INDIAN RAILWAYS

ISSUES ON
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
 INDIAN RAILWAYS

 12617 Passenger Trains run daily

 23 Million Passengers travel daily
 7421 Freight Trains run daily
 67368 Route Kms spread over the Nation
 7349 no of Stations
 13 Lakh Employees
 One Crore population related with Railways
 ELECTRICITY IN RAILWAY WORKING

RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS & EQUIPMENTS: REQUIRE

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

1. ELECTRIC ROLLING STOCK (TRAINS): Loco, Coaches- For

Safety of Passengers, Public & Railway Staff

2. TRACTION POWER SUPPLY: TSS, SSP/SP, OHE- For

Safety of Passengers, Public & Railways Staff

3. RAILWAY STATIONS: Sub-stations & Electrical

Equipments - For Safety of Passengers

 ELECTRICITY IN RAILWAY WORKING

RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS & EQUIPMENTS: REQUIRE

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

4. RAILWAY FACTORIES / WORKSHOPS: Sub-stations &

Electrical Equipments - For Safety of Railways Staff

5. RAILWAYS OFFICES: Sub-stations & Electrical

Equipments - For Safety of Railways Staff

6. RAILWAYS CLONIES: Sub-stations & Electrical

Equipments - For Safety of Railways Staff and Families

ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR IN RAILWAYS

 As per Regulations and AC Traction Manual,

Principal Chief Electrical Engineer of Zonal
Railway is Electrical Inspector to Government
(EIG)
 Assisted by Assigned Officers
 Inspects Railway Electrical Assets before
Energisation
 Documents as per prescribed formats submitted
to EIG
 ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR IN RAILWAYS

As per Govt Guidelines, EIG also inspect new Assets

of Locos & Rolling Stocks:
 Electric Locomotives having Electric Voltages
from 110 V to 25 kV Electricity
 Carriages with 750 V AC
 Power Cars DG Sets with 750 V, 500 kVA
 New Rolling Stocks (Coaches) having Electric
Voltages from 110 V to 25 kV Electricity
 ELECTRICITY IN RAILWAY TRACTION

Traction Sub-stations: HV Side 220 and 132 kV

LV Side- 25 kV
21.6 – 30/40 MVA

SSP/SP: 25 kV

Track side OHE: 25 kV

Protection System: HV OCR, E/Fault, Differential

LV DPR, OCR, WPC
 132 kV Line ELECTRIC TRACTION- POWER FLOW

TRANSFORMER

25 kV Line

25 kV Switch
25 kV Overhead Line

Earth

INDIAN RAILWAYS

Electric Locomotive

30%-60% Current Through Track

40%-70% Current Through SOIL

 ELECTRICITY IN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES

 Electric Locomotives: 25 kV, 750 V, 415 V

 Loco Transformers (5400-7775 KVA)
 Traction Motors
 Switchgears
 Cables and Overhead Conductors
 Earthing Systems

 Diesel Locomotives: 700 - 2600 V

 Traction Generators
 Traction Motors
 Switchgears
 ELECTRICITY IN RAILWAY
STATIONS / WORKSHOP / OFFICES
 General Sub-stations: 33 / 11 kV and 11 / 0.415 kV
 Transformers
 Switchgears
 Cables and Overhead Conductors
 Earthing Systems

 Water Supply System: 415 and 230 V

 Wirings
 Earthing
 Metering

 Office & Residences: 415 and 230 V

 Office & House Wirings
 Earthing
 Metering
 ELECTRICITY IN RAILWAY COACHES

 Loco Hauled Trains

 Power Requirements upto 700 KVA
 Self Generating: Voltages upto 110 V
 DG Sets at both ends: Voltages upto 750 V (EOG)
 Power from Locomotive: 750 V (HOG)
 Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto & LHB Coaching Trains

 EMU Type Trains

 Voltages in Coaches: 25 kV and 750 V
(EMU, MEMU, Train Sets)