PTC offers the promise of significant potential benefits in railroad safety, capacity, and efficiency. However, PTC reveals new and much more complex design issues than those encountered with conventional train control systems. This is largely because a PTC system comprises a large, distributed, real-time communications, control, and mobile computing network that embodies and enforces many of the railroad operating rules. This report summarizes key issues encountered in developing the vital NAJPTC system along with solutions, rationale, and results. The unique experiences gained from this project have benefited other PTC projects and have led to the inception of subsequent projects to further address issues identified.
North American Joint: Positive Train Control Project
2009
84 pages
Report
No indication
English
Railroad Transportation , Transportation Safety , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Railroad industry , Benefits , Costs , Railroad safety , Design , Implementation , Moving block , Railroad capacity , Railroad efficiency , Operating rules , Economic analysis , Positive Train Control (PTC) , Train control systems , North American Joint Positive Train Control (NAJPTC) , Communications-based train control (CBTC)
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