Intelligent Rail Sentinel a perspective of Indian Railway

The paper presents a PLC and SCADA-based advanced safety system design for railway signaling and interlocking. While the Indian Railway systems are infrequently beset by issues, a solitary mishap over an extended timeframe might profoundly adversely affect various facets of life and property. These issues can be resolved through the implementation of interlocking and railway signaling systems. In railways, railway personnel continue to supervise the signaling and interlocking systems, which remain partially manual. The implementation of PLC and SCADA can effectively address these challenges. The primary objective of this paper is to examine dispatcher telecommunications with crews, telecommunications with signals governing switchgears, signals monitoring track temperature, and the acquisition and storage of real-time video through CCTV for telecommunications in emergencies and automatic railway gates. The proposed solution depends on PLCs that can execute signaling and interlocking functions automatically. Moreover, these processes can be altered, monitored, and corrected through the use of a SCADA system, hence minimizing human participation and alleviating safety issues.