Anti Collision and Secured Level Crossing System

Abstract

The road and rail accidents are increasing with the advancement of human errors. Majority of the level crossing positions are not guided by any accident preventive mechanism and even not accompanied by a skilled person. This paper presents an automatic rail gate control system at level crossing positions and accident prevention mechanism. Two vibration sensors are used to control the open and close state of the gate at level crossing position. An ultrasonic sensor is positioned to detect an unauthorized object on the track. Open and Close status of the gate and unauthorized object on the track will be communicated with the central control room using wireless communication protocol. The experimental results proved the proposed mechanism is a prudent approach to safeguard the human and to curtail the train accidents.

Automatic Railway System

“…These papers discuss different options such as automatically controlled railway gate at the level crossing, railway track switching mechanism and the movement of the train using sensors, micro controllers for reduction of railway accidents and controller for stepper motor which operates the opening and closing of railway gates at the railway crossings. K Vidyasagar et al [8] designed a system which uses ultrasonic sensors to identify objects on the track and accordingly control signal is generated and transferred to the control room via communication protocol to control the movement of train in railway track. Pwint et al [9] describes the automatic railway gate control system using PIC microcontroller for saving precious human lives and preventing major disasters in railway track.…”