EP1597129B1 - Method for controlling the sequence of trains during traffic control - Google Patents

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EP1597129B1
EP1597129B1 EP04703742A EP04703742A EP1597129B1 EP 1597129 B1 EP1597129 B1 EP 1597129B1 EP 04703742 A EP04703742 A EP 04703742A EP 04703742 A EP04703742 A EP 04703742A EP 1597129 B1 EP1597129 B1 EP 1597129B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for securing the train sequence in Switzerlandleit stricture according to the preamble of claim 1 and a related device according to the preamble of claim 2.
  • the train conductor regulates train and shunting trips on an assigned train control route with train run reports and other messages.
  • the train conductor carries a train logbook in which the operating state of the Glasleitrobe, d. H. the driving licenses transmitted to the train drivers by telephone for driving on the train control route are entered. Due to a lack of technical safety, only low speeds, in particular up to 60 km per hour and when certain conditions up to 80 km per hour are met, are permitted in the towing mode.
  • the train tracking in Switzerlandleit Anlagen takes place only in the form of handwritten train log book. There are no computer-aided train run data available for connection to other information and dispatch systems.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method and an apparatus of the generic type, which allow a low-cost technical complexity of the Switzerlandleit cafees.
  • the object is achieved according to the method with the characterizing features of claim 1 and according to the device with the characterizing features of claim 2.
  • the driving license-specific test code renders the transmission of a driving license for which the safety requirements are not met technically impossible. In addition, compliance with the license on the locomotive is technically monitored.
  • the test code guarantees a technical safeguard of the telephone communication, whereby it is ensured that the train conductor can not issue a driving license, which he did not examine before by input into the train control center for reliability and also that the driver does not receive a confirmation for a driving license, if he in the vehicle device enters a driving license, which he has not previously received or not in this form.
  • the check code is calculated by a manually incomprehensible algorithm from the data of the current operating situation. It must of course be ensured that the test codes can not be repeated with comprehensible regularity.
  • the train conductor has a train control computer in the train control center, in which - instead of or in addition to the train log book - all train run messages are entered and thus constantly create a database for the current operating situation the Glasleitumble is present.
  • Each driver's license must be entered in the train control computer prior to telephonic transmission to the driver.
  • the input can be made in the most effective way similar to routes by start-target operation.
  • the Buchleitrechner makes an admissibility check and rejects the driving license in a safety-critical conflict. For a rejected driving license, no check code is determined by the Switzerlandleitrechner.
  • the traction unit is a simple vehicle unit.
  • the driving license transmitted by the train conductor by telephone to the driver is entered by the driver into the vehicle unit together with the test code.
  • the vehicle device checks the correctness of the entered driving license and compares the destination with the current train location. If the driver's license is not acceptable, it will be displayed on the display of the vehicle unit as a valid driving license, otherwise it will be rejected by the vehicle's unit.
  • the driving license limit d. H. the driver of the destination for which the license was issued, the driver is informed by a display and possibly an audible signal to obtain a new license. If the driver's license is overrun, a warning signal sounds, which prompts the driver to stop immediately.
  • the vehicle device calculates the test code for each entered driving license according to the same algorithm as the Glasleitrechner and compares this with the test code entered by the driver. If the manually entered does not match the calculated check code the license is rejected. Since the driver can not determine the test code itself and thus is instructed to enter a valid driving license on the transmission of the test code by the train conductor, it is not possible for a wrongly entered driver's license, for which not before in the train control center, the admissibility was checked and Thus, a check code is present to obtain a confirmation of this license, ie a valid driving license.
  • the Switzerlandleitrechner is preferably designed according to claim 3 as fail-safe computer with history functions. Only this signal-technically secure solution makes it possible to dispense with the management of the handwritten Wernerebuches for Switzerlandleit Anlagen.
  • the train control computer In order to be able to continue operation with a handwritten train logbook in the event of a failure of the train control computer, the train control computer must have a secure history function from which the operating situation immediately prior to the failure can be retrieved and transmitted to the train log book with all train locations and issued driving permits.
  • the vehicle device is formed according to a preferred embodiment characterized in claim 4 as not technically secure computer with history function.
  • the vehicle computer gives the driver no immediate release for driving, but intervenes in the disclosure of errors only inhibiting the operation. Failure of the vehicle device alone can not lead to a hazard. This must always be a malfunction of the driver. Consequently, a signal technically unsafe and therefore technically less expensive solution is sufficient. Nevertheless, all displays and inputs of the vehicle device should be logged for subsequent evaluations of irregularities using history functions.
  • FIG. 1 the procedure for issuing a driving license by a center to a vehicle can be seen.
  • a train conductor in the center is present by a driver by telephone transmitted driving request, a corresponding driving permission is entered by the train conductor in a train computer.
  • This checks on the basis of the occupancy state of the requested track section, the admissibility of the license and calculates a driving license specific test code.
  • the license is subsequently stored in a history file of the Werleitrechners and quasi granted on a screen display of the Wegleitrechners together with the check code.
  • This license is transmitted by the train conductor together with the test code by telephone to the driver.
  • the driver enters the driver's license and the check code in a vehicle unit, which carries out a plausibility check, in particular with regard to the current vehicle position and the destination, and determines the test code in a manner specific to the driver's license. Thereafter, the driver's license is stored in a history file of the vehicle unit and displayed as a valid driver's license.
  • the calculation of the test code may in particular include information regarding date, train number and destination of the driving license.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the procedure for the train running report by the driver to the control center. If the vehicle has reached one of possibly several train detection points within a train control line for which the control center is responsible, the train integrity is first checked and entered into the vehicle computer. This calculates the check code, which is also stored in the history file. The test code is displayed and transmitted by telephone together with the train report to the train conductor in the control center. Train run report and check code are entered into the train control computer, which performs a plausibility check and also calculates the check code and compares it with the manually entered check code. Then the track sections to be released are determined and entered into the history file. The on-screen display confirms the correctness of the train run signal or, if necessary, signals an error condition.
  • the date, train number, type of train report and current train registration office may be included in the calculation of the check code for the train run report.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiments given above. Rather, a number of variants are conceivable, which make use of the features of the invention even with fundamentally different type of execution.

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The invention relates to a method for controlling the sequence of trains during traffic control, whereby a telephone communication between a traffic controller in a traffic control centre and a driver is carried out. In order to increase security during telephone communication, the traffic controller transmits a driving permit to the driver, in addition to a test code which is specific to the driving permit and determined by a traffic control computer, and the driver inputs the driving permit and the test code into a vehicle appliance which calculates the test code according to the same algorithm as the traffic control computer, and compares the calculated test code with the inputted test code. The driving permit is authenticated only if the two codes correspond.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Sicherung der Zugfolge im Zugleitbetrieb gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 sowie eine diesbezügliche Vorrichtung gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 2.The invention relates to a method for securing the train sequence in Zugleitbetrieb according to the preamble of claim 1 and a related device according to the preamble of claim 2.

Auf Strecken mit geringem Verkehr wird die Sicherung der Zugfolge häufig im Zugleitbetrieb realisiert. Dabei regelt der Zugleiter Zug- und Rangierfahrten auf einer zugeordneten Zugleitstrecke mit Zuglaufmeldungen und anderen Meldungen. Der Zugleiter führt ein Zugmeldebuch, in das der Betriebszustand der Zugleitstrecke, d. h. die an die Triebfahrzeugführer fernmündlich übermittelten Fahrerlaubnisse zum Befahren der Zugleitstrecke, eingetragen werden. Aufgrund fehlender technischer Sicherung sind im Zugleitbetrieb nur geringe Geschwindigkeiten, insbesondere bis 60 km pro Stunde und bei Erfüllung bestimmter Voraussetzungen bis 80 km pro Stunde, zugelassen. Die Zuglaufverfolgung findet im Zugleitbetrieb nur in Form des handschriftlich geführten Zugmeldebuchs statt. Es stehen keine rechnergestützten Zuglaufdaten zur Anbindung an andere Informations- und Dispositionssysteme zur Verfügung.On routes with low traffic, securing the train sequence is often realized in Zugleitbetrieb. The train conductor regulates train and shunting trips on an assigned train control route with train run reports and other messages. The train conductor carries a train logbook in which the operating state of the Zugleitstrecke, d. H. the driving licenses transmitted to the train drivers by telephone for driving on the train control route are entered. Due to a lack of technical safety, only low speeds, in particular up to 60 km per hour and when certain conditions up to 80 km per hour are met, are permitted in the towing mode. The train tracking in Zugleitbetrieb takes place only in the form of handwritten train log book. There are no computer-aided train run data available for connection to other information and dispatch systems.

Aus Jean-Pierre Gide, Jose Banaudo: "Les trains du Mont-Blanc, Premier volume" 1998, LES EDITIONS DU CABRI, BREIL-SUR-ROYA (FRANCE), XP002284144 , ist ein Verfahren zur Sicherung der Zugfolge im Zugleitbetrieb bekannt, bei dem der Zugleiter dem Triebfahrzeugführer fermündlich eine Fahrerlaubnis und einen Prüfcode übermittelt, wobei der Prüfcode fahrzeugseitig überprüft wird, indem der manuell in ein Fahrzeuggerät eingegebene Prüfcode mit dem nach dem gleichen Prüfcodebildungsalgorithmus wie streckenseitig erzeugten Prüfcode verglichen wird.Out Jean-Pierre Gide, Jose Banaudo: "Les trains du Mont-Blanc, Premier volume" 1998, LES EDITIONS DU CABRI, BREIL-SUR-ROYA (FRANCE), XP002284144 , a method for securing the train sequence in Zugleitbetrieb is known in which the train conductor fehmündlich a driving license and a test code transmitted to the driver, the test code is checked on the vehicle side by the manually entered into a vehicle test code with the same Prüfcodebildungsalgorithmus how route-side generated check code is compared.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung der gattungsgemäßen Art anzugeben, die mit geringem technischen Aufwand eine sicherheitliche Ergänzung des Zugleitbetriebes ermöglichen.The invention has for its object to provide a method and an apparatus of the generic type, which allow a low-cost technical complexity of the Zugleitbetriebes.

Die Aufgabe wird verfahrensgemäß mit den kennzeichnenden Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 und vorrichtungsgemäß mit den kennzeichnenden Merkmalen des Anspruchs 2 gelöst.The object is achieved according to the method with the characterizing features of claim 1 and according to the device with the characterizing features of claim 2.

Durch den fahrerlaubnisspezifischen Prüfcode ist die Übermittlung einer Fahrerlaubnis, für die die sicherheitlichen Voraussetzungen nicht erfüllt sind, technisch ausgeschlossen. Außerdem wird die Einhaltung der Fahrerlaubnis auf dem Triebfahrzeug technisch überwacht. Der Prüfcode garantiert eine technische Absicherung der fernmündlichen Kommunikation, wobei abgesichert ist, dass der Zugleiter keine Fahrerlaubnis erteilen kann, die er nicht vorher durch Eingabe in den Zugleitrechner auf Zuverlässigkeit geprüft hat und auch dass der Triebfahrzeugführer keine Bestätigung für eine Fahrerlaubnis erhält, wenn er in das Fahrzeuggerät eine Fahrerlaubnis eingibt, die er vorher nicht bzw. nicht in dieser Form erhalten hat. Der Prüfcode wird durch einen manuell nicht nachvollziehbaren Algorithmus aus den Daten der aktuellen Betriebssituation berechnet. Dabei ist natürlich sicherzustellen, dass sich die Prüfcodes nicht mit nachvollziehbarer Regelmäßigkeit wiederholen können.The driving license-specific test code renders the transmission of a driving license for which the safety requirements are not met technically impossible. In addition, compliance with the license on the locomotive is technically monitored. The test code guarantees a technical safeguard of the telephone communication, whereby it is ensured that the train conductor can not issue a driving license, which he did not examine before by input into the train control center for reliability and also that the driver does not receive a confirmation for a driving license, if he in the vehicle device enters a driving license, which he has not previously received or not in this form. The check code is calculated by a manually incomprehensible algorithm from the data of the current operating situation. It must of course be ensured that the test codes can not be repeated with comprehensible regularity.

Der Zugleiter verfügt in der Zugleitzentrale über einen Zugleitrechner, in den - anstelle oder zusätzlich zum Zugmeldebuch - alle Zuglaufmeldungen eingegeben werden und indem somit ständig eine Datenbasis zur aktuellen Betriebslage auf der Zugleitstrecke vorliegt. Jede Fahrerlaubnis ist vor der fernmündlichen Übermittlung an den Triebfahrzeugführer in den Zugleitrechner einzugeben. Die Eingabe kann auf effektivste Weise ähnlich wie bei Fahrstraßen durch Start-Ziel-Bedienung erfolgen. Der Zugleitrechner nimmt eine Zulässigkeitsprüfung vor und weist bei einem sicherheitskritischen Konflikt die Fahrerlaubnis zurück. Für eine abgewiesene Fahrerlaubnis wird durch den Zugleitrechner kein Prüfcode ermittelt.The train conductor has a train control computer in the train control center, in which - instead of or in addition to the train log book - all train run messages are entered and thus constantly create a database for the current operating situation the Zugleitstrecke is present. Each driver's license must be entered in the train control computer prior to telephonic transmission to the driver. The input can be made in the most effective way similar to routes by start-target operation. The Zugleitrechner makes an admissibility check and rejects the driving license in a safety-critical conflict. For a rejected driving license, no check code is determined by the Zugleitrechner.

An Bord des Triebfahrzeuges befindet sich ein einfaches Fahrzeuggerät. Die vom Zugleiter fernmündlich an den Triebfahrzeugführer übermittelte Fahrerlaubnis wird zusammen mit dem Prüfcode vom Triebfahrzeugführer in das Fahrzeuggerät eingegeben. Das Fahrzeuggerät überprüft die Richtigkeit der eingegebenen Fahrerlaubnis und vergleicht das Fahrziel mit dem aktuellen Zugstandort. Steht der Fahrerlaubnis nichts entgegen, wird diese auf dem Display des Fahrzeuggerätes als gültige Fahrerlaubnis angezeigt, andernfalls wird sie vom Fahrzeuggerät zurückgewiesen. Beim Erreichen der Fahrerlaubnisgrenze, d. h. des Fahrzieles, für das die Fahrerlaubnis erteilt wurde, wird der Triebfahrzeugführer durch eine Anzeige und gegebenenfalls ein akustisches Signal auf das Einholen einer neuen Fahrerlaubnis hingewiesen. Wird die Fahrerlaubnisgrenze überfahren, ertönt ein Warnsignal, das den Triebfahrzeugführer zum sofortigen Halten auffordert.On board the traction unit is a simple vehicle unit. The driving license transmitted by the train conductor by telephone to the driver is entered by the driver into the vehicle unit together with the test code. The vehicle device checks the correctness of the entered driving license and compares the destination with the current train location. If the driver's license is not acceptable, it will be displayed on the display of the vehicle unit as a valid driving license, otherwise it will be rejected by the vehicle's unit. Upon reaching the driving license limit, d. H. the driver of the destination for which the license was issued, the driver is informed by a display and possibly an audible signal to obtain a new license. If the driver's license is overrun, a warning signal sounds, which prompts the driver to stop immediately.

