Advanced Train Control Systems

This special volume on Advanced Train Control Systems (ATCS) consists of selected papers from the highly successful COMPRAIL conference series on railways and other transit systems. Advanced Train Control Systems are playing an important role in improving the efficiency and safety of train operation, acting as their "brains and nerves." Computer-based ATCS's make railways more reliable and safer. Normally, these systems consist of four parts: the central control system; the station control systems and wayside systems; the on-board control systems; and the communication network, including mobile communication. From the point of view of the whole lifecycle, an ATCS includes design and development; re-design for a special line application; simulation verification and testing; and safety assessment of the system and subsystems. These concepts are known to those who are familiar with typical ATCS such as ETCS, CTCS for main line railways and CBTC for transit systems. Cover 1 Advanced Train Control Systems 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Preface 8 CTCS-Chinese Train Control System 10 Re-signalling with communications-based train control - New York City Transit's recipe for success 18 Fully digitalized ATC (Automatic Train Control) system of integrated functions of train-protection and interlocking 28 Automatic train control system for the Shinkansen utilizing digital train radio 36 CBTC (Communication Based Train Control): system and development 46 Re-signaling the Paris Line 1: from driver-based to driverless operation 54 Application of communication based Moving Block systems on existing metro lines 64 An algorithm for braking curve calculations in ERTMS train protection systems 74 A new ground-to-train communication system using free-space optics technology 84 Automatic train operation system for the high speed Shinkansen train 94 The opportunity to improve software RAMS 100 ERTMS Level 2: effect on capacity compared with "best practice" conventional signalling 112 Enhanced ETCS_L2/L3 train control system 122 European experiences with ERTMS implementation: the case of the high-speed railway Amsterdam-Antwerp 132 Analysis of braking performance for the definition of emergency braking intervention in ATP systems 142 The impact of GSM-R on railway capacity 152 Author index 162 9781845644949 WIT Press Advanced Train Control Systems are playing an important role in improving the efficiency and safety of train operation, acting as their “brains and nerves.” ATCS needs highly reliable and safe systems using complex computer tools. Normally, these systems consist of the four parts: the central control system; the station control systems and wayside systems; the on-board control systems and the communication network including mobile communication. From the point of view of the whole life cycle, an Advanced Train Control System includes design and development, re-design for a special line application, simulation verification and test, plus safety assessment of the system and subsystems. These concepts are known to those who are familiar with typical advanced train control systems such as ETCS, CTCS for main line railways and CBTC for transit systems. This special volume for Advanced Train Control Systems for signaling engineers, designers, manufactures and operators is comprised of selected papers from Comprail, the most successful series of conferences in the areas of the railways and other transit systems. This volume collects the most significant papers that various authors have submitted in conferences organised by the Wessex institute of Technology on safety and security in order to present the state of the art of research in these areas.