GPS and Ethernet based real time train tracking system

Abstract

Currently, a very important issue around the world is to track traffic violations and the resulting accidents, particularly in the railways sector. It is felt that this issue will be under control if somebody could properly monitor/track the individual trains. But this is not possible by individuals manually and so tracking of trains using a special device integrated in the train seems to be a possibility. This integrated device would then warn the train driver to drive safely and also enable periodically updating its location status in a remote controller. In this paper we propose such a real time train tracking system using the global positioning system (GPS) and communication of information through Ethernet Concepts. The system proposed enables communicating the real time information about the train position and also its health conditions based on few sensors attached/integrated. The proposed system would also provide with the complete information about the different trains running, in the video terminal of the controller, using the available internet facilities and the Google mapping Concepts. This proposed system uses a Arduino - A Electronic open Source hardware which provides the complete computation capability for this work. It is felt that this proposed system would provide a solution for a big organization like Indian railways to enable monitoring all their train movements in one place by using internet or through various LAN networks. The locations/positions of all individual vehicles are mapped using their IP addresses, in the Google map wherein each point in the Google map plotted provides the current information about the trains and also the Drivers Alcohol status, max speed, GPS Co-ordinates etc. The design details are provided in the paper.