AVISHKAR 2K15

THEMATICA

TEAMTHEMATICANS

Raj Krishna JhaTejaswi VermaVishal Gupta

REJUVINATION OF INDIAN RAILWAY PLATFORMS

We have considered ALLAHABAD JUNCTION for our reference which is situated in Uttar Pradesh, 25.4500° N, 81.8500° E.

Indian Railway is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 65,436 km (40,660 mi) and 7,172 stations. 

In 2014-15, this 161 year old network carried 8.397 billion passengers annually or more than 23 million passengers a day (roughly half of whom were suburban passengers) and 1050.18 million tons of freight in the year.

Yet ,this network has a lot of problems to be taken care of.

Introduction

Sanitation Seating ProblemsLuggage ProblemsLess Safety

PROBLEMS

Present Situation of PlatformSANITATION

Tracks

Sanitation problems can be dealt by taking into consideration:-

Platforms Tracks Bogies

Sanitation

What is being done

Making a machine which can be used both in tracks and platforms.

The machine works as a vacuum cleaner but with a slightly greater pressure.

The vehicle will be a motor driven one. The battery will drive the motors one leading

to the suction pump and the other to the wheels plus a major part of it to the suction pump again for energy efficiency.

When the vacuum is not needed; disengage the gear to run the vehicle.

What can be done

Motor 2 has less power ratings than motor 1 & Major portion of motor 1 output towards creating suction pressure.

Machine:

Suction pressure:-30kPa Garbage bag’s capacity:40ltrs Power consumption:1500 watts Hose pipe length:1mtr Hose pipe diameter: around 15cm Maximum Airflow: 80 L/sec

Specifications:

Increasing the capacity of each dustbins and by increasing the opening area of the dustbins.

Use of septic tanks for collecting bio-wastes.

What can be done

>>PRESENT SITUATION:

SEATING PROBLEMS

Use of foldable benches. Use of hoardings which can be used for

sitting. The hoardings would actually be provided

the companies that want to advertise at the station with the term that the hoarding can be used as a bed for 8/10/12 hrs as per agreement.

How we can solve them

Present situation:>People find it difficult to transportthe luggage from one place to another.>The unmanaged luggage also reduce the

space.>Create difficulties during boarding off or on

the trains.

LUGGAGE PROBLEMS

Introduction of an additional small luggage gate near the exit gate of the train compartment.

WHAT CAN BE DONE

The Dimension of the Luggage gate would be around:70*50 cm^2

>>The luggage gate will provide for a pathway of luggage which causes problems for entry as well as exit.

>>The gate will serve as an inclined plane when open, for the luggage motion.

>>There is a slot from the gate to the luggage gate so that passengers can keep track of their luggage.

PRESENT SITUATION: There are a number of accidents because of

passengers crossing the railway tracks with wrong presumptions.

LACK OF SAFETY

Use of anti collision device in train Use of sensors in the tracks that will cause

the barricade opening.

What can be done.

The drum on rotation will cause the raising of barricades similar to a simple slider crank mechanism.

When the train approaches the stations the sensors on the tracks will get activated which will complete the circuit and cause the motor to start and cause the rotation of the drum that would eventually lead to the raising of the barricades.

The sensors also activate the lights near the platforms to make passengers aware about the incoming train.

The circuit is such that the light glows 30 sec. before the barricades raise.

Use of solar plates in the roofs of the platforms to reduce power costs like Aburoad and Bhilwara railway stations in Rajasthan.

Energy thus obtained can be used to light up platforms,for this we shall use cadmium telluride solar panels with a temperature coefficient of 0.25.

Additional things that can be done:

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