Railways & Metro

Why this sector is highly sensitive
Signalling, interlocking, track circuits and SCADA are vulnerable to surges; a single panel failure can halt services and endanger passengers through wrong-side faults.

By the numbers
• Global baseline as above.
• India: ~5.7M CG strikes (2023–24).

Recent incidents / coverage
• Signal panel damaged by lightning disrupted trains near Bhubaneswar–Cuttack. Business Standard
• Bengaluru Metro Purple Line disruption after lightning damaged electrical equipment. The News Minute

How Euthalia’s Ingelva helps
• Site-wide prevention around stations/portals/depots plus coordinated SPDs on signalling & telecom cabinets to keep interlocking and ATS online. Euthalia
• Systemic (not single-point) protection aligns with complex, distributed assets. Euthalia