ABSTRACT

Indian Railways has a total state monopoly on India's rail

transport. It is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the
world, transporting eighteen million passengers daily and more than
two million tonnes of freight daily. The basic aim of railways has
been to provide maximum convenience to the passengers.

In every railway station, the station master plays a very

significant role. The station master manages each and every thing
concerned with safe and un-delayed passage of trains. The primary
objective of the station master is to fulfil the needs of the
passengers, and to provide satisfaction to them.

Although the railways are providing a good service to the

passengers, yet there are still some problems that are untouched
and unresolved. We have talked to the railway authorities and we
have given concern to those problems which are related to train
informatics.

Below are the five problems, about which we are discussing,

along with their solutions which we have come up with-:

1. The first problem is related with coach configuration on the

arrival of the train. Often the passengers don’t get to know how
the coaches are going to align. This creates a lot of chaos and
often platform accidents happen due to this. To resolve this
problem, we have decided to establish a central server which will
contain the database of coach configuration of every train. Every
station will collect information from the database, and each time
a change occurs, the database will be updated.

2. Another problem is that the station master has no information

regarding the train’s speed; only the train driver knows the
actual speed of the train. The solution to this is to use track
circuits with microcontrollers, which will help in finding the speed
of train.
3. The problem of Hot Axle (box) due to bearing failure and
constant rubbing is a well known problem in railways. It can lead
to not only derailments but also collision on double line. For
resolving this problem, we are installing an electrical circuit in
the axle itself. If there is a hot axle, then the information from
this circuit is sent directly to the guard’s cabin and then to
adjoining station.

4. Another important problem is the skidding of the wheels, which

sometimes causes a hot wheel. To detect this problem, we are
implementing a device which will detect whether the wheel is
skidding or not. Its mechanism will be based on principle of zero
relative velocity of wheel and track at the point of contact.

All the above proposed solutions are most simple and

efficient solutions possible. No huge installation costs are
involved during implementation and are also easy to maintain.

Careful study and extensive research of existing systems has

led us to these problems and solutions, hence if implemented
these ideas will definitely make railways a better means to travel
with.