This project demonstrated that the major suppliers of signaling equipment for the North American railroads could modify their existing safety-critical equipment to support operation of a vital interoperable positive train control system based on signaling principles developed over many decades. This project was undertaken to show a set of interoperability standards developed and maintained through an industry professional organization, such as the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA), could be implemented. Interoperability is important as trains frequently travel across multiple territories operated by other railroads.
Interoperable Communications-Based Signaling as a Basis for Positive Train Control. Research Results
2009
4 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Railroad Transportation , Metropolitan Rail Transportation , Common Carrier & Satellite , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Communication and radio systems , Railway signals , Positive train control , Communications based signaling , Railroads , Rail transit interoperability , Processor based equipment , Signaling principles , Multiple territories
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