To improve train safety, Railways to deploy AI surveillance and strengthen field intelligence

The national transporter also plans to encourage passengers to actively support efforts to curb anti-social activities during their journey and while waiting at railway station premises. “Railways has thus urged passengers to remain alert and vigilant while travelling. Any suspicious activity or suspicious person noticed on railway premises should be immediately reported on the Railway helpline number 139.

Discussions during the security review meeting focused on strengthening intelligence gathering mechanisms from the field through an improved reporting system. Emphasis was also laid on enhancing technology-driven security systems, expanding CCTV coverage across the railway network, and improving operational security coordination between Railway Board headquarters and field zones,” it added.

Train fire update

On Wednesday, the Railways said that the prompt action of its personnel helped avert major disasters during the incidents at Amarpura and Howrah stations.

“In an incident involving a train fire near Amarpura station in Rajasthan, an individual attempted to set fire to the linen (bedding material), which subsequently caused the blaze.

In Howrah, a petrol-soaked cloth was recovered from the bathroom of the train that caught fire. Similarly, in Kota, the initial flames on the Rajdhani Express also originated from the bathroom.

In Sasaram, the train and its coaches were empty; there was no power generator on board. It is highly probable that someone threw a burning object inside,’ it said.