REPORT OF EDUCATIONAL VISIT
To
BARAMATI-RAILWAY STATION
Class: TE (Civil)
(Date: - 23th Sept 2013)
TIME- 11.15 TO 1.15 PM
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The Department of Civil Engineering of Vidya Pratishthan’s College of Engineering organized
educational visit to ‘Baramati Railway Station, Dist.- Pune for 78 T.E. Civil Engineering students to study
different aspects of Railway Engineering. Visit was organized as per Pune University guidelines and
recommendations regarding syllabus of IECT for T.E Civil Engineering.
Visit was organized with the prior permission and under guidance of honourable Dr. S. B.
Deosarkar Sir (Principal, VPCOE), Prof. G. N. Narule (Head of Civil Engg Dept), by the initiative and
hard efforts of Class teacher of T.E Civil Prof. D. G. Patil (Subject teacher) & Prof. Ms. S. B. Walke.
Station Master Mr. Sinha Sir kindly permitted us for Visit and guided very well during the visit by
explaining and showing every Part and operation. Mr. Lokhande helped us to do all operations like
Changing of Track, applying Brakes.
Students left the VPCOE Campus for visit on 23 Sept 2013 at 11.15 am. Students carefully studied
and observed the different Parts of Railway Track, Rails, Sleepers, Ballast, Station and Points, Crossings,
Turnouts with their operations.
Staff with students at Railway station
We studied following different Components and operations of Railway during visit.
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Signaling system
Turnout table
Rail break(air break type)
Component part of permanent way.
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Location of Baramati railway station
Station Name : BARAMATI Railway Station
Station Code : BRMT
Junction Name : PUNE JN
Railway Zone : CENTRAL RAILWAY
State Name
: MAHARASHTRA
Division
: Pune
Elevation
: 553 m
Baramati Railway Station is Located in Maharashtra in Pune district. It belongs to Central Railway; Pune
Jn. Stations on Daund route are Katphal, Sirsuphal. Near By major Railway Station are Pune Jn and
Daund. Total 4 no. of trains come daily. It has a single platform approximately 200 meter long. It’s a last
station for the trains coming on that route.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=18.153651&lon=74.578296&z=17&m=h
Location of Baramati Railway Station
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History :Baramati railway station was established in 1911. It connects Pune via. Daund junction. It is terminal
railway station. Rao Bahadur Godbole has inaugurated this station in 1911. It had a narrow gauge at that
time which is converted to broad gauge now. It has single track and a siding for moving the locomotive to
join otherside of train. At this station loading and unloading of goods such as fertilizers, cements , fodder,
grains etc. is done.
Entry of Railway Station
1. Signal system:Signaling consists of the system, devices and means by which trains are operated efficiently and tracks are
used to maximum extent, maintaining the safety of passengers. It includes the use and working of signals,
points, block instrument and other equipment.
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OBJECTIVES OF SIGNALING: •
To provide facilities for the efficient movement of trains.
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To ensure safety between two or more trains which cross or approach each other’s path.
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To provide facilities for maximum utility of track.
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To guide the trains movement during maintenance and repair.
Signaling devices
Various instruments like Battery in red and green colors light, flag, etc are used for providing signals to
move trains.
Sr.no
Colour of flag / light
Meaning of signals
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Red flag / light
STOP
2
Green flag / light
PROCEED
3
Yellow light
PROCEED COUTIOUSLY
Location characteristics
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In view of position where the signals are located , they can be divided into following categories:
1) Reception signals: The signals which control the reception of trains into a station are called
reception signals.
2) Departure signals : The signals which control the dispatch of trains from the station are known as
departure signal
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2. Turnout table:It is connection system which is used to divert the train from one track to another track. If the train is
diverted to the right hand side, it known as right hand turnout. On the other hand if the train is diverted to
the left hand side, it is known as left hand side turnout.
Turn out
At Baramati station, there are two turnouts. In which one is operated by physical method and other by
electrically operated mechanism.
