AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL FOR MADRID METRO

Automatic train protection and operating system by Westinghouse Brake & Signal in conjunction with Dimetal S.A. is being installed on Lines 1 to 5 and new lines 6 and 7. A.T.P. is coded carrier signal system and A.T.O. is signals sensed by bogie-mounted coils giving stopping distance, gradient and coasting orders.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 70
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train operation; Automatic train protection; Rapid transit; Signaling; Subways; Technology
• Identifier Terms: Metro de Madrid
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054283
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 3 1982 12:00AM