SAMPAD GHOSH1*, A. S. M. ZAHID KAWSAR2, MUHAMMAD ASAD RAHMAN3 and DEBASISH DAS4
1&3Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Chittagong-4349, Bangladesh, 2Graduate Student, University of Malaya, Malaysia and 4Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Information Technology & Sciences, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
*Corresponding author’s Email:sampad04cuet@yahoo.co.in.
ABSTRACT
Railway level crossing is becomes the major headache for the transportation system. This paper presents an automatic railway gate at a level crossing replacing the gates operated by the gatekeeper. It deals with two things. Firstly, it deals with the reduction of time for which the gate is being kept closed and secondly, to provide safety to the road users (e.g. men, vehicle drivers, etc) by reducing the accidents. In the existing system, by employing the smart level crossing system, the approaching and outgoing train is detected by the sensor placed near to the gate. Hence, the time for which it is closed is less compared to the manually operated gates and also reduces the human labor. Therefore, there will be fewer chances of accidents and reliable operation is performed. Since, the operation is automatic; error due to manual operation is prevented. The study was conducted at circuit laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh during April 2008 to March 2009.
Keywords: Railway, Automation, Level crossing system, Railway gate control and Microcontroller.