25-10-2014, 10:12 AM
Abstracts: The problem of transferring handicapped or old people is as old as the transportation system itself. Earlier and even now they are transferred by many old methods like on wheelchairs or with the help of sticks. But all these methods are time consuming and slow and also don’t have any provision for carrying the luggage. These methods are good in general use, but on platforms these cannot be used as these methods will complicate the transportation and will disrupt the free movement of the people on platforms. So here our aim is to design a system or device which will be able to transfer the handicapped people/old people/pregnant lady from one platform to another, within the given constraints and should also comply with the society’s exiting conditions. The system may be semi-manually driven or semi-automatic or may be fully automatic. The rotating railway platform will be the convenient option in transferring people from one platform to another. So we are designing the system that is reliable in transferring the people from one platform to another without any disrupt to the current railway system. This system will alternately reduce any accident that may occur with the current system. Also it will be easy way to transfer the luggage. The system we have designed uses the rotating footbridge that becomes the platform when the train arrives and when the train departs it automatically becomes the foot bridge.