Railway goods Management System.docx

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Railway goods

ManagementSystem

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Abstract ) is web application is de#eloped for t e need of

transportation of railway goods in a systematic way. *n

*ndian railway+ passenger and goods transport #olume

grew signi,cantly. ) ere was a notable rise in t e

transport of 'ey goods suc as coal. -arious transport

indicators reac ed a new istorical ig . After t e si tupgrade of rail speed+ t e railway department added

more ea#y goods trains and direct goods trains. ) is

as furt er strengt ened t e ability of assuring t e

transportation of 'ey goods relating to t e national

economy and t e people/s li#eli ood. 0or t is purpose

t e web application Railway goods management is

de#eloped. ) e Railway 1oods management system

contains t e tools for demand registration+ priority of

loading goods+ loading order of t e same priority goods+

railway Receipt generation and printing RR Railway

Receipt . )o maintain t e secrecy of information

contained in t e abo#e forms+ * D*A RA*56A S uses a

special software named as 0"*S w ic means 0reig t

"perating *nformation System.

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Module DescriptionsModule Descriptions of 8Railway goods Management

ieee matlab pro9ect. ) ese modules will be de#eloped

in asp.net wit c: source code8

& 5ogin2 ) is module contains t e registration of

unaut ori;ed users from e administration of t e

system.3 Demand master or demand registrations are

processed in t is module. ) is module generates

t e demand registration and re?ects it to t e

0.notes. Also t e module 'ept t e list of Demand

registrations in t e database.7 0orwarding otes Master! ) is module as t e input from demand

registration @ will implement t e forwarding note

process e%ecti#ely. ) e process of t e module

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'eeps t e records of t e forwarding notes already

e isted in t e database.$ Account Master

& ) is module contains t e accounting details of t e railway

goods management. ie. Details of accounts

of deposits+ recei#ables+ and payables.

&& Demand Registration&2 Demand registration is t e sub module of t e

demand

master+ w ic are generated concurrently.

&3 5oading 1oods&4 After t e completion of demand registration+

t e 0. otes

is forwarded to t is module as t e input. ) is

module con,rms t e priority of t e goods to

be loaded in t e list of forwarded notes.

&= RR Reports&> ) is module generates and processes t e

railway reports&7 details. ) e report contains t e records of

goods and

loaded goods details.

&! Settings&$ ) is module contains t e settings to con,gure

t e

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Hardware Requirements•

(rocessor B (entiumCi#• RAM B &1• Eard Dis' B 4 1• (rinter B E( 5aser Fet• Monitor B 51 Monitor

Software Requirements

• ac' end B MS e cess• 0ront Gnd B -isual asis >.• 6or' Station "Hs B 6indows I(• )ool B M. S. "Jce

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Rail freight transportRail freig t transport is t e use of railroads and trains to

transport cargo as opposed to uman passengers.

A freig t train or goods train is a group of freig t cars


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recei#er lac' direct rail access. ) ese costs may e ceed

t at of operating t e train itself+ a factor t at practices

suc as containeri;ation aim to minimi;e.

Overview )raditionally+ large s ippers

build factories and ware ouses near rail lines and a#ea section of trac' on t eir property called

a siding w ere goods are loaded on to or unloaded from

rail cars. "t er s ippers a#e t eir goods auled

drayed by wagon or truc' to or from a goods

station freig t station in


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single car mig t be reclassi,ed or switched in se#eral

yards before reac ing its ,nal destination+ a process

t at made rail freig t slow and increased costs. Many

freig t rail operators are trying to reduce t ese costs by

reducing or eliminating switc ing in classi,cation yards

t roug tec niques suc as unit

trains and containeri;ation .L2 *n many countries+

railroads a#e been built to aul one commodity+ suc

as coal or ore+ from an inland point to a port.

Rail freig t uses many types of goods wagon


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go#ernments are now trying to encourage more freig t

onto trains+ because of t e en#ironmental bene,ts t at

it would bringN rail transport is #ery energy eJcient.L3 Kompared tO road transport w PQ employs t u

Of truc's+ rail transportation ensures t Tt goods t Tt

QOuld Ot rwP b transported On T number Of truc's

Tr transported Pn T single s ipment. ) P sa#es T lot T

fTr T cost connected tO t transportation Tr

concerned. L4

*n Gurope particularly ritain many manufacturing

towns de#eloped before t e railway. Many factories did

not a#e direct rail access. ) is meant t at freig t ad

to be s ipped t roug a goods station + sent by train

and unloaded at anot er goods station for onwarddeli#ery to anot er factory. 6 en lorries truc's

replaced orses it was often economic and faster to

ma'e one mo#ement by road. *n t e


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rail systems a#e turned to computeri;ed sc eduling

and optimi;ation for trains w ic as reduced costs and

elped add more train traJc to t e rails.

0reig t railroads relations ip wit ot er modes of

transportation #aries widely. ) ere is almost no

interaction wit airfreig t + close cooperation wit

oceanCgoing freig t and a mostly competiti#e

relations ip wit long distance truc'ing and barge

transport. Many businesses s ip t eir products by rail if

t ey are s ipping long distance because it can be

c eaper to s ip in large quantities by rail t an by truc'N

owe#er barge s ipping remains a #iable competitor

w ere water transport is a#ailable. L>

0reig t trains are sometimes illegally boarded byindi#iduals w o do not wis + or do not a#e t e money+

to tra#el by ordinary means+ a practice referred to as

8 opping .8 Most oppers snea' into train yards and

stow away in bo cars. older oppers will catc a train

8on t e ?y+8 t at is+ as it is mo#ing+ leading to

occasional fatalities+ some of w ic go unrecorded.

Regional di erences

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A map of t e world s owing regions by principal

rail trac' gauge .

Railroads are sub9ect to t e networ' e%ect B t e more

points t ey connect to+ t e greater t e #alue of t e

system as a w ole. Garly railroads were built to bring

resources+ suc as coal+ ores and agricultural products

from inland locations to ports for e port. *n many parts

of t e world+ particularly t e sout ern emisp ere+ t at

is still t e main use of freig t railroads. 1reater

connecti#ity opens t e rail networ' to ot er freig tuses including nonCe port traJc. Rail networ'

connecti#ity is limited by a number of factors+ including

geograp ical barriers+ suc as oceans and mountains+

tec nical incompatibilities+ particularly di%erent trac'

gauges and railway couplers + and political con?icts. ) e

largest rail networ's are located in ort America and

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Gurasia. 5ong distance freig t trains are generally

longer t an passenger trains+ wit greater lengt

impro#ing eJciency. Ma imum lengt #aries widely by

system. See longest trains for train lengt s in di%erent

countries.

!orth America

Mi ed freig t running down ill in Kaliente+ KaliforniaKanada +Me ico and t e


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Rail freig t is well standardi;ed in ort America+

wit Uanney couplers and compatible air bra'es . ) e

main #ariations are in loading gauge and ma imum car

weig t. Most trac'age is owned by pri#ate companies

t at also operate freig t trains on t ose trac's. Since

t e Staggers Rail Act of &$! + t e freig t rail industry in

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) e 1uatemala railroad is currently inacti#e+ pre#enting

rail s ipment sout of Me ico. (anama as freig t rail

ser#ice+ recently con#erted to standard gauge+ t at

parallels t e (anama Kanal . A few ot er rail systems in

Kentral America are still in operation+ but most a#e

closed. ) ere as ne#er been a rail line t roug Kentral

America to Sout America+ but a connection+ 0GR*S)SA +

from Me ico to (anama+ as been proposed in t e past.

"urasia

Koal awaiting s ipment to an electric generating plant

in 1ermany

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)rain station in )atarstan+ Russia wit container and

tan' cars

) ere are four ma9or interconnecting rail networ's on

t e Gurasian land mass+ along wit ot er smaller

national networ's.

• Most countries in t e Guropean


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• ) e countries of t e former So#iet


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0reig t train M1 new modi,ed goods for Automobile

transportation in *ndia

"I type freig t train in *ndia

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mo#ement between networ's+ including a Gurasian

5and ridge .

South Americara;il as a large rail networ'+ mostly metre gauge+

wit some broad gauge. *t runs some of t e ea#iest

iron ore trains in t e world on its metre gauge networ'.