Bei der Eingabe der von dem Zugleiter fernmündlich übermittelten Fahrerlaubnis in das Fahrzeuggerät durch den Triebfahrzeugführer ist der ebenfalls übermittelte Prüfcode mit einzugeben. Das Fahrzeuggerät berechnet nach dem gleichen Algorithmus wie der Zugleitrechner für jede eingegebene Fahrerlaubnis den Prüfcode und vergleicht diesen mit dem vom Triebfahrzeugführer eingegebenen Prüfcode. Bei Nichtübereinstimmung des manuell eingegebenen mit dem berechneten Prüfcode wird die Fahrerlaubnis zurückgewiesen. Da der Triebfahrzeugführer den Prüfcode selbst nicht bestimmen kann und somit zur Eingabe einer gültigen Fahrerlaubnis auf die Übermittlung des Prüfcodes durch den Zugleiter angewiesen ist, ist es nicht möglich, für eine irrtümlich eingegebene Fahrerlaubnis, für die nicht zuvor in der Zugleitzentrale die Zulässigkeit überprüft wurde und somit ein Prüfcode vorhanden ist, eine Bestätigung dieser Fahrerlaubnis, d. h. eine gültige Fahrerlaubnis, zu erhalten. Zusätzlich ist ein ähnliches Sicherungsverfahren auch bei der Übermittlung einer Zuglaufmeldung von dem Triebfahrzeugführer an den Zugleiter vorgesehen. Vor Abgabe der Zuglaufmeldung, die zur sicherheitlichen Freigabe von vorausliegenden Gleisabschnitten vorgesehen ist, wird diese Meldung zunächst von den Triebfahrzeugführer in das Fahrzeuggerät eingegeben, welches den zugehörigen Prüfcode berechnet. Anschließend übermittelt der Triebfahrzeugführer die Zuglaufmeldung samt Prüfcode an den Zugleiter, der beide Datensätze in den Zugleitrechner eingibt. Der Zugleitrechner berechnet nach dem gleichen Algorithmus wie das Fahrzeuggerät für jede eingegebne Zuglaufmeldung den Prüfcode und vergleicht diesen mit dem manuell eingegebenen Prüfcode. Bei Nichtübereinstimmung des eingegebenen mit dem berechneten Prüfcode wird die Zuglaufmeldung zurückgewiesen. Dadurch, dass der Zugleiter den Prüfcode nicht selbst bestimmen kann und somit zur Eingabe einer gültigen Zuglaufmeldung auf die Übermittlung des Prüfcodes durch den Triebfahrzeugführer angewiesen ist, besteht keine Möglichkeit, einen zugehörigen Gleisabschnitt irrtümlicherweise freizugeben. Durch den damit verbundenen Sicherheitsgewinn sind Geschwindigkeiten bis 100 km/h genehmigungsfähig.When entering the by the train conductor by telephone transmitted driver's license in the vehicle unit by the driver of the also transmitted test code is to be entered. The vehicle device calculates the test code for each entered driving license according to the same algorithm as the Zugleitrechner and compares this with the test code entered by the driver. If the manually entered does not match the calculated check code the license is rejected. Since the driver can not determine the test code itself and thus is instructed to enter a valid driving license on the transmission of the test code by the train conductor, it is not possible for a wrongly entered driver's license, for which not before in the train control center, the admissibility was checked and Thus, a check code is present to obtain a confirmation of this license, ie a valid driving license. In addition, a similar security procedure is also provided in the transmission of a train running report from the driver to the train conductor. Before submitting the train run report, which is provided for the safety release of leading track sections, this message is first entered by the train driver in the vehicle unit, which calculates the associated test code. Subsequently, the driver transmits the train run report together with the check code to the train conductor, who enters both data sets in the train control computer. The Zugleitrechner calculated according to the same algorithm as the vehicle unit for each input train run report the check code and compares this with the manually entered check code. If the entered code does not match the calculated check code, the train run report is rejected. Due to the fact that the train conductor can not determine the test code on his own and thus is instructed to enter a valid train report on the transmission of the test code by the driver, there is no way to erroneously release an associated track section. Due to the associated safety gain, speeds of up to 100 km / h can be approved.

Die Übermittlung einer Zuglaufmeldung von einem örtlichen Bahnhofsfahrdienstleiter an den Zugleiter wäre bei Bedarf in ähnlicher Weise zu realisieren.The transmission of a train report from a local station driver to the train conductor would be implemented in a similar manner if necessary.

Gemäß Anspruch 2 sind bei einer Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens im Wesentlichen folgende Komponenten erforderlich:

  • ein Zugleitrechner in der Zugleitzentrale für die Zulässigkeitsprüfung und die Berechnung des Prüfcodes,
  • eine Kommunikationseinrichtung zwischen Zugleitzentrale und Triebfahrzeug sowie
  • ein Fahrzeuggerät zur Berechung des fahrerlaubnisspezifischen Prüfcodes und mit einer Vergleichseinrichtung zum Vergleich des manuell eingegebenen mit dem berechneten Prüfcode.
According to claim 2, in an apparatus for carrying out the method essentially the following components are required:
  • a train control computer in the train control center for the admissibility check and the calculation of the check code,
  • a communication device between Zugleitzentrale and traction vehicle and
  • a vehicle device for calculating the driver-specific test code and with a comparison device for comparing the manually entered with the calculated test code.

