Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching

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
Model of Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching


Gate Control
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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.

Railway crossing
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
Track Switching
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827 thoughts on “Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching

  1. hello sir,
    Can you provide me with all the necessary details realted to this project, including the circuit diagram,documentation and source code.thanks alot.

  2. Sir,
    Kindly help me providing the necessary details and circuit diagrams

    for this project. please respond to this at the earliest..

  3. sir i m working on a project for indian railway. i have used some concept’s from your project so pls give me ckt digg.

  4. Dear Sir,
    Kindly send me the project details. This is for my college final year project.

    regards,
    Sharmi.

  5. hello sir, i want to complete your project…
    so sir please send me all infomation regarding Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching. such as flow chart,ckt diagram, program etc..
    my email id is-ravi4u_hi@rediffmail.com
    plzzz sir send me all information as soon as possible…
    waiting for yr reply…

  6. Sir,
    I m final year engineering student. I was searching for this topic “Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching” from very long time. Me and my friends hav selected this topic as our project. i want all the information regarding this topic like circuit diagram, source codes, components required to build the ckt and theory. plz send me the info on my id ravi4u_hi@rediffmail.com as soon as possible. thnx a ton.

  7. I like this project
    & i would like to it my project for my final year.
    can u give me the details & code of this
    thank u.

  8. this project is so interesting but i need the program for that microcontroller.. please send it to my id…..

  9. sir,
    am very much interested in doin this project.
    can u pls send me the program and circuit details for this project.
    waitin for ur reply
    thank u

  10. i have a problem that how ir sensors differentiate the railway & the other objects……..?
    please give me reply as soon as possible….

  11. 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.

  12. please send me the circuit diagram,source code ,flow chart, and also necesary details for completing the projects,
    i am very interested in do this project as a my final year project.,

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    im intrested to do the project on this so im intrested to do on this ,so i require sufficent information.so,pls help me sir.
    thanking you

  14. sir,,,
    I selected this as my project.kindly send me the circuit diagram and informations about this project.

  15. hi (“_”) i want the complete details of Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching project please send me the details

  16. hello sir…
    i will be greatly obliged to u if u can send me the details of this project. thanks..

  17. Sir i’m interested in this project.
    i like to do this project.So please send me all the imp Data(ckt diagram,componant list,programming etc)

  18. sir i like ur project very much.
    i want to work o n this project jst need ur help…
    i want the algorithms nd flow chart of this and all details.circuit desingning also.
    thanx sir..

  19. Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching
    Sir i’m interested in this project.
    i like to do this project.So please send me all the imp Data(ckt diagram,componant list,programming etc)

  20. hello plz can u send the full detials of abve projects..am an BE student..
    even am much intersd in doing projetcs..so plz me mr/mis
    am waitig fro ur repsonse
    take care

  21. Sir i’m interested in this project.
    i like to do this project.So please send me all the imp Data(ckt diagram,componant list,programming & source code) as soon as possible. thanks..

  22. sir, urs project was very interesting…….can u send me the project details and the sourse code ,flow chart. what ever material present with u pls forword to my mail

  23. sir it would be very nice of you if you can send me d circuit diagram and other required data for the construction of this project as i am very much interested in this topic.
    Thanking you in anticipation sir. I hope i get a reply from you asap as it is very urgent for me.
    Thank you again.

  24. Sir, i have selected this as my final year project. Iam from Electronics . 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..
    thank u soo much sir.

  25. 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, code, circuit diagram and other necessary details.please send me as early as possible.

  26. sir,it would be very nice of you if you can send me d circuit diagram and other required dasta for d construction of this project.

  27. sir it would be very nice of you if you can send me d circuit diagram and other required data for the construction of this project as i am very much interested in this topic.
    Thanking you in anticipation sir. I hope i get a reply from you asap as it is very urgent for me.

  28. Hi all..
    All budding engineers of India, you are not asked anywhere in this world to copy an already done thing. So please start using your brains and design your own circuit. Break your heads. If you go, the details of all the circuit and staff, what else are you going to do on your own. Is printing the project on an A4 paper going to be your main work.. Get a life…

  29. sir,
    currenty i m doing the railway gate control project..i m using atmel 89c51 mic. sir i wanted the microcontroller program for this project..can u plz help me by sending 2 my mail id…thank u sir.

  30. hi sir,
    currently i m doing the railway gate control project . i am in need of a microcontroller program for this project. please help me by sending to my mail id
    thank u sir……………………………

  31. sir,
    i am pursuing final year mehanical engg. i am interested for this project.
    kindly send me the details of this project .
    i require sufficent information.so,pls help me sir.
    thanking you

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