An ETCS design is installed on a railway 20 to overlay an existing signalling system. Timestamped data is logged on a train 31 and at a trackside train detection system (e.g. track circuit, axle counter or interlocking (6,Fig.1)). Data logged by the train indicates time of detection, identity and location of multiple balises 25-30, and is analysed to determine the distance between them. Data logged by the trackside system indicates the time when the front of the train passed through a track section boundary T1-T3. Data logged by the train and trackside system are correlated based on the timestamps and used to determine the location of each balise relative to a track section boundary. If the inter-balise distance and the relative locations are within expected tolerances of the ETCS design, then that design is verified. The train may be ETCS-compliant. It may additionally log accelerometer and elevation data and use this to verify track gradient and geometry data from the balises.


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    Title :

    Method of verifying an ETCS (European Train Control System) design


    Contributors:
    MARK THOMAS (author)

    Publication date :

    2025-04-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC



    METHOD OF VERIFYING AN ETCS (EUROPEAN TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM) DESIGN

    THOMAS MARK | European Patent Office | 2025

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