Für Strecken mit schwachem Verkehr sind somit nur relativ wenig neue Infrastrukturkomponenten erforderlich. Die Kommunikation erfolgt dabei über die vorhandene Kommunikationstechnik. Ein Sicherheitsgewinn ergibt sich auch, wenn nicht alle Triebfahrzeuge mit dem Fahrzeuggerät ausgestattet sind. Zwar können sich gewisse betriebliche Einschränkungen, insbesondere hinsichtlich Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkungen, ergeben, jedoch sind keine aufwendigen technischen Zusatzeinrichtungen in der Zugleitzentrale erforderlich.Low-traffic routes therefore require relatively few new infrastructure components. The communication takes place via the existing communication technology. A safety gain also results if not all traction vehicles are equipped with the vehicle unit. Although certain operational restrictions may arise, in particular with regard to speed limits, no complex technical additional facilities are required in the train control center.

Der Zugleitrechner ist gemäß Anspruch 3 vorzugsweise als signaltechnisch sicherer Rechner mit History-Funktionen ausgebildet. Nur diese signaltechnisch sichere Lösung ermöglicht, auf die Führung des handschriftlichen Zugmeldebuches für den Zugleitbetrieb zu verzichten. Um bei Ausfall des Zugleitrechners dem Betrieb mit einem handschriftlichen Zugmeldebuch weiterführen zu können, muss der Zugleitrechner über eine gesicherte History-Funktion verfügen, aus der die unmittelbar vor dem Ausfall bestehende Betriebslage mit allen Zugstandorten und erteilten Fahrerlaubnissen abgerufen und ins Zugmeldebuch übertragen werden kann.The Zugleitrechner is preferably designed according to claim 3 as fail-safe computer with history functions. Only this signal-technically secure solution makes it possible to dispense with the management of the handwritten Zugmeldebuches for Zugleitbetrieb. In order to be able to continue operation with a handwritten train logbook in the event of a failure of the train control computer, the train control computer must have a secure history function from which the operating situation immediately prior to the failure can be retrieved and transmitted to the train log book with all train locations and issued driving permits.

Die Wahl einer signaltechnisch sicheren Lösung würde auch die Integration des Zugleitrechners in die Bedienoberfläche von elektronischen Stellwerken erlauben. Damit wäre es möglich, aus einer Bedienoberfläche sowohl stellwerksgesteuerte Strecken als auch Zugleitstrecken zu steuern. Die Datenbasis des Zugleitrechners erlaubt auch die Anbindung an Dispositionssysteme, also dass auch in den Betriebsleitstellen regionale Netze in die Disposition von stellwerkgesteuerten Strecken und Zugleitstrecken in ein System integriert werden können.The choice of a fail-safe solution would also allow the integration of the Zugleitrechners in the user interface of electronic interlockings. This would make it possible to control both control-controlled routes and train routes from one user interface. The database of the Zugleitrechners also allows the connection to scheduling systems, so that even in the Betriebsleitstellen regional networks can be integrated into the disposition of interlocking controlled routes and Zugleitstrecken in a system.

Das Fahrzeuggerät ist gemäß einer in Anspruch 4 gekennzeichneten bevorzugten Ausführungsform als signaltechnisch nicht sicherer Rechner mit History-Funktion ausgebildet. Der Fahrzeugrechner erteilt dem Triebfahrzeugführer keine unmittelbare Freigabe zur Fahrt, sondern greift beim Offenbaren von Fehlern nur hemmend in den Betrieb ein. Ein Versagen des Fahrzeuggerätes kann allein nicht zu einer Gefährdung führen. Dazu muss immer ein Fehlverhalten des Triebfahrzeugführers vorliegen. Folglich ist eine signaltechnisch nicht sichere und damit technisch weniger aufwendige Lösung ausreichend. Dennoch sollten alle Anzeigen und Eingaben des Fahrzeuggerätes für nachträgliche Auswertungen bei Unregelmäßigkeiten mittels History-Funktionen protokollierbar sein.The vehicle device is formed according to a preferred embodiment characterized in claim 4 as not technically secure computer with history function. The vehicle computer gives the driver no immediate release for driving, but intervenes in the disclosure of errors only inhibiting the operation. Failure of the vehicle device alone can not lead to a hazard. This must always be a malfunction of the driver. Consequently, a signal technically unsafe and therefore technically less expensive solution is sufficient. Nevertheless, all displays and inputs of the vehicle device should be logged for subsequent evaluations of irregularities using history functions.

