PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE URBAN RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IN STUTTGART, WEST GERMANY

FAHRGASTINFORMATIONSSYSTEM FUER DIE S-BAHN STUTTGART

A passenger information system is described which comprises in its first stage 14 stations with 61 mobile train-service indicators and eight special indicators. The installation is fully automatic. By means of route tracking, the actual situations are covered. The whole system is divided into five self-sufficient working areas, the respective core of which is formed by the area control unit. With the aid of the information system, fully automatic and comprehensive information for passengers is guaranteed at any time depending on the actual operational situation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Verlag R Oldenbourg

  Rosenheimer Strasse 145
  Munich 80,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Schwab, H
  • Brockmann, J
• Publication Date: 1979-6

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 183-186
• Serial:
  • Elektrische Bahnen
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Verlag R Oldenbourg

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Automatic control; Information processing; Passenger information systems; Passenger service; Rapid transit
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic control systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310687
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 1982 12:00AM