Title :
Changing track: moving-block railway signalling
Author_Institution :
Docklands Light Railway, London, UK
fDate :
1/18/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The re-equipping of the Docklands Light Railway with a moving-block automatic train control system is a pioneering project that sets new world standards in automated train control. The author outlines the gains and the problems of applying this new technology to a working safety critical system. The system chosen was Seltrac, a transmission based moving block ATC system. The author covers the onboard control, nonvital supervisory control, and safety assurance aspects of Seltrac
Keywords :
railways; rapid transit systems; safety; signalling; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; Docklands Light Railway; Seltrac; automated train control; automatic train control system; moving-block railway signalling; nonvital supervisory control; onboard control; safety assurance; safety critical system; transmission based system;
Journal_Title :
IEE Review
DOI :
10.1049/ir:19960110
