Design and development of an automated railway gate system using wireless notification for obstacles detection

Jude Amal Raj, Loshene Priya Raj (2022) Design and development of an automated railway gate system using wireless notification for obstacles detection. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The railway system is the most commonly used transportation mode. More safety features should be added into the system to ensure less operation failures to happen in future. Railroad related accidents are more dangerous than other transportation accidents in terms of severity and death rate. In this project, IR sensors play the main role as the detection of incoming train in several places. Six IR sensors were used in terms to detect the incoming train. Those sensors are placed in various places where IR sensor 1 gives signal to change the level crossing signal and IR 2 gives the signal to close the gate in the level crossing. In addition, IR sensor 3 and 4 were placed at the level crossing to ensure obstacles to be detected and the gate opens when there are obstacles with a message through GSM modular to the train master telling the train to slow down. This procedure also follows with an emergency alarm buzzing while the message is being sent. Furthermore, there is two other sensors which is IR sensor 5 and IR sensor 6 which acts to close the gate back if there is no obstacles detected and the signal at the level crossing changes when the trains passes IR sensor 6. The overall system works is dual direction because in certain countries railway industries are still using single tracks for trains to move. This project ensures that the system works even when the train approaches in either direction.

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