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. Hi sir,
    please send the coding for your project..And send the whole circuit for this project. And then send the detail of the sensor.
    thank you sir,

  2. hii..i am a final year b.tech(EEE) student .Can I do this project as my final year project?If yes please suggest me about the codes and circuits.If no please suggest a nice project on to my email:aksbeau89@aol.com
    Waiting for ur reply…

  3. hallo i am in school class xi and i listen a boy saying that they had got a project for class xii the same project u have shown so plz send me detailks about circet diagram +very propery of sensor the techinue u have usen plz plz plz send plz i will be thankfull

  4. Hi sir,
    please send the coding for your project..And send the whole circuit for this project. And then send the detail of the sensor.
    thank you sir,

  5. Hi sir,
    I like project Automatic Railway Gate Control.
    please send the coding for your project..And send the whole circuit for this project

  6. Hi sir,
    I LIKE PROJECT AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROL.
    PLEASE SEND THE CODING FOR YOUR PROJECT. AND SEND THE WHOLE CIRCUIT FOR THIS PROJECT

  7. Hello sir!I like this project and i wish to implement this.So kindly send me the circuit and source code.

  8. sir please send me the full detail along with the flowchart and all nacessary stuff.
    please sir i would be very thankful.

  9. holl sir
    please help the “automatic railway gate controll and traking system”
    the ideas, circiut , and LIKE PROJECT AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROL.
    PLEASE SEND THE CODING FOR YOUR PROJECT. AND SEND THE WHOLE CIRCUIT FOR THIS PROJECT

  10. sir. this is a really good project

    could u send me the the details and source code along with circuit diagram

  11. I LIKE PROJECT AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROL.
    PLEASE SEND THE CODING FOR YOUR PROJECT. AND SEND THE WHOLE CIRCUIT FOR THIS PROJECT

  12. please help the “automatic railway gate controll and traking system”
    the ideas, circiut , and LIKE PROJECT AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROL.
    PLEASE SEND THE CODING FOR YOUR PROJECT. AND SEND THE WHOLE CIRCUIT FOR THIS PROJECT

  13. I LIKE PROJECT AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROL.
    PLEASE SEND THE CODING FOR THIS PROJECT ALSO SEND THE COMPLETE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM & REQUIRED PROJECT REPORT FOR THIS PROJECT

  14. sir,
    i am intrested the topic,but i want to do the project using pic microcontroller(pic16F73).will u please send me the program?

  15. sir we r verymuch intrested in ur project but we want a program of this..so that we can go further…help us out….as ssoon as possible…

  16. sir,
    i have submited this project name for my 3rd year mini project. so please help me and send me the project details with circuit and code to me .i will be thankfull to you.sir, please help me…..

  17. sir, i am intrested in your project. pls give me the circuit and code to perform this project . i will be thankfull to you sir

  18. hi,
    i m a 3rd yr. mechanical enggg. student. i m crazy about to know each n every detail of ur project can u send the whole information of ur project as soon as possible. i m waiting ur reply…..

  19. sir,
    i am doing my final yr elec engg.i am very much interested to work on this project…please send me the main stuffs and i wanna know the estimation of this project…plz do send me the details….am waiting for your reply…

  20. sir,
    i have all the details of the project except the code.
    will u plz give me the code for that

  21. GOD!!! doesnt any1 undestand a thing….what else do you require…MAKE IT….and the code cant be easier……start thinking………….

  22. I am very impressed with this topic,plz send me ckt diagram of this project.i want to learn about this project

  23. Hi sir,
    I am a 3rd yr ec’s student.
    please send the coding for your project..And send the whole circuit for this project. And then send the detail of the sensor.
    thank you sir,

  24. hello sir,

    please send me the circuit diagrams (transmitter, receiver and micro controller) required in this project.

  25. sir,
    u hv done a vry gd job. I hv takn dis prject fr my msd lad. pls send me
    the coding and information which would be a great help fr me…

  26. sir
    a fabulous job u have done.please give me the algorithm for my upcoming project fair.

  27. Sir,
    Your project is excellent but i am finding it hard to write the coding for it.
    can u please mail me the code.

  28. Hai sir…. good afternoon
    I liked ur prjct Automatic Railway Gate Control & Track Switching
    I m crazy about to know each n every detail of ur project
    Nw i’m persuing B tech 3rd yr (EEE)
    can u suggest me how to implement this prjct?
    and the components required….
    pls help me soon sir
    thanking you sir
    waiting 4 ur suggestion sir

  29. iam very early to implement this project in my college’s model
    presentation. so please send me the full details of parts of the control
    system as soon as possible. thank you sir.

  30. sir,
    can you please send the circuit diagram n further project details.. we want to do this project. waiting for your reply

  31. sir can i have dis project as my final year project.if yes please send me the details(coding and circuit ) and estimated cost.

  32. i m a b.tech student in electronics and instrumentation.Sir. can i have dis project as my final year project.if yes please send me the details(coding and circuit ),sensor and estimated cost.

  33. Hi.I’m doing this for my final year project.Please send me the details
    regarding the circuits and all.Thank you.

  34. hi friend….please send the further details of this project and the total cost to do this project….waiting for your reply….

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