Mumbai, June 21 (UNI) To improve surveillance and safety measures in operations of trains, the Western Railway (WR) is planning to install artificial intelligence (AI)-based cameras on 978 of its freight and passenger engines shortly. The engines includes 810 electric engine and 168 diesel engine, officials said on Saturday.

Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway, said the cameras will be installed to monitor activity both in and around the engines, across all regions, including Mumbai. The total cost of it will be around Rs 100 crore.

“The AI cameras will enable track condition monitoring, railway crossing observation and activity around the engine. Through monitoring irregular movement on tracks, these cameras will assist in determining the factors behind accidents and further improve the capability to analyse incidents,” he said.

There will be six CCTV cameras installed on each engine – one in each of the two driving cabs, four along all directions outside the engine, and an additional camera scanning the periphery, WR officials said.

These will be 360-degree recording cameras that track movement and assist in the investigation of accidents.

The CCTV cameras will be high definition and high resolution, making sure that important information like track conditions, signals and surrounding obstacles are well captured.

The systems will be in offline mode, making sure that data will not be accessed or hacked in to.

“This installation will be used to yield useful information in the event of emergencies, which will assist in investigations and enhance general safety,” said Abhishek.

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