RUSH HOUR IN THE EUROTUNNEL

The Channel Tunnel, opened on 6 May 1994, is a transport system connecting Britain and France. It allows trains to carry passengers and their cars from shore to shore in 35 minutes. The Eurotunnel operates day and night, 365 days a year, and must ensure the passage of fifteen trains an hour travelling in both direction during peak periods; nine trains called, called "The Shuttle", as well as four high speed trains (TGV) for passenger and two freight trains belonging to the two national rail companies, SNCF and British Railways. A Franco-British Rail Traffic Management (RTM) system, equipped with state-of-the art system in telemanagement, remote controls and security, manages the heavy 24-hour traffic in the largest underground rail tunnel ever built. The article looks at the RTM system and its possible application for centralized monitoring of other rail applications.

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  PTN Publishing Company

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• Authors:
  • Ferreti, M
• Publication Date: 1995-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 30-34
• Serial:
  • Mass Transit
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0364-3484
  • Serial URL: http://www.masstransitmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Centralized traffic control; Highway operations; Highway traffic control; Highway traffic control systems; Monitoring; Railroad traffic control; Remote control; Traffic control; Vehicular tunnels
• Old TRIS Terms: Centralized control; Telemanagement; Traffic control systems; Tunnel traffic operations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00712850
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 15 1995 12:00AM