On June 10, 2022, specialists from the Russian technology company TMH Smart Systems, a strategic partner of the Transmashholding group, demonstrated the operation of the remote video monitoring system when the cars move in reverse CTRL@VISION WE for JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" ( KTZ). It will minimize the risks of derailments and collisions of rolling stock, as well as injury to train compilers.

The demonstration took place in the shunting area of the Nur-Sultan station. The mobile video monitoring unit was attached to the tail car of the train. A train of 25 cars moved in reverse, and the screen in the driver's cab received information about the free path and the distance to objects that were within the train's movement clearance.

Solving the problem of limited visibility when the cars move in reverse, the system is able to take a person out of the danger zone when performing shunting, transport or transfer work and ensure traffic safety not only at railway stations, but also at industrial enterprises.

CTRL@VISION WE was created by specialists from the Machine Vision Competence Center, opened in 2020 on the basis of TMH Smart Systems. Its specialists develop and implement solutions for rail transport, provide technical support for implemented projects, develop technical and design documentation, and analyze the use of machine vision technologies in rail transport.

The special guests of the demonstration of the system were the heads of services and divisions of KTZ, Samruk-Kazyna JSC, LocoTech-Signal Asia LLP (TMH Smart Systems representative office in Kazakhstan), KTZ-Freight Transportation LLP, the Directorate of the main network, the Astana operating locomotive depot and Akmola branch of the State Enterprise.

“Over the past years, we have been working to improve the safety culture in railway transport. The remote video monitoring system will be another step in this direction. Its main task is to reduce the injuries of train compilers to zero,” Batyr Kotyrev, chief engineer of KTZ, said during the test trip..

This year, the system test project is being launched in pilot mode. After successful testing, the system will be put into commercial operation.