Rethinking railroad safety and efficiency

This article describes the design of a Virtual Centralized Traffic Control (VCTC) system for Egyptian National Railways that integrates proven traffic control and traffic management with the expanded functionality of Positive Train Control (PTC). VCTC expands traditional CTC with its use of the locomotive as a mobile node to continually update train position and speed data. The author details the project's design objectives for each of the traffic control, traffic management and safety enforcement components.

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• Authors:
  • Lindsey, Ron
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 30-32, 34
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 214
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Centralized traffic control; Intelligent transportation systems; Locomotives; Positive train control; Railroad safety; Railroad signaling
• Geographic Terms: Egypt
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01491502
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 2013 12:26PM