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Stations and Yards of Railway
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- 2. For exchangeof passengers and goods. For control of train movements. For taking fuels and water for locomotives. For changing engines and running staff. To allow trains to cross from opposite directions on a single track. For attaching and removing wagons and compartments.
- 3. 1. Drainage 2. WaterSupply 3. Future Allowances 4. Gradient 5. Location or Horizontal Alignment 6. Vertical Alignment 7. Accessibility 8. Visibility 9. Facilities
- 4. Public Requirements (i) Bookingoffice (ii) Platform (iii) Waiting room (iv) Arrangements for drinking water (v) Retiring Room (vi) Replacement Room (vii)Sanitary arrangement (viii)Lighting Arrangement (ix) Enquiry office (x) Public telephone (xi) Name boards of station (xii)Clock room Traffic Requirements (i) Machines for dating tickets (ii) Weighing machine (iii) Controlling and recording arrangement for movement of trains (iv) Sufficient number of sidings (v) Suitable platform for loading, unloading and storing of goods Requirement of Locomotive (i) Arrangement for supplying fuel, water to engines (ii) Arrangement for clearing and examining the locomotives (iii) Arrangement for inspecting vehicles (iv) Turn table (v) Residential accommodation waiting room for loco staff General Requirements (i) Suitable approach road to the station (ii) Provision of clocks showing correct time (iii) Availability of coolies on the platform
- 5. Classification Based on OperationalCharacteristics Classification Based on Functional Characteristics (a) Block stations (b) Non block stations (c) Special class stations (a) Wayside stations (b) Junction Stations (c) Terminal Stations
- 6. Block Stations Class ‘A’Station Class ‘B’ StationClass ‘C’ Station
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- 9. Wayside Stations Halt Station FlagStationCrossing Station
- 10. Layout of aWayside Station on Single LineLayout of a Wayside Station on Double Line TrackLayout of a Wayside Station on Triple Line Track
- 11. Junction Stations At junctionstation, special arrangements are made to fulfill the following requirements: (a) To facilitate the interchange of traffic between main and branch lines. (b) To change the direction of engines. (c) To reair and clean the train.
- 12. Terminal Stations At terminalstation following facilitates are provided: (a) Turn-table or triangle for changing the direction of the engine. (b) Fueling, watering and cleaning of engine. (c) For dealing with good traffic.
- 13. Station yards systemsof tracks laid within limits for various purposes like receiving, storing, making up trains etc. over which movement of trains is controlled by prescribed rules, regulations and signals.
- 14. Passenger Yards Following arethe main requirements of a passenger yard: (i) Ticket booking office, enquire office, cloak room and luggage booking room. (ii) Signals for receiving both up and down trains. (iii) Space for parking all kinds of vehicles outside the station. (iv) Signals for departure of trains. (v) Facilities for passing a through-train at full speed without any interference. (vi) Sufficient numbers of passenger platforms. (vii) Sufficient number of siding with platforms. (viii) Sufficient number of washing lines, sick lines and stabling lines. (ix) Facilities for charging of train batteries.
- 15. Goods Yards Following arethe main requirements of a goods yard: (i) Goods platforms for loading and unloading of goods. (ii) Approach roads to each platform for movement of trucks. (iii) Sufficient number of godowns for storing goods. (iv) Cranes for loading and unloading of heavy goods. (v) Weighing machine for weighing of goods. (vi) Loading gauge to check the height and width of loaded wagon. (vii) Booking office for booking of goods. (viii) Gathering line taking off the main line or loop line with number of parallel dead end sidings with buffer stops.
- 16. Marshalling Yards The followingare the drawbacks of marshaling yard: (i) Traffic congestion at approaches to the yard due of continuous shunting work in the yard. (ii) Delay in transit of wagons. (iii)Damage of wagons while shunting.
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- 18. Locomotive Yards The followingare the main requirement of a locomotive yard: (i) It should be located near passenger yard and goods yard. (ii) It should have sick siding for engines. (iii) It should have facilities like ash pits, inspection pits, turn table, engine shed, hydraulic jack etc. (iv) It should have space and equipments for loading fuel in engines. (v) It should have overhead tank for supply of water. (vi) It should have space for future expansion.