SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (1615404) TOPIC: RAILWAY ENGINEERING (STATION AND YARDS) BRANCH: CIVIL ENGG. SEMESTER: 4TH LEVEL: DIPLOMA PREPARED BY: RAJKISHOR, LECTURER (CIVIL ENGG) Track Junction The arrangement which is made for transferring a train from one track to the other, is called Track Junction. This is generally of following types: • Cross Over • Scissor Cross • Diagonal Crossing • Triangular Crossing

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Stretcher Bar

Layout of Cross Over Layout of Scissor Cross or Acute Crossing Layout of Diamond Crossing or Obtuse Crossing Layout of Triangular Crossing Railway Station A railway station is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight or both. It generally consists of at least one track-side platform and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales, waiting rooms and baggage/ freight service. Stations may be at ground level, underground or elevated.

Factors affecting selection of site for railway station are: • It should be at affordable distance from the localities. • It should have proper approach road connecting nearby areas. • Fairly level ground is preferred. • Sufficient land availability for future expansion and development. Requirement of Railway Station

• The arrangement for controlling the movement of trains by signal. • Sufficient space available for receiving, sorting and dispatching the trains. • Sufficient no. of platform for passengers and handling goods. • Arrangement for inspection and maintenance of tracks • Water columns • Easy and comfortable approach roads • Waitting halls and retiring rooms. • Guide map of city for separate arrival and departure of trains. • Booking office for issuing tickets and for goods. • Name board of the station. • Staffroom • Arrangement of drinking water, WCs and bathroom. • Suitable light arrangement. • An enquiry office • Security guard room.

Type of Railway Station Railway stations are classified under three categories: • Way-side Station: These type of stations are located on running lines. These allow faster train to overtake a slower train. For this, loop line and siding are provided. Way-side stations are of three types- Halt Station, Flag Station & Cross Station. Way-Side Station in Single Line • Junction Station: In this type of stations, lines from three or more directions meet. The junction has minimum of one main line & one branch line.

• Terminal Station: The dead end of incoming track or the station at which railway line ends or terminate, is called terminal station.

Junction Station Terminal Station Station Yards

• Station yards: It is a place on the track where train stops for clearing passengers and goods traffic.

• Types of Station yards: 1. Passenger bogie yard 2. Goods Yard 3. Locomotive Yard 4. Marshalling Yard • Passenger Bogie Yard: The main objectives of this yard are- . To provide safe movement of passengers. . To provide facilities like banking, enquiry, waiting place for passengers etc. • Goods Yard: The goods yard facilitates the receiving, loading, unloading, delivery of goods. • Locomotive Yard: The yard where all facilities of maintenance like cooling, watering, repairing, oiling, cleaning etc. are provided for locomotive are called locomotive yard.

• Requirement of Locomotive Yard: . It should be properly arranged so that maintenance work can be done smoothly. . It must be located near passenger or good yard. . There should be facility of hydraulic jack. . It should be provided with locoshed, water column and fuel platform. . It should have sufficient space for future expansion.

• Marshalling Yard: . In this yard from different lines, empty wagons are received. . These trains are separated, sorted for different destination and dispatched to respective destination. . Types of Marshalling yards- Hump yard, Gravitational Yard & Flat Yard.

WATER COLUMN

. Water columns are provided for supply of water to locomotives. . It consists of vertical pipe and attached with either horizontal or swan neck pipe with movable adjustment as shown in figure.

Water Column