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INFRASTRUCTURE

8000 engines
40,000 coaches
about 2.5 lakh of wagons
7000 stations
1 lakh km of track

17 lakh employee worked under one organization and

there is no strike since last 30 years.

Annual growth rate:Turn over

causalities rate

Time
1990

1995

2000

2005

SOURCE: Explanatory Memorandum on Railway Budget, 06-07

2010

Now

RAILWAY SIGNALLING:Railway signalling is a system used to control railway

traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding.

Mainly there are two types of signals:Mechanical signals:- Older forms of signal displayed their
different aspects by their physical position.
Colour light signals:-On most modern railways, colour light
signals have largely replaced mechanical ones

Controlling of signals:These signals are controlled by pannel which is situated

in ASM office

Some keys of pannel:Description

Code

Colour

Remarks

Main Signal Button

S-5

RED

Entrance Button

Track /Route Button

S-6

GREY

Exit Button

Level Crossing Button

S-7

BLUE

Operated with S-6

Group Slot Button

S-8

GREEN

For giving group slot

Point Group Button

S-9

WHITE

To point out location

Emergency Button

S-10

R+G

In emergency

"An arrangement

of signals and signal appliances in the manner

that they switch the tracks to send the train in particular
direction.

Route Relay Interlocking

It is also called NX system.
It is based on entrance/exit principal.
In this every operation requires only two buttons to be
kept press simultaneously .

Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9

1. The horizontal line is railway track.

2. signals are depicted by the symboof the circle with a horizontal and vertical line .

Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9

Red slotted line indicating train moving direction

Lds:-last down signal.

Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9

Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9

Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9

DATA LOGGERS
The process of using a computer to collect data through

sensors, analyze the data and save the data is called Data
logging and the instreument used in this called data
loggers.
Data logger is a microprocessor-based system which monitors

and records all activities and event in the signalling system of

a railway station/yard .

DATA LOGGER SYSTEM:THIS CONSISTS OF:

DATA LOGGER EQUIPMENT (DLE).

DIGITAL INPUT CABLE (DIC)

A MONITORING P.C.

A FAULT INDICATOR UNIT .

POWER SUPPLY: DLE WORKS ON 24V. D.C. AND THE P.C. ON 230V.
A.C.

DATA LOGGER EQUIPMENT RACK

Display Unit

DLE Enclosure

AI Enclosures

Spike
Suppessor
(For ac
modems)

Modems

21

DATA LOGGER SYSTEM

Inkjet Printer

230VAC UPS

230VAC,
50Hz
Dot Matrix
Printer

24V BATTERY

FAULT
INDICATOR
UNIT

DLE

24VDC
Charger

Integrated Power Supply System:The IPS systems provide complete power solutions from one system
to all signaling circuits.

There are three panels on the IPS

AC Distribution Panel (ACDP)
DC Distribution Panel (DCDP)
FRBC Panel (FRBCP)

 Alstom Signaling Inc.

General Railway Signal Co.
Calvert, J.B. "Principles of Interlocking.
At your doorstep"The Hindu.
Station working rules(swr)

Economic Times. July 7, 2011.