Staff Reporter :
The authorities of Bangladesh Railway have launched a simulator to train up entry-level loco masters.
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan inaugurated a set of two simulators at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital on Thursday morning.
After the opening, the minister along with top officials of Rail Ministry and Railways visited the building where the simulators have been set up.
These custom-made high-tech simulators will run on virtual tracks. In the first phase, 300 km parts of the Dhaka-Chattogram
and Dhaka-Khulna routes have been digitised and are being used in the simulator, said Project Director Nur Ahmed Hossain.
Just like training of pilots, the trainees would be given random situations to deal with the simulator, which include emergency stops and signal changes
BR has set up the diesel locomotive simulators — one broad gauge and another meter gauge (MG) — nearby Kamalapur Railway Station at a cost of Tk 15.60 crore.
Spanish firm “Lander Simulator and Training Solution” supplied the simulators. The company also constructed the building where those instruments were installed and will be providing training to four persons, including three instructors, said the project director.
For the first time, the system has been introduced in the country, said railway officials.
At present, BR has 1,129 loco masters, sub-loco masters and assistant loco masters against the sanctioned post of 1,742. Usually, senior loco masters train the entry-level ones. BR has 386 trains and at least two loco masters (senior and assistant) are required for each.
The authorities of Bangladesh Railway have launched a simulator to train up entry-level loco masters.
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan inaugurated a set of two simulators at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital on Thursday morning.
After the opening, the minister along with top officials of Rail Ministry and Railways visited the building where the simulators have been set up.
These custom-made high-tech simulators will run on virtual tracks. In the first phase, 300 km parts of the Dhaka-Chattogram
and Dhaka-Khulna routes have been digitised and are being used in the simulator, said Project Director Nur Ahmed Hossain.
Just like training of pilots, the trainees would be given random situations to deal with the simulator, which include emergency stops and signal changes
BR has set up the diesel locomotive simulators — one broad gauge and another meter gauge (MG) — nearby Kamalapur Railway Station at a cost of Tk 15.60 crore.
Spanish firm “Lander Simulator and Training Solution” supplied the simulators. The company also constructed the building where those instruments were installed and will be providing training to four persons, including three instructors, said the project director.
For the first time, the system has been introduced in the country, said railway officials.
At present, BR has 1,129 loco masters, sub-loco masters and assistant loco masters against the sanctioned post of 1,742. Usually, senior loco masters train the entry-level ones. BR has 386 trains and at least two loco masters (senior and assistant) are required for each.
