Western Railway (WR) has set a target to add approximately 610 route kilometres for Kavach during the financial year 2026–27. In a statement, WR said the target includes Sanand–Ahmedabad–Kalol, Mumbai Central–Virar, Nimach–Chanderia, Sanand–Viramgam, Kalol–Kamli, Palanpur–Diyodar and Okha–Kanalus sections, besides the already commissioned 72-route km Mangal Mahudi–Panch Pipliya section,
Projects are at various stages of planning and implementation covering 5,228 route km out of WR’s 5,610 route km broad-gauge network. Work on the remaining sections is progressing through various stages of installation, testing and preparation for locomotive trials, with section-wise completion target of January 2027.
Kavach works in progress
Tenders have been awarded or work is in progress for additional 1,623 RKM of sanctioned works. Kavach works covering 2,867 RKM are at various stages of implementation. These comprise the Udhna–Jalgaon section, covering 307 RKM, branch lines over Rajkot Division covering 163 RKM, broad-gauge routes over Bhavnagar Division covering 1,036 RKM, and selected routes over Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Ratlam divisions covering 388, 598 and 375 RKM, respectively.
738 route km Kavach commissioned
WR has commissioned Kavach over 738 route kilometres, conforming to Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL-4). This includes 206 RKM of the Virar–Surat section, 130 RKM of the Surat–Vadodara section, 72 RKM of the Vadodara–Godhra section, 100 RKM of the Vadodara–Ahmedabad section. It also includes the Godhra–Nagda section covering 230 route kilometres.
Manak Kavach also called standard Kavach (SIL-0) has been commissioned on the Viramgam–Rajkot–Okha corridor covering 434 RKM, Nagda–Ujjain–Bhopal corridor covering 230 RKM and Viramgam–Samakhiali section covering 182 RKM during the financial year 2026–27.