A PRACTICAL TRAINING SEMINAR

ON
INDIAN RAILWAY(IR) BY ANWARUDDIN KHAN

INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN RAILWAY

INDIAN RAILWAY INTRODUCTION

The formal inauguration ceremony of IR was performed on 16th April 1853 with the first passenger train steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hooghly, a distance of 36 km, on 15th August, 1854 . It encompasses 6,909 stations over a total route length of more than 63,028 kilometres of route length and a track length of 111,600 km .

 It grossed a revenue of ` 88,355 cr and bagging a net income of ` 951 cr in the financial year 2009-10 . It moves 2 million tons of freight & 20 million people daily across the county with the help of 200,000 (freight) wagons. 7,000 passenger trains across the country services 20 million people to their destinations . It is one of the world's largest commercial or utility employers, with more than 1.6 million employees.

NEED FOR SIGNALING

Since the load carried by the trains and the speed which the trains can attain are high, they need more braking distance before coming to the stop from full speed. Without signal to be available on the route to constantly guide the driver accidents will take place due to collisions.

BASICALLY TWO PURPOSES ACHIEVED BY RAILWAY SIGNALING

To safety receive and dispatch trains at a station. To control the movements of trains from one station to another after ensuring that the track on which this train will move to reach the next station is free from movement of another train either in the same or opposite direction.

THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF RAILWAY SIGNALING

The fixed signals provided by the side of the railway track with indication in the form of colour lights are the actual authority to a driver to get in to the portion of the track beyond the signal. At stations the trains may be received on any one of the platform lines. To take the train to any specific track, points are provided.

 This Interlocking arrangement only ensures that a point is correctly set for the pa- rticular route or a track and the signal conveys this information to the driver. Trains run on dedicated line .A line consists of two rails running parallel to each other. This is also called Track.

TRACK
Indian railways uses 4 gauges: Broad Gauge It is 1,676mm of 5'6 wide & operational in most parts of the country with 96,851 km of track length (86.8% of entire track length of all the gauges) . Standard Guage It is smaller than the above with 1,435mm width.

 Metre Guage - It is ,obviously, 1,000mm wide common in regions with less traffic, such as hilly areas. Narrow Guage It is 610 mm wide . Track sections are rated for speeds ranging from 75 to 160 km/h.

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