Falls örtliche Bahnhofsfahrdienstleiter mit Rechnern zur Berechnung der Prüfcodes ausgestattet werden, gelten ähnliche Anforderungen wie für die Fahrzeuggeräte. Auf eine gesicherte History-Funktion kann jedoch bei diesen Rechnern gegebenenfalls verzichtet werden.If local station dispatchers are equipped with computers to calculate the check codes, requirements similar to those for the vehicle equipment apply. However, a secure history function can be omitted from these computers if necessary.

Nachfolgend wird die Erfindung anhand figürlicher Darstellungen näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

Figur 1
eine schematische Darstellung zur Übermittlung einer Fahrerlaubnis von einem Zugleiter an einen Triebfahrzeugführer und
Figur 2
eine schematische Darstellung zur Übermittlung einer Zuglaufmeldung vom Triebfahrzeugführer an den Zugleiter.
The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to figurative representations. Show it:
FIG. 1
a schematic representation of the transmission of a license from a train conductor to a driver and
FIG. 2
a schematic representation of the transmission of a train report from the driver to the train conductor.

Aus Figur 1 ist der Verfahrensablauf zur Erteilung einer Fahrerlaubnis durch eine Zentrale an ein Fahrzeug ersichtlich. Nachdem einem Zugleiter in der Zentrale eine von einem Fahrzeugführer fernmündlich übermittelte Fahranfrage vorliegt, wird durch den Zugleiter eine entsprechende Fahrerlaubnis in einen Zugrechner eingegeben. Dieser prüft anhand des Belegungszustandes des angefragten Gleisabschnittes die Zulässigkeit der Fahrerlaubnis und berechnet einen fahrerlaubnisspezifischen Prüfcode. Die Fahrerlaubnis wird hernach in einer History-Datei des Zugleitrechners abgespeichert und auf einer Bildschirmanzeige des Zugleitrechners zusammen mit dem Prüfcode quasi erteilt. Diese Fahrerlaubnis wird durch den Zugleiter zusammen mit dem Prüfcode fernmündlich an den Fahrzeugführer übermittelt. Der Fahrzeugführer gibt die Fahrerlaubnis und den Prüfcode in ein Fahrzeuggerät ein, welches eine Plausibilitätsprüfung, insbesondere hinsichtlich der aktuellen Fahrzeugposition und des Fahrtzieles, durchführt und den Prüfcode analog zum Zugleitrechner fahrerlaubnisspezifisch ermittelt. Danach wird die Fahrerlaubnis in einer History-Datei des Fahrzeuggerätes abgespeichert und als gültige Fahrerlaubnis angezeigt.Out FIG. 1 the procedure for issuing a driving license by a center to a vehicle can be seen. After a train conductor in the center is present by a driver by telephone transmitted driving request, a corresponding driving permission is entered by the train conductor in a train computer. This checks on the basis of the occupancy state of the requested track section, the admissibility of the license and calculates a driving license specific test code. The license is subsequently stored in a history file of the Zugleitrechners and quasi granted on a screen display of the Zugleitrechners together with the check code. This license is transmitted by the train conductor together with the test code by telephone to the driver. The driver enters the driver's license and the check code in a vehicle unit, which carries out a plausibility check, in particular with regard to the current vehicle position and the destination, and determines the test code in a manner specific to the driver's license. Thereafter, the driver's license is stored in a history file of the vehicle unit and displayed as a valid driver's license.

In die Berechnung des Prüfcodes können insbesondere Angaben bezüglich Datum, Zugnummer und Ziel der Fahrerlaubnis einfließen.The calculation of the test code may in particular include information regarding date, train number and destination of the driving license.

