Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching
by Ranjith | November 6th, 2008.Present project is designed using 8051 microcontroller to avoid railway accidents happening at unattended railway gates, if implemented in spirit. This project utilizes two powerful IR transmitters and two receivers; one pair of transmitter and receiver is fixed at up side (from where the train comes) at a level higher than a human being in exact alignment and similarly the other pair is fixed at down side of the train direction. Sensor activation time is so adjusted by calculating the time taken at a certain speed to cross at least one compartment of standard minimum size of the Indian railway. We have considered 5 seconds for this project. Sensors are fixed at 1km on both sides of the gate. We call the sensor along the train direction as ‘foreside sensor’ and the other as ‘aft side sensor’. When foreside receiver gets activated, the gate motor is turned on in one direction and the gate is closed and stays closed until the train crosses the gate and reaches aft side sensors. When aft side receiver gets activated motor turns in opposite direction and gate opens and motor stops. Buzzer will immediately sound at the fore side receiver activation and gate will close after 5 seconds, so giving time to drivers to clear gate area in order to avoid trapping between the gates and stop sound after the train has crossed.
The same principle is applied for track switching. Considering a situation wherein an express train and a local train are traveling in opposite directions on the same track; the express train is allowed to travel on the same track and the local train has to switch on to the other track. Two sensors are placed at the either sides of the junction where the track switches. If there’s a train approaching from the other side, then another sensor placed along that direction gets activated and will send an interrupt to the controller. The interrupt service routine switches the track. Indicator lights have been provided to avoid collisions. Here the switching operation is performed using a stepper motor. Assuming that within a certain delay, the train has passed the track is switched back to its original position, allowing the first train to pass without any interruption. This concept of track switching can be applied at 1km distance from the stations.
The project is simple to implement and subject to further improvement.
Model of Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching
Gate Control:
Railways being the cheapest mode of transportation are preferred over all the other means .When we go through the daily newspapers we come across many railway accidents occurring at unmanned railway crossings. This is mainly due to the carelessness in manual operations or lack of workers. We, in this project has come up with a solution for the same. Using simple electronic components we have tried to automate the control of railway gates. As a train approaches the railway crossing from either side, the sensors placed at a certain distance from the gate detects the approaching train and accordingly controls the operation of the gate. Also an indicator light has been provided to alert the motorists about the approaching train.
Gate control
Track Switching
Using the same principle as that for gate control, we have developed a concept of automatic track switching. Considering a situation wherein an express train and a local train are travelling in opposite directions on the same track; the express train is allowed to travel on the same track and the local train has to switch on to the other track. Indicator lights have been provided to avoid collisions .Here the switching operation is performed using a stepper motor. In practical purposes this can be achieved using electromagnets.
Track Switching
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December 21st, 2008 at 11:39 am
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December 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
sir i’m really intrested in this project but unable to find whole ckt. diagram neeeded in this project plzeeee help me as soon as possible
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
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December 26th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
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December 26th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Hi all.
I don’t have any code for this project. Here I have given the idea to do project yourself.
December 31st, 2008 at 10:20 am
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January 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
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January 3rd, 2009 at 9:49 am
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January 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am
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January 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Sir, i have selected this as my final year project. Iam from Electronics and Communications field. So please send me the code, flowchart and all other necessary information regarding this project. I hope i’ll get the positive response from you..
January 13th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
hSir.. can i get this project circuit.. i wanna try it.. looks interesting.. this project look similiar to my corse project.. so it can be my exercise and guidence..
January 13th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
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January 20th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Hi all.
I don’t have any code for this project. Here I have given the idea to do project yourself.
January 20th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
send me the details of railway track automatic switching….
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
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January 24th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Sir, i have selected this as my final year project. Iam from Electronics and Communications field. So please send me the code, flowchart and all other necessary information regarding this project. I hope i’ll get the positive response from you..
January 26th, 2009 at 11:39 am
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January 26th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
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January 29th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
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I don’t have any code for this project. Here I have given the idea to do project yourself.
January 29th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I AM AN FINAL YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENT..I AM WORKIG ON
MAKING YOUR PROJECT OF AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATES MORE PRACTICAL BY CONSIDERING VARIOUS FACTS LIKE
1)WHAT WILL HAPPWN IF A VEHICLE GETS STUCK IN BETWEEN THE GATES
2)CONNECTING ALL GATES TO A CENTRAL AUTHORITY
FOR ALL THESE I NEED THE VARIOUS THINGS AND DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT.SO BY BEING KIND TO ME…SEND THE DETAILS AT THE MAIL ID HGDEVANAND1987@YAHOO.COM
January 31st, 2009 at 6:37 am
hiii all
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January 31st, 2009 at 12:28 pm
what is programe for this project which we burn into microcontroller ic
February 2nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
sir,i hv selected this project for my 3rd year e&tc eng..kindly send me the details of this..circuit diagram also
I don’t have any code for this project.
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:21 pm
sir, can u send me the project details and the sourse code ,flow chart. what ever material present with u pls forword to my mail
thanking u sir,
sathish
February 5th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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February 5th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
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i am interested in your project of automatic railway gate control and switching of tracks .
so kindly send me the ckt diagram and programming part.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
please locate me the stores from where i can get tsop series ir sensor and receiver in india at delhi at standard price
February 9th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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February 9th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
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February 11th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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February 17th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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February 17th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
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February 23rd, 2009 at 7:24 pm
sir,
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thank you sir…
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March 3rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
hello sir ,
I am diploma level std my project is unmanned rail way gate & track swiching system. I have recequired Ckd dig of this progect. Plz send it urgent on my e-mail ID.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:41 pm
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March 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
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March 15th, 2009 at 7:38 am
hello sir,
me and my friends have decided to workout on this project.
we r from engg background.
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March 27th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
sir plz send me complete circuit diagram of the project, coz here is some problem with the stepper running for track shfting
March 31st, 2009 at 10:55 pm
I am interested in your project of automatic railway gate control and switching of tracks .
so kindly send me the ckt diagram and programming part
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
i am interested for this project.
kindly send me the details like flow chart, circuit diagram and other necessary details.
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:41 pm
sir, i have selected this projet as final year major project. i am interested for this project.
kindly send me the details like flow chart, circuit diagram and other necessary details.
April 4th, 2009 at 11:16 am
i am interested in doing this project. i am not getting any idea about that track switching . please send the code for 8255.if u have any information about this project please send me as early as possible.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:28 am
sir, i have selected this projet as final year major project. i am interested for this project.
kindly send me the details like flow chart, circuit diagram and other necessary details.please send me as early as possible.
April 9th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Hi Sir,
I would like to go through how the source code should be written for interfacing LED,STEPPER MOTOR,SENSOR(all three at the same time)… So i kindly request u to send me the programming code for this AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROLLING SYSTEM project…
THANKING U SIR….
April 9th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
HI SIR,
I would b greatful if i’m given much more details on this AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE SWITCHING SYSTEM. I want to know how much does the implementation of this project costs. can u plz send me the programming code for this project………
April 21st, 2009 at 10:46 am
hi sir . m interested to do this project .plz send me details of this topic……n proper ckt. diagram.thnx
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
what happens if the sensors fail?Is the time sufficient for the train passing when the train is coming 60km/hr.
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
respected sir,
we found your project very interesting,I’m be 2nd year student,I along with my 2 co-pears have decided 2 do this project,Sir please acknowledge us,and as soon as possible send all the information regarding its code using c language,
flowchart to the email address mentioned..
thanking you…
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
sir,
i am intrested to do this project please send me the details……