BART NEARS THE END OF THE LONG HAUL

Bay Area Rapid Transit is striving for a reliability that will permit full-time operation. Problems are identified as train performance planned beyond physical limits and attempts to innovate in too many areas simultaneously without planning for adequate system performance when inevitable equipment failures occurred. Strengthened maintenance techniques and engineering efforts are improving car availability. Problems with the automatic train control have been compounded by the need to resignal the entire network for lower rates of deceleration than originally designed. The evolution of the automatic train protection system is described.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Herringer, F C
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 17-20
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train control; Automatic train protection; Block signal systems; Braking performance; Maintainability; Motors; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Reliability; Safety; Signaling; Track circuits; Traction; Traction drives; Vehicle design
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Old TRIS Terms: Block systems; Car design
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170785
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1981 12:00AM