Construction and Performance Test of Automatic Railway Level Crossing System

Abstract

The main aim of our project is to operate and control the Railway level crossing proper manner to avoid accidents in the railway level crossing. In our country where there are many railway level crossings, Accidents are increasing day by day. The railway level crossing can be operated to prevent accidents at the level crossing in terms of the speed of the train. The automatic Railway level crossing control System is an innovative circuit that automatically controls the operation of Railway level crossing detecting the arrival and departure of trains at the level crossing. This system uses a microcontroller, Arduino Uno with the help of two IR sensors. RF transmitter and RF Receiver for the transmission of sensor output to a controller which is in a remote location. The first part is the concern with the hardware development where allElectronic components have been included. IR sensors are the input components while the buzzer, DC servo motor, and LED. These are controlled by the controller circuit. The microcontroller forms the main unit of the system. It receives the input signal from the sensors and sends information to the DC servo motor driver for opening and closing the gate. The output signal Arduino Uno will activate and Buzzer. The first IR sensor is fixed at a certain distance from the level crossing and the second IR sensor is fixed at the same certain distance after the level crossing and the third IR sensor is placed near the level crossing. The gate is closed when the train crosses the first and second sensors and the gate is opened when the train crosses the third IR sensor.