Class Presentation

Name of Topic
Railway Station & Yards

By:
Student Name :- Mudassir & Akshay
Class
(University Roll No :- 140 & 1506707

Under the Supervision of:

Name of Faculty :- Narinder Singh
Designation :- HOD
Name of Department :- Civil Engg
GGS College of Modern Technology,
Date (DD/MM/YY) : Kharar.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

 Purpose of Railway Stations
 For exchange of 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 direction on a single track

 For attaching and removing wagons and compartment's

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 Site Selection of Station

 Drainage

 Water Supply

 Future Allowances

 Gradient

 Location or Horizontal Alignment

 Vertical Alignment

 Accessibility

 Visibility

 Facilities

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 Classification of Railway Station

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 Railway Yards

 The railway yards are broadly classified as under

1. Passenger yards

2. Goods yards

3. Marshalling yards

4. Locomotive yards

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 Railway Yards

 PASSENGER YARDS

The main function of passenger yards is to provide facilities for the safe movement of
passengers and passenger bogies. Passenger platforms are used as passenger
yards

 GOODS YARDS

The yards which are provided for receiving, loading and unloading the goods and for
the movement of goods vehicles, are called goods yards.

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 Railway Yards

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 Railway Yards

 MARSHALLING YARDS

The arrangement made with an elaborate set of sidings for sorting of wagons at
important stations according to traffic requirements, is called marshalling yard. Goods
tarins are marshaled so that wagons are placed in the order of the stations at which
these are to be detached. Marshalling yards are provided only at important junction
stations which act as distributing centre for various destinations. The important
functions of a marshalling yard are: reception, sorting and departure.

 LOCOMOTIVE YARDS

The yards in which locomotives are housed for servivng and alos for coaling,
watering, reoairing, oiling, cleaning etc are called locomotive yards. Loco yards are
generally constructed on the same sides as the marshalling yard.

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 Characteristics

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 Real Life Examples and Applications

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 Benefits

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 Future Scope

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 References

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Thanks.