K ile and Argentina a#e *ndian gauge networ's in t e

sout and metre gauge networ's in t e nort . ) e

metre gauge networ's are connected at one point+ but

t ere as ne#er been a broad gauge connection. A

metreCgauge connection between t e two broad gauge

networ's+ t e )ransandine Railway was constructed but

is not currently in ser#ice. See also Trans-Andean

railways . Most ot er countries a#e few rail systems+ if

any.

Africa

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*ron ore train in Mauritania

) e railways of Africa were mostly started by colonial

powers to bring inland resources to port. ) ere was

little regard for e#entual interconnection. As a result+

t ere are a #ariety of gauge and coupler standards in

use. A 3 ft > in &+ >7 mm gauge networ' wit Uanney

couplers ser#es sout ern Africa. Gast Africa uses metre

gauge . ort Africa uses standard gauge + but potential

connection t e Guropean standard gauge networ' is

bloc'ed by t e ArabC*sraeli con?ict .

OceaniaMain article: Rail transport in Australia

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Rail de#eloped independently in di%erent parts

of Australia and+ as a result+ t ree ma9or rail gauges are

in use. A standard gauge )ransCAustralian

Railway spans t e continent.

Statistics

Rail freight by networ#$ billion tonne%#m

&'(' L$

!etwor# )t%#m Countriesort America 2!>3 7Guropean $ includes oli#ia &Sout Africa &&= includes Fimbabwe &.>Australia >4

Uapan 2*n 2 &&+ ort American railroads operated &+47&+73>

freig t cars and 3&+!7= locomoti#es+ wit 2&=+$!=

employees+ ) ey originated 3$.=3 million carloads

a#eraging >3 tons eac and generated X!&.7 billion in

freig t re#enue. ) e largest Klass & .2Y of tonnage

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originated and &2.>Y of re#enue. ) e largest

commodities were coal+ c emicals+ farm products+

nonmetallic minerals and intermodal. Koal alone was

43.3Y of tonnage and 24.7Y of re#enue. ) e a#erage

aul was $&7 miles. 6it in t e .4Y and inland

waterways >.=Y

*ul#

ul' cargo constitutes t e ma9ority of tonnage carried

by most freig t railroads. ul' cargo

is commodity cargo t at is transported unpac'aged in

large quantities. ) ese cargo are usually dropped or

poured+ wit a spout or s o#el buc'et+ as a liquid or

solid+ into a railroad car . 5iquids+ suc as petroleum andc emicals+ and compressed gases are carried by rail

in tan' cars .L&4

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ul' freig t car scales at t e MMAMac' (oint yard+ MG.

Eopper cars are freig t cars used to transport dry bul'

commodities suc as coal +ore +grain +trac' ballast + and

t e li'e. ) is type of car is distinguis ed from

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coal+ w ic can get wet and dry out wit less armful

e%ect. Eopper cars a#e been used by railways

worldwide w ene#er automated cargo andling as

been desired. Rotary car dumpers simply in#ert t e car

to unload it+ and a#e become t e preferred unloading

tec nology+ especially in ort AmericaN t ey permit

t e use of simpler+ toug er+ and more compact

because sloping ends are not required gondola

cars instead of oppers.

Heavy%duty ore tra+cMain article: Heaviest trains

) e ea#iest trains in t e world carry bul' traJc suc

as iron ore and coal . 5oads can be &3 tonnes per

wagon and tens of t ousands of tonnes per train. Daqin

Railway transports more t an & million tonnes of coal to

t e east sea s ore of K ina e#ery day and in 2 $ is

t e busiest freig t line in t e world L&= Suc economies

of scale dri#e down operating costs. Some freig t trainscan be o#er 7 'm long.

Containeri,ation

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is mo#ed by containers stac'ed on transport s ipsNL&> 2>Y of all container transs ipment is carried out in

K ina. L&7 As of 2 =+ some &! million total containers

ma'e o#er 2 million trips per year.


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wagons on lines wit o#er ead electric wiring . K ina

runs double stac' trains wit o#er ead wiring+ but does

not allow two ma imum eig t containers to be

stac'ed. L2

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its Riyad CDamman corridor. Double stac'ing is used in

*ndia for selected freig tConly lines. L2

Rolling highways and piggy bac#

service

*n some countries rolling ig way + or rolling road+L2= trains are usedN truc's can dri#e straig t onto t e

train and dri#e o% again w en t e end destination isreac ed. A system li'e t is is used on t e K annel

)unnel between t e


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