THE RUDIMENTS OF CONTROL

Automatic train control (ATC) is a complex system of functions at least some of which are at work to some degree on every U.S. rail transit system. In its fullest development ATC consists of three subsystems for automatic train protection (ATP), automatic train operation (ATO), and automatic train supervision (ATS) monitored and directed from a control center. The Atlanta system is used to illustrate the present level of this technology.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  Watson Publications, 5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • Breen, T
• Publication Date: 1980-1

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 47-49
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads/Rail Transit
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train control; Automatic train operation; Automatic train protection; Automatic train supervision; Automation; Proximity detectors; Safety; Signaling; Track circuits
• Identifier Terms: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
• Old TRIS Terms: Presence detectors
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309896
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1982 12:00AM