The document discusses the infrastructure, operations, and facilities required for efficient railport design and management. It covers maintenance of tracks, signals, electricity supply and rolling stock. It also describes coach washing, locomotive fueling, train operations including dispatching and shunting. Key passenger facilities like security, catering, ticketing, tourism and staff amenities are outlined. The case study of Chennai Central station provides specific examples of implementation.

1. RAILPORT DESIGN

2. 1. INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATION & MAINTENANCE:
-OHE (Over Head Electricals) operation and maintenance.
-Signal operation and maintenance.
-Track maintenance.
-Electricity supply for Traction, Signal, Coach and locomotive
maintenance depot area.
LITERATURE STUDY

3. 2. COACH MAINTENANCE :
• Washing Line Operation
• Sick Line Operation
• Watering of coaches
• Pre-cooling and battery charging of coaches in platform lines and washing and
stabling lines.
• Toilet discharge collection facilities
LITERATURE STUDY

4. 3.LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION:
• Fuelling of locomotives
• Locomotive out pit operation and maintenance
• Attaching/detaching locomotive
LITERATURE STUDY

5. 1.TRAIN OPERATION:
• Train reception/Dispatch
• Traction changing
• Placement/removal of coaching rake in/from washing lines
and stabling lines including releasing of rake by TXR
• Shunting operation including loco movement
LITERATURE STUDY

6. 2. Train Services
• Provision for fire extinguishers, stretcher, first aid box to the guard
• Battery store
• Posting of charts and delivery of chart to train conductor
• Feeding of Platform nomination in Coach Guidance system
• Handling of driver /guard boxes
• Electrician’s room
• Switch room
LITERATURE STUDY

7. 3. SECURITY & SAFETY:
• Security of Railway installations
• Crime prevention/control
• Access control systems including passenger check point
• Security surveillance system
• Fire safety
• Luggage & parcel scanners.
• Cloak room
LITERATURE STUDY

8. 4. SUPPORTING SPACES:
• Porting area
• Trolley storage
• Break even equipment
• Main store & sub store
• Waiting areas & halls
• Refreshment rooms
• Public toilets
LITERATURE STUDY

9. 1. INFORMATION SYSTEM:
• Coaching operation Information system
• Coach cabinet office working
• Announcements on Passenger Address (PA) system
• Train Enquiry
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10. 2. TICKETING/BOOKING:
• Parcel booking
• Unreserved/reserved ticketing
• Luggage booking
• Ticket Checking
• Sorting room
• Room for chief booking surveyor
• Cash
• Stocks
• Office of head ticket collector
LITERATURE STUDY

11. 3. TOURISM & CATERING:
• On-board Catering including base-kitchen and servicing
facilities for onboard catering.
• Bed-roll storage and services to AC
coaches in trains (both originating and terminating).
• Specified catering stalls, book stalls &miscellaneous passenger
related stall in the passenger in the platforms/ concourse area.
• Tourist reception center management
• Yatri Niwas and budget hotels built by railways
• Supply and distribution of bottle drinking water
• Food courts, catering stalls of IRCTC relocated in the
redeveloped station.
• Dispensary
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12. LITERATURE STUDY

13. 4. PARCEL ACTIVITES:
• Parcel handling
• Activities of SLR (Seat cum Luggage Rack) lease holders.
• Office& storage for mail service
5. RAILWAY STAFF SERVICE:
• Maintenance and cleaning of railway staff office
• Crew running room management including house keeping,
maintenance & catering.
• Rest rooms for staff, Porters, Ticket collection train drivers &
Guards.
LITERATURE STUDY

14. LIVE CASE STUDY

15. LIVE CASE STUDY
CHENNAI CENTRAL
 Coach car washing room (near platforms)
 Washing line (near platforms)
 Sick line (Separate track leading to LOCO)
 Toilet discharge collection (mostly done by workers)
 Over Head Electricals Maintenance ( done manually)
 Signal operation room ( for each platform)
 Railway track maintenance (done manually)

