Do Natural Magnetic Fields Disturb Railway Telemetry?

Author

Ptitsyna, N.G. ; Tyasto, M.I. ; Kassinskii, V.V. ; Lyakhov, N.N. ; Villoresi, G.

Author_Institution

Russian Acad. of Sci.

fYear

2007

fDate

26-29 June 2007

Firstpage

288

Lastpage

290

Abstract

Intense geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) can hamper rail traffic by disturbing signaling and train control systems. Objective of this report is to study possible influence of geomagnetic conditions on mid-latitude railway and to perform a statistical study in addition to previous case studies. In this work we analyze 3916 false operations (anomalies) of automatic signaling and train control equipment, occurred in 2004 on the mid-latitude East Siberian Railway (latitudes: 51-56 N; longitudes: 96-114 E). Our results revealed links between geomagnetic disturbances and anomalies in the operation of railway automatics and telemetry.

Keywords

magnetic fields; magnetic storms; railway safety; telemetry; automatic signaling; geomagnetic conditions; geomagnetic disturbances; geomagnetically induced currents; mid-latitude railway telemetry; rail traffic; train control equipment; train control systems; Control equipment; Control systems; Earth; Geomagnetism; Magnetic fields; Rail transportation; Signal analysis; Space technology; Storms; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electromagnetic Ecology, 2007 7th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Saint-Petersburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1270-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1270-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMCECO.2007.4371713

Filename

4371713