An onboard system is provided for operating a rail vehicle having plural drive modes powered by respective power sources, and further having train equipment to implement respective changeovers from any one of the drive modes to any other of the drive modes. The onboard system has a train management system configured to issue command signals to the train equipment to implement the changeovers. The onboard system further has signalling equipment configured to send changeover telegrams to the train management system, the changeover telegrams alerting the train management system that the rail vehicle is at a track position at which a changeover from one of the drive modes to another of the drive modes should be made. The signalling equipment further being configured to store predetermined track positions at which said changeovers should be made. The onboard system further has a beacon reader configured to detect changeover telegrams from trackside electronic beacons and to send the detected changeover telegrams to the signalling equipment. The onboard system further has a tracking system configured to obtain tracking data which are updated rail vehicle positions or which are data from which updated rail vehicle positions are derivable by the signalling equipment, and to send the tracking data to the signalling equipment. The signalling equipment is further configured: to relay the changeover telegrams from the beacon reader on to the train management system, to identify updated rail vehicle positions that coincide with any of the stored predetermined track positions, to generate further changeover telegrams on the basis of the identified rail vehicle positions, and to send the further changeover telegrams on to the train management system.
ONBOARD SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A RAIL VEHICLE
BORDSYSTEM ZUM BETREIBEN EINES SCHIENENFAHRZEUGS
SYSTÈME DE BORD POUR FAIRE FONCTIONNER UN VÉHICULE FERROVIAIRE
2024-03-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
European Patent Office | 2025
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