Chapter: Civil : Railway Airport Harbour Engineering : Railway Engineering : Railway Stations and Yards
Railway Station Platforms
Station Platforms
Station platforms are provided
for the entraining and detraining of passengers. Platforms can be rail-level,
low-level, or high-level platforms depending upon the expected passenger
traffic at each station. The general policy of Indian Railways is to provide
high-level platforms at all important main line stations, low-level platforms at
less important main line stations, and rail-level platforms at unimportant
wayside stations.
The height of rail level
platforms coincides with the rail level, low-level platforms lie at a height of
455 mm (1'-6 "), and high-level platforms lie at a height of
760 mm to 840 mm (2'-6 " to 2'-9 ") in
the case of BG lines and 305 mm to 405 mm (1'-0 " to 1'-4
") in the case of MG lines. Other details of these platforms are
given in Table 26.1.
Table
26.1 Important
features of passenger and goods platforms
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