Title :
Docklands light railway
Author_Institution :
GEC Transportation Projects Ltd., Manchester, UK
fDate :
5/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Docklands Light Railway is a fully automatic light rail system that has recently been commissioned in the London Docklands Development Area in East London, UK. This paper describes the electrical and mechanical systems of the railway.
Keywords :
centralised control; microcomputer applications; railways; transport computer control; City of London; DLR; Docklands Development Area; Docklands Light Railway; articulated vehicles; central computer system; fully automatic electrically powered light railway; monitoring; on-board microprocessors; railway control; regulation; stored route data;
Journal_Title :
Electric Power Applications, IEE Proceedings B
DOI :
10.1049/ip-b:19870019
