inculcation of safety culture on all fronts
• Development of man power using advanced
  multimedia interactive training aids.
• To achieve reduction in rate of consequential
  train accidents per million train kilometers from
  present level to 0.17 by the year 2013.

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New technologies Interactive aids

• Nearly 52 of total accidents are caused on
  account of human failure. Induction of new
  technologies to minimize human error in
  operations has paid rich dividends in terms of
  improved safety.
• Training of Drivers being most precious human
  resource threw up new challenges for up-gradation
  and enhancement of their driving skills and
  safety knowledge.
• IR have made sizeable amount of investment in
  acquiring state-of-the-art training aids
  including loco simulators.

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Loco Simulators
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Loco Simulators

• A simulator is a powerful training aid for Loco
  Drivers which works in a virtual environment
  depicting actual train operation.
• First Electric Loco Simulator acquired by IR in
  1994.
• Sixteen Loco Simulators are in operation at
  various Training Centers across IR.
• Contd. .

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Loco Simulators

• A training session, usually a 5-day module is
  designed for hands-on working by Loco Drivers in
  the loco simulator cab under the supervision of
  an instructor covering the following areas of
  driving skills and safety knowledge
• Preparation of locomotive before pulling out.
• Starting and accelerating the train.
• Negotiation of speed restrictions.
• Application of Dynamic brakes.
• Application of Automatic train brakes.
• Contd.

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Loco Simulators

• Controlling of train on ascending and descending
  gradients.
• Decelerating and stopping of the train.
• Application of emergency brakes.
• Over speeding and Signal Passing At Danger
  (SPAD).
• Reflex actions while managing the abnormal
  situations such as animal crossing the track or
  any other obstruction including the derailment on
  adjacent track.
• Energy conservation by coasting and proper brake
  application.

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Evaluation of performance
Loco Simulators

• Evaluation of performance in terms of driving
  skills and safety knowledge is made at the end of
  each training session.
• Score card generated for evaluating drivers
  performance on simulator.
• Sample study shows improvement of 43 in driving
  skills.

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Loco Simulators
Grades-
It may be observed that the average scores
related to driving skills and safety knowledge of
Drivers have improved by nearly 43 after the
completion of training on Loco Simulator.
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Computer Based Training (CBT)

• CBT is computer aided interactive tool using
  computer graphics, videos, animations etc for
  enhancing skills of running and maintenance staff
  thereby improving their productivity and safety
  performance
• Computer Based Training (CBT) and Web Based
  Training (WBT) as new tools are on the horizon of
  IR which have great potential for providing
  structured sessions using graphics and animations
  (2D 3D) in an instructor controlled class room.
• Such wide range of technologies will greatly help
  IR optimizing training resources more efficiently
  for imparting training to Drivers and engineers.

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Computer Based Training (CBT)

• IR concentrating on preparing CBT modules for the
  following
• Tap Changer,
• Vacuum Circuit Breaker,
• Traction Motor,
• Traction Converter,
• Pantograph,
• Brake System
• Compressor
• Static Converter
• Micro Processor Based Fault Diagnostic

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Modernisation of Crew Lobbies
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Sign-Safe System

• To overcome short comings of conventional system
  of Sign on-Sign Off process of Drivers, most of
  crew booking lobbies on IR have now been provided
  with advanced Sign-Safe system with a touch
  screen monitor.
• Sign-Safe system installed at lobbies has made
  possible to eliminate human error during
  Sign-on-off process of Drivers which helped
  bolster the stringent safety regime in train
  operations.
• Contd.

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Sign-Safe System

• Sign-Safe system is basically a computer
  software linked with an inbuilt breath analyzer
  to recognize each Driver for signing on.
• Driver touches screen based work station.
• Flash the smart card or put the thumb impression
  for identification.
• On successful identification, Driver blows off in
  the mouthpiece of breath analyzer.
• Contd. ..

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Sign-Safe System

• If result OK, Driver authorized to process
  further for entering the data such as type of
  service, section and safety tools being carried.
• System displays cautions orders which are to be
  acknowledged by the Driver.
• System declares the successful Sign-on process.

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Introduction of Self Assessment software Gyan
Kasauti

• Crew lobbies provided with a self learning
  software for Drivers called Gyan Kasauti (test
  of knowledge).
• A series of multiple choice questions on various
  subjects related to train operations, driving
  skills, trouble shooting and safety is thrown up
  randomly to Drivers through a software on a touch
  screen monitor and response to questions in
  evaluated with a final tally of results in terms
  of overall scores with correct answers.
• This system has remarkably helped Drivers in
  refreshing their knowledge regularly while
  waiting in the crew booking Lobbies.

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Conclusion

• Safety performance on IR in terms of accidents
  per million train Kms has consistently improved
  over the last 06 years and it is targeted to
  achieve an index of 0.17 accidents per million
  train Kms by the year 2013 adopting the
  following new technologies
• Intensive use of loco simulators by drivers in
  training centers.
• E-learning through CBT in an Instructor
  controlled class room envoirment.
• Providing Sign safe system in crew lobbies for
  ensuring authenticity of breath analyzer test
  for Drivers.
• Use of self learning and assessment software
  (Gyan Kasauti) by Drivers for improving their
  skills and safety knowledge.

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Thanks
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Option Screen of Gyan Kasauti

• Select the Operation

Duty On/Off
Gyan Kasauti
Instruction Library
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