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Handle used for rotational movement during Turn out operation
Turn Out
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Turnout consist of facing direction, trailing direction, stretcher bars, L. H. Switch, R. H. Switch , distance
block , check rails , lead rails , angle of crossing which can be seen in below given figure.
Turn Out
Turn Out
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At the place of turn out Mr. Lokhande showed us the working mechanism of diverting the track.
Therefore, we could easily understand the proper working of turnout.
3. Rail brake (Air brake type):
It’s a advance type of braking system used in trains. To increase the safety of the passengers and smooth
stopping of trains this braking system has proved efficient. In these brakes the pressurized air is released
and the air releasing valves are opened due to which the brakes are applied.
Working of brake
Ttank in which the pressurized air is stored.
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4) Component part of permanent way.
Rail gauge:The clear horizontal distance between top of the inner faces of two rails on the railway track is called as
“rail gauge”.
The Common Gauges Used By Indian Railways:
1) Broad Gauge
(B.G.)
2) Meter Gauge
(M.G.)
3) Narrow Gauge
(N.G.)
At Baramati station there is a use of Broad gauge having gauge distance of 1.676 m.
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In this image we can see the comparison all types of gauges with their respective gauge distances.
Factors Affecting Selection of Gauge:
 Funds Availability: For the railway project.
 Cost of Construction.
 Volume of Traffic: Heavy or light.
 Revenue Generation: Whether prospect is more or less.
 Intensity of Population: Thick or thin population.
 Topography of the Country.
 Prospect of Future Development.
Rails :
The trains run on the vertical I-sections made up of steel and these sections are called as rails. The rails are
fixed with each other by means of rail fastenings and are rested on sleepers which are laid in right angles
to them. The rail section consists of three components viz. head, web, and foot.
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Depending upon these three components of rail section, there are three types of rails.
1) Double Headed
2) Bull Headed
3) Flat Footed
At Baramati Railway Station Flat Footed Rails Are Used.
Station Master Mr. Sinha sir explaining Railway features
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Rail fastenings: rail fastenings are the tools which are used to connect rails to sleepers, joining one rail to
other rails.
Types Of Rail Fastenings
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Fish Plates
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Spikes
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Bolts
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Chairs And Keys
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Bearing Plates
Fish plate
Spikes
Dog spikes
Screw spikes
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Bolts
Sleepers
Railway sleeper is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the
rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and sub grade, hold the rails upright, and keep them spaced to
the correct gauge.
Concrete sleepers
Function of Sleepers
1.
Maintain Alignment
2.
Load Distribution
3.
Holding The Rails
4.
Absorb Vibration
5.
Maintain proper Super Elevations
6.
Stability of Permanent Way
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Cast iron sleepers
Ballast:
The material placed in-between the sleeper and the top of the formation is known as ballast. The load from
wheels of train ultimately comes to ballast through rails and sleepers. it is a foundation of railway track
and it is placed just below the sleepers.
Railway Ballast in the form of aggregate
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Connection of two Bogies - Shunting
Students during visit to Train
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Wheel with its inner flange
Tongue Rail & Pandrol clip.
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Block system.
Operational system of tracks
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Students FeedbackSite visit was very successful. Students could study different components of Railway and could see
different operations such as Changing of Track and applying brakes etc. Station is very nearby to College
and it is very helpful to correlate Theory and Practical applications.
We are extremely thankful to our honourable Principal Prof. Dr. S. B Deosarkar Sir for permitting us for
this site visit and constant encouragement. We are thankful of Station Master Mr. Sinha Sir who kindly
guided students and demonstrated all the operations.
Report Prepared By:-
Prof. Dilip G. Patil and following TE (Civil) Students1) Maske Umesh A .
3) Khalate Bharat S.
2) Kamble Vishal V.
4) Kudale Chaitanya M
5) Kaldate Abhijit S.
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