Automated Railway Security System
Marwa Metwally Eid, M. I. Fath Allah · 2019
Being faster, larger and more reliable, today's trains have permeated the other means of transportation as the prime mode between several countries. However, railroad-related ac-cidents are also more perilous in damage and loss of lives. Therefore, in common railway security systems, more strivings are required for strengthening the safety. Moreover, manual observing of the tracks is actually impracticable and unreliable. Thus, to avoid collisions and allow a better communication between train, central control headquarters, and passengers, this paper, being focused in establishing an automated railway security prototype model using advanced electronic circuits, a communication module, and the proposed mobile interfaces. It is established on an Arduino UNO embedded platform to introduce automatic control crossing gates, switching train tracks and detecting line cracks with the aid of electronic sensors like IR sharp sensor, ultrasonic sensor, and gyroscopes. Moreover, by employing the web camera, the operator of the control room could get real status updating and have a continuous behavior monitoring during the train journey. Thus, the railway gate could be highly controlled so the road traffic will be wholly prophesied. Especially on dangerous trips, the train is supported by the developed dummy car which can detect and monitor any causes of risks on the railway lines and send that fault to the concerned authority. To offer different services for drivers and passengers, the proposed Android applications are responsible for obtaining the sensed data through the Bluetooth module and broadcasting urgent data to the control room. As the accuracy of automated operations is usually more accurate than manual operations, fatal errors due to human mistakes could be easily limited. Thus, compared to related systems, the proposed automatic railway security system which is cost-effective will be robust enough to facilitate much safety standards to Egypt railways.