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Akhilesh Yadav

India

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Expertise

Questions related with railroad/Railway engineering, signal and communications systems, automatic train control and train protection systems. Design, Testing & engineering related with with railroad signals and communications projects.

Experience in the area

17 years with railroad signals and communication systems.

Organizations

Atkins Rail, Indian Railways

Education/Credentials

Bachelor of Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India. website- www.mnnit.ac.in

What do you like about this subject?

Railway is the future of public transport. It is the safest mode of modern transport systems and has the best possible fuel efficiency vis-a-vis other modes like road/air. Trains are going to be an essential part of a carbon free world.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

There is so much to learn in the world of railway systems specially in todays world when so many innovations and projects are going on world over to make Rail transport fastest, cheapest, safest and most environment friendly mode of transport.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Transport accounts for approximately 25 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and needs far most attention in the climate change combat! To compare environmental impact of mode choices you make on a daily basis, please visit: http://www.uic.asso.fr/uic/spip.php?article552

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Initial cost of infrastructure is high. System is quite complex with multiple departments required to co-operate & be all efficient at the same time to make the trains run on time.

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Recent Answers from Akhilesh Yadav

2009-07-17 Markings:

Generally distance should not be less than infringement dimensions of Railroad stock running on the rails plus a safety margin decided by safety authorities of railroad/highway. Have a look at this link:-

2009-07-16 Breaking system:

Kunal, The kinetic energy in most of vehicles in use goes waste as heat while braking. But Recent developments in regenerative braking systems have made it possible to convert that energy into electricity

2009-05-25 Track sidings:

Wayne, Length of siding is a highly variable parameter depending on user needs. Siding could be as long as many kilometers and could be as short as 100m. It would be difficult to identify average length

2008-10-17 signs on a platform:

Mark, These are signs and indicators used for coordination between various parties involved in train dispatch from a platform. There are various railway staff at platform observing that passengers

2008-09-28 railroad crossing gate:

The crossing arrangement and hence sequence of operation and timing differs from country to country and even within different parts of the same country. For US systems, as I can see from the relevant manual

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