Railway Accident Prevention System

In the current railway systems, it is becoming even more necessary to have safety
elements in order to avoid accidents. The railways became the prime suggests that of
transportation because of their capability, speed and responsibility. One of the important causes
that can provoke serious accidents is the existence of obstacles on the tracks, either fixed or
mobile. This project deals about one of the efficient methods to avoid train accidents due to
cracks on the track and obstacle detection. The main objective of this project is to develop
detecting the crack in the railway track and alert the nearby station. A GPS system is being
used top in point the location of faults on tracks. The project presents a solution, to provide an
intelligent train tracking and management system to improve the existing railway transport
service.
Accidents at level crossing have a large portion on train accidents, and causes
economical loss by train delay and operational interruption. We are also concerned with
providing an automatic railway gate control at unmanned level crossings replacing the gates
operated by gate keepers. 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 by
reducing the accidents that usually occur due to carelessness of road users and at times errors
made by the gatekeepers.
As railroad bridges and tracks are very important infrastructures, which has direct effect
on railway transportation, there safety is utmost priority for railway industry. This project aims
at monitoring the tracks on the bridges along with structural health condition of the bridge for
accidents reduction.
So Indian railway looking forward to promote the motto of “SAFE JOURNEY”.