USE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS IN SIGNALLING. SYSTEM STRUCTURES FOR ACHIEVING SAFETY IN THE SIGNALLING TECHNIQUE - INTRODUCTION

The report gives a review of the possible system structures through which safety can be achieved when using electronic circuits, such as process computers, in railway signalling.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric circuits; Electronic components; Fail safe systems; Reliability; Risk analysis; Traffic signal control systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Circuit failure; Question a118; Signal systems
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052728
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: A118/RP 5/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM