THE EMPLOYMENT OF DATA PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY IN LONG-DISTANCE AND SUBURBAN TRAFFIC SYSTEMS

Data processing equipment in telematic, which is used for controlling and monitoring railway operations, is instrumental in improving the efficiency and quality of a transport service. Such equipment is particularly advantageous where traffic systems are highly complex. Process computers, which are used both for train control and for the supply of traction current, are connected to the process by intelligent data transmission equipment. Computer installations on the railway system are organized in hierarchical form. On the line, they take over the monitoring of train routes and in the traffic control centres, the management of resources. Fail-safe microcomputer systems which are based on the SIMIS principal, a development of Siemens, are already being used in electronic interlockings of railway signalling systems for the logical processing of data. Equipment of automation of control and monitoring of traction current supply networks offers a wide operational range. Thereby, the power supply equipment in the local interlocking cabins is connected with the process computers in the traffic control centre and thus is remote-controlled by the centre. Remote control systems, using microcomputers, are used for this purpose, e.g. the SINAUT remote control system designed specifically for railways. To achieve higher availability, multiple computer systems are installed for controlling rail traffic and for supplying traction current.

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  Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung

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• Authors:
  • Leipert, K
• Publication Date: 1985

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 9-16
• Serial:
  • Glasers Annalen ZEV
  • Volume: 109
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung
  • ISSN: 0373-322X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Centralized traffic control; Electric substations; Equipment; Fail safe systems; Information processing; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Remote control
• Old TRIS Terms: Monitoring devices
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396390
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM