CAB DISPLAY OF APT'S PERMISSIBLE SPEED

Because British Rail's Advanced Passenger Train may run through curves faster than other trains, the operator will be given a positive indication in the cab of speed limits higher than those derived from his knowledge of the route for conventional trains. Such a system, using passive transponders between the rails, is being installed between London and Glasgow in time for introduction of prototype APT's into revenue service at 200 km/h in 1979. Techniques used to insure high integrity performance by electronic equipment which is not fail-safe may well find wider applications in train control and signaling.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Cardani, A A
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 413-416
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cab signals; Control; Data communications; Fail safe systems; High speed rail; Locomotives; Radio transmitters; Safety; Signaling; Speed limits
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced passenger trains; Locomotive control instructions
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167914
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM