Title - Railway has taken several steps to enhance security

To enhance security of passengers railway has issued following guidelines for RPF personnel –

• On vulnerable routes/sections, 2500 trains (on an average) are escorted by RPF daily, in addition to 2200 trains escorted by GRP of different States daily.
• Security Help Line number 182 is made operational over Indian Railways for security related assistance to passengers in distress.
• An Integrated Security System consisting of surveillance of vulnerable stations through Close Circuit Television Camera Network, Access Control etc. has been sanctioned to improve surveillance mechanism over 202 railway stations.
• The security agencies responsible for the track protection have been requested to take appropriate steps to prevent track sabotage cases.
• Sniffer Dog Squads are utilized at some important stations for anti-sabotage checks.