16. LIVE CASE STUDY
CHENNAI CENTRAL
1. SECURITY SYSTEM:
 CCTV Monitoring rooms (Concourse)
 Bomb squad ( at platform 1 near admin spaces)
 Luggage parcel scanners (Entry check point)
 Cloak room ( waiting areas)
 Police booth ( Entry check point , waiting areas , platform, parking)

17. 2. RAILWAY SERVICES:
 Porting area (concourse level)
 Ladies A/C dormitories (first floor)
 Waiting halls :
1) Concourse level -243 seats
2) Pre paid waiting halls-84 seats attached with toilets
3) First floor- A/c retiring rooms& waiting halls attached with toilets
 Public toilets – 5 IC/ 1 WC / 2 Wash basins ( 2 IC/2WC for physically challenged)
 Shuttle service ( concourse level)
LIVE CASE STUDY
CHENNAI CENTRAL

18. LIVE CASE STUDY
CHENNAI CENTRAL
3. OTHER SERVICES:
 Fire extinguishers hoes in platforms and at base kitchen
 Train running room
 Electrician’s room
 Switch room

19. LIVE CASE STUDY
CHENNAI CENTRAL
1.ADMIN: ( Spaces are located in platform no.1)
 Store rooms
 Contractor rooms
 Staff rooms attached with toilets
 Cash chest room
 Catering inspector room
 Loco inspector room
2. PARCEL ACTIVITIES: ( Spaces are located in platform no.1)
 Office & storage rooms for mail service
 Exports despatch counter

20. LIVE CASE STUDY
CHENNAI CENTRAL
3. CATERING&TOURISM:
 Base kitchen (located in platform 1 with other admin spaces)
 Bed roll section (platform 1 & concourse level)
 Linen section (concourse level)
 Restaurants(concourse level)
 ATM (concourse level)
 Book stalls & exhibition centre (concourse)
 Drinking water taps (platforms , waiting areas)
 Tourist management centre (concourse)
 Public utility cell ( waiting areas)
 Medical shops and Emergency Medical centre (concourse)

21. LIVE CASE STUDY
CHENNAI CENTRAL

22. LIVE CASE STUDY

23. LIVE CASE STUDY
 Signalling room (platform)- end of the platform
 UPS room (concourse level)- adjacent to signalling & telecommunication
room
 Refuse ( ground level)
 Water supply & Drainage system (platform level)
 Chilling cooling plant room ( Ground level)
 Over Track Exhaust shaft (Platform)

24. LIVE CASE STUDY
 TVS room (Tunnel Ventilation System – on concourse or platform level)
 Tunnel ventilation is provided for the following reasons:
1) Remove the pressure during the operation of train
2) Removal of smoke during fire
3) Ventilation during maintenance period
4) For smoke free evacuation
 Tunnel ventilation exhaust shaft ( a shaft provided at the each end of the
station from ground to concourse level)
 Tunnel ventilation supply shaft ( a shaft provided at the each end of the
station from ground to concourse level)
 Mechanical Equipment room ( TVS control, AHU room – concourse level)

26. LIVE CASE STUDY
 Station control room (concourse level)-accessible from the non paid area
 Ticketing room (concourse level)
 Ticket store room (concourse level)
 Audit & cash room (concourse level)
 Public toilets (concourse level , platforms)
 Janitor’s room ( attached to toilets)
 Lunch room ( with other admin spaces)
 Staff toilets ( concourse level)
 Tele communication (concourse level near station control room)

27. LIVE CASE STUDY
 Entry check point (concourse level)
 AFC gates (Auto Fare Collection gates – located adjacent to ticket counters)
 Automatic Vending machine ( concourse and platform level)
 Ticket Vending machine ( un paid area)
 ATM (concourse level , platform level)
 Firemen emergency staircase ( 4 staircases with toilets in central metro)