HIGH SPEED TRAIN COMMUTING

AN OVERVIEW OF RAILWAYS IN INDIA

INDIAN RAILWAYS
INDIAN RAILWAYS IS A STATE OWNED NATIONAL TRANSPORTER,
RESPONSIBLE FOR RAIL TRANSPORT IN INDIA .
IT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS.
IT IS THE FOURTH LARGEST RAILWAY NETWORK IN THE
WORLD COMPRISING 119,630 KILOMETRES (74,330 MI) OF TOTAL
TRACK AND 92,081 KM (57,216 MI) OF RUNNING TRACK OVER A
ROUTE OF 66,687 KM (41,437 MI) WITH 7,216 STATIONS.
CURRENT SCENARIO

UTILISATION OF RAILWAYS HAS BEEN INCREASING STEADILY FOR THE

LAST DECADE.
THE DARKER SIDE
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE
INDIAN RAILWAYS, AVERAGE SPEED OF A PASSENGER
TRAIN IN THE COUNTRY IS MERELY 36 KM/HR WHILE
GOODS TRAINS TRAVEL EVEN SLOWER WITH AN AVERAGE
SPEED OF JUST 26 KM/HR.
THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS DUE TO DERAILMENT HAS
ALSO CONSIDERABLY INCREASED IN THESE YEARS.
COACHES AND THEIR SPEEDS

BASED ON THE BASIC STRUCTURE INDIAN RAILWAYS HAS

FOLLOWING TYPES OF COACHES.
IRS COACH
ICF COACH
LHB COACH
 IRS COACH
Steel Under Frame
Wooden Body
Laminated Springs in
primary suspension
coil
Springs in secondary
suspension
Speed: 96km/h
ICF COACH
Integral design
All coil springs
Air brakes/Vacuum brake
Self aligning spherical
Roller bearings
Stainless steel body for
anti corrosion
Better riding comforts
Speed: 110 km/h
LHB COACH
Axle mounted EP type disc brake
with wheel slide protection

Use of stainless steel to minimise

corrosion

Modular design interior

Spherical roller bearings

Speed: 140 km/h

BOGIE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT
Wheel set with
Cartridge Bearing

Side frames with

friction plates and
brake wear plates

Bogie Brake Gear

Brake Beam
CHANGES WE SUGGEST

SHAPE OF WHEELS
TILTING TRAIN SUSPENSION
MOTOR DRIVEN BOGIES
PENDOLINO
THE TILTING TRAIN TECHNOLOGY
 WHAT IS A PENDOLINO ?
PENDOLINO IS A HIGH SPEED TRAIN MANUFACTURED BY ALSTOM
FERROVIARIA.

IT TRAVELS AT SPEEDS UP TO 250 km/h ON CONVENTIONAL TRACKS,

ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR SPECIALLY LAID TRACKS.

THE NAME PENDOLINO COMES FROM AN ITALIAN WORD MEANING SMALL

PENDULUM DUE TO ITS MECHANISM TO TILT AT THE BENDS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 400 PENDOLINO TRAINS

OPERATING IN 11 COUNTRIES ACROSS EUROPE, INCLUDING ITALY, PORTUGAL,
SLOVENIA, FINLAND, RUSSIA, UK, SWITZERLAND, CHINA, GERMANY AND
ROMANIA.
 TECHNOLOGY

THE TRAIN USES TILTRONIX TECHNOLOGY FEATURING HYDRAULIC

TILTING BOGIES. THE TILTING RODS INSTALLED IN THE BOGIES
ACTIVATE TILTING.

THE TRAINS WHEEL FORCES HAVE BEEN MINIMISED BY REDUCING

SUSPENDED MASS.THE BODY SHELL SITS CENTRED WITH THE
USE OF ACTIVE LATERAL AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM.

TILTRONIX PROVIDES EITHER REACTIVE OR ANTICIPATIVE TILTING.

REFERENCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways
Persson R. Tilting trains - technology, benefits and motion
sickness Licentiate Thesis, KTH, Stockholm, 2016.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6520995/
http://www.alstom.com/products-services/product-catalogue/rail-
systems/trains/products/pendolino/
http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/pendolino-train/
THANK YOU
GROUP MEMBERS
1. RAJATH N.
2. RANJIT BABU
3. RAPHAEL PAUL
4. RONALD ROY