RAILPORT DESIGN

LITERATURE STUDY

1. INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATION & MAINTENANCE:

-OHE (Over Head Electricals) operation and maintenance.
-Signal operation and maintenance.
-Track maintenance.
-Electricity supply for Traction, Signal, Coach and locomotive
maintenance depot area.
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2. COACH MAINTENANCE :
• Washing Line Operation
• Sick Line Operation
• Watering of coaches
• Pre-cooling and battery charging of coaches in platform lines and washing and
stabling lines.
• Toilet discharge collection facilities
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3.LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION:
• Fuelling of locomotives
• Locomotive out pit operation and maintenance
• Attaching/detaching locomotive
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1.TRAIN OPERATION:
• Train reception/Dispatch
• Traction changing
• Placement/removal of coaching rake in/from washing lines
and stabling lines including releasing of rake by TXR
• Shunting operation including loco movement
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2. Train Services
• Provision for fire extinguishers, stretcher, first aid box to the guard
• Battery store
• Posting of charts and delivery of chart to train conductor
• Feeding of Platform nomination in Coach Guidance system
• Handling of driver /guard boxes
• Electrician’s room
• Switch room
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3. SECURITY & SAFETY:

• Security of Railway installations
• Crime prevention/control
• Access control systems including passenger check point
• Security surveillance system
• Fire safety
• Luggage & parcel scanners.
• Cloak room
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4. SUPPORTING SPACES:
• Porting area
• Trolley storage
• Break even equipment
• Main store & sub store
• Waiting areas & halls
• Refreshment rooms
• Public toilets
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1. INFORMATION SYSTEM:
• Coaching operation Information system
• Coach cabinet office working
• Announcements on Passenger Address (PA) system
• Train Enquiry
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2. TICKETING/BOOKING:
• Parcel booking
• Unreserved/reserved ticketing
• Luggage booking
• Ticket Checking
• Sorting room
• Room for chief booking surveyor
• Cash
• Stocks
• Office of head ticket collector
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3. TOURISM & CATERING:

• On-board Catering including base-kitchen and servicing
facilities for onboard catering.
• Bed-roll storage and services to AC
coaches in trains (both originating and terminating).
• Specified catering stalls, book stalls &miscellaneous passenger
related stall in the passenger in the platforms/ concourse area.
• Tourist reception center management
• Yatri Niwas and budget hotels built by railways
• Supply and distribution of bottle drinking water
• Food courts, catering stalls of IRCTC relocated in the
redeveloped station.
• Dispensary
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4. PARCEL ACTIVITES:
• Parcel handling
• Activities of SLR (Seat cum Luggage Rack) lease holders.
• Office& storage for mail service

5. RAILWAY STAFF SERVICE:

• Maintenance and cleaning of railway staff office
• Crew running room management including house keeping,
maintenance & catering.
• Rest rooms for staff, Porters, Ticket collection train drivers &
Guards.
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 Coach car washing room (near platforms)

 Washing line (near platforms)
 Sick line (Separate track leading to LOCO)
 Toilet discharge collection (mostly done by workers)
 Over Head Electricals Maintenance ( done manually)
 Signal operation room ( for each platform)
 Railway track maintenance (done manually)
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1. SECURITY SYSTEM:
 CCTV Monitoring rooms (Concourse)
 Bomb squad ( at platform 1 near admin spaces)
 Luggage parcel scanners (Entry check point)
 Cloak room ( waiting areas)
 Police booth ( Entry check point , waiting areas , platform, parking)
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2. RAILWAY SERVICES:
 Porting area (concourse level)
 Ladies A/C dormitories (first floor)
 Waiting halls :
1) Concourse level -243 seats
2) Pre paid waiting halls-84 seats attached with toilets
3) First floor- A/c retiring rooms& waiting halls attached with toilets

 Public toilets – 5 IC/ 1 WC / 2 Wash basins ( 2 IC/2WC for physically challenged)

 Shuttle service ( concourse level)
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3. OTHER SERVICES:
 Fire extinguishers hoes in platforms and at base kitchen
 Train running room
 Electrician’s room
 Switch room
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1.ADMIN: ( Spaces are located in platform no.1)

 Store rooms
 Contractor rooms
 Staff rooms attached with toilets
 Cash chest room
 Catering inspector room
 Loco inspector room

2. PARCEL ACTIVITIES: ( Spaces are located in platform no.1)

 Office & storage rooms for mail service
 Exports despatch counter
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3. CATERING&TOURISM:
 Base kitchen (located in platform 1 with other admin spaces)
 Bed roll section (platform 1 & concourse level)
 Linen section (concourse level)
 Restaurants(concourse level)
 ATM (concourse level)
 Book stalls & exhibition centre (concourse)
 Drinking water taps (platforms , waiting areas)
 Tourist management centre (concourse)
 Public utility cell ( waiting areas)
 Medical shops and Emergency Medical centre (concourse)
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 Signalling room (platform)- end of the platform

 UPS room (concourse level)- adjacent to signalling & telecommunication
room
 Refuse ( ground level)
 Water supply & Drainage system (platform level)
 Chilling cooling plant room ( Ground level)
 Over Track Exhaust shaft (Platform)
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 TVS room (Tunnel Ventilation System – on concourse or platform level)

 Tunnel ventilation is provided for the following reasons:
1) Remove the pressure during the operation of train
2) Removal of smoke during fire
3) Ventilation during maintenance period
4) For smoke free evacuation
 Tunnel ventilation exhaust shaft ( a shaft provided at the each end of the
station from ground to concourse level)
 Tunnel ventilation supply shaft ( a shaft provided at the each end of the
station from ground to concourse level)
 Mechanical Equipment room ( TVS control, AHU room – concourse level)
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 Station control room (concourse level)-accessible from the non paid area
 Ticketing room (concourse level)
 Ticket store room (concourse level)
 Audit & cash room (concourse level)
 Public toilets (concourse level , platforms)
 Janitor’s room ( attached to toilets)
 Lunch room ( with other admin spaces)
 Staff toilets ( concourse level)
 Tele communication (concourse level near station control room)
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 Entry check point (concourse level)

 AFC gates (Auto Fare Collection gates – located adjacent to ticket counters)
 Automatic Vending machine ( concourse and platform level)
 Ticket Vending machine ( un paid area)
 ATM (concourse level , platform level)
 Firemen emergency staircase ( 4 staircases with toilets in central metro)