SYNOPSIS: The objective of this paper is to provide an automatic railway gate at a level crossing replacing the gates operated by the gatekeeper. It deals with two things. Firstly, it deals with the reduction of time for which the gate is being kept closed and secondly, to provide safety to the road user by reducing the accidents. When we go through the daily newspapers we come across many railways accidents occurring at unmanned railway crossings. This is due to the carelessness in manual operations or lack of workers and also the collision of two trains due to the same track. This model is implemented using sensor technique. We placed the sensors at a certain distance from the gate detects the approaching train and accordingly controls the operation of the gate. Also an indicator light has been provided to alert the motorists about the approaching train. This type of gate can be employed is an unmanned level crossing where the chances of accidents are higher and reliable operation is required .Since, the operation is automatic, error due to manual operation is prevented. Automatic railway gate control is highly economical microcontroller based arrangement, designed for use in almost all the unmanned level crossings in the country. Keywords – Microcontroller, Automatic Railway Gate, Level Crossing, Sensors, LED.
