Automatic restart for communication based train control systems

Author

Mirtchev, Anton

Author_Institution

Bombardier Transp., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

16-18 March 2005

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

179

Abstract

Existing, fully automated, communication based train control (CBTC) system designs are facing a significant issue relative to system recovery due to a complete wayside automatic train protection (ATP) computer outage, (i.e. both primary and backup). This paper describes the problems related to CBTC automatic recovery and presents how the problem is handled with the Bombardier* CITYFLO* 450 and 650 automatic train control systems. CITYFLO 450 and 650 designs use additional automatic recovery system called train registry system (TRS). This is an independent vital subsystem that tracks trains and non-initialized vehicles throughout the revenue service area, maintenance area and outside automatically controlled areas. This paper describes TRS basic operation and train detection mechanism.

Keywords

control engineering computing; control system synthesis; design; mechanical engineering computing; railways; system recovery; CBTC automatic recovery; automatic restart; automatic train protection computer outage; communication based train control system design; train detection mechanism; train registry system; Automatic control; Communication system control; Communication system signaling; Control systems; Design engineering; Rail transportation; Road transportation; Switches; System recovery; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rail Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 ASME/IEEE Joint

Print_ISBN

0-7918-3752-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.2005.186075

Filename

1460839