SAFETY AND AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL FOR RAIL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS

The paper partially summarizes a Department of Transportation study. The study describes the state-of-the-art in rail rapid transit system automatic train control, assesses the safety-related interrelations between the train control system, functions of the human operator and other portions of the total system, and makes recommendations, based on current experience, to aid the process of planning, funding approval, design, implementation, test, safety certification and operation of new systems or modifications of existing systems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Am Transit Assoc Rail Transit Conf., San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 14 and 16, 1974, Power and Signals Sess. NTIS Nos. PB-234 824; PB-234 825 and PB-234 826.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Transit Association

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• Authors:
  • Pastor, G J
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Am Transit Assoc Rail Transit Conf., San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 14 and 16, 1974, Power and Signals Sess. NTIS Nos. PB-234 824; PB-234 825 and PB-234 826.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train control; Fail safe systems; Human factors; Rapid transit; Risk analysis; Safety; State of the art; Traffic signal control systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Signal systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136408
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: ATA/RT-74/1,2,3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 3 1982 12:00AM