Auf diese Weise wird ein Sicherheitsniveau erreicht, das mit der Zugfolgesicherung auf Strecken mit nicht selbsttätigem Streckenblock ohne Zugbeeinflussung vergleichbar ist. Es ist auch eine stufenweise Umsetzung möglich, indem die Sicherung der Übermittlung von Meldungen auf das Erteilen der Fahrerlaubnis gemäß Figur 1 beschränkt wird. Damit wird durch Verhinderung der unzulässigen Abfahrt ohne Fahrerlaubnis bereits die größte Sicherheitslücke des Zugleitbetriebes geschlossen.In this way, a security level is achieved, which is comparable to the train backup on routes with non-automatic route block without train control. It is also a stepwise implementation possible by ensuring the transmission of messages on the granting of the driving license in accordance with FIG. 1 is limited. This is by preventing the unauthorized departure without a license already closed the largest vulnerability of Zugleitbetriebes.

Figur 2 veranschaulicht den Verfahrensablauf zur Zuglaufmeldung seitens des Fahrzeugführers an die Zentrale. Hat das Fahrzeug eine von gegebenenfalls mehreren Zuglaufmeldstellen innerhalb einer Zugleitstrecke, für die die Zentrale zuständig ist, erreicht, wird zunächst die Zugvollständigkeit geprüft und in den Fahrzeugrechner eingegeben. Dieser berechnet den Prüfcode, der auch in der History-Datei abgespeichert wird. Der Prüfcode wird angezeigt und zusammen mit der Zuglaufmeldung fernmündlich an den Zugleiter in der Zentrale übermittelt. Zuglaufmeldung und Prüfcode werden in den Zugleitrechner eingegeben, der eine Plausibilitätsprüfung durchführt und ebenfalls den Prüfcode berechnet und diesen mit dem manuell eingegebenen Prüfcode vergleicht. Daraufhin werden die freizugebenden Gleisabschnitte festgelegt und in die History-Datei eingetragen. Die Bildschirmanzeige bestätigt die Korrektheit der Zuglaufmeldung oder signalisiert gegebenenfalls einen Fehlerzustand. FIG. 2 illustrates the procedure for the train running report by the driver to the control center. If the vehicle has reached one of possibly several train detection points within a train control line for which the control center is responsible, the train integrity is first checked and entered into the vehicle computer. This calculates the check code, which is also stored in the history file. The test code is displayed and transmitted by telephone together with the train report to the train conductor in the control center. Train run report and check code are entered into the train control computer, which performs a plausibility check and also calculates the check code and compares it with the manually entered check code. Then the track sections to be released are determined and entered into the history file. The on-screen display confirms the correctness of the train run signal or, if necessary, signals an error condition.

In die Berechnung des Prüfcodes für die Zuglaufmeldung können insbesondere das Datum, die Zugnummer, die Art der Zuglaufmeldung und die aktuelle Zuglaufmeldestelle einbezogen werden.In particular, the date, train number, type of train report and current train registration office may be included in the calculation of the check code for the train run report.

Die Erfindung beschränkt sich nicht auf die vorstehend angegebenen Ausführungsbeispiele. Vielmehr ist eine Anzahl von Varianten denkbar, welche auch bei grundsätzlich anders gearteter Ausführung von den Merkmalen der Erfindung Gebrauch machen. The invention is not limited to the embodiments given above. Rather, a number of variants are conceivable, which make use of the features of the invention even with fundamentally different type of execution.

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  1. Method for controlling the sequence of trains during traffic control, with telephone communication taking place between a train controller in a train control center and a locomotive engineer,
    characterized
    in that the locomotive engineer transmits to the train controller a train running message, which is required in order to release a track section, and a checking code which is determined by the vehicle appliance and is specific to the train running message, and the train controller enters the train running message and the checking code in the train control computer, which uses the same algorithm as the vehicle appliance to calculate the checking code and compares the calculated checking code with the entered checking code, with the track section being released only in the event of a match, and the train controller transmits movement permission to the locomotive engineer and a movement-permission-specific checking code, which is determined by the train control computer, and the locomotive engineer enters the movement permission and the checking code in the vehicle appliance which uses the same algorithm as the train control computer to calculate the checking code, and compares the calculated checking code with the entered checking code, with the movement permission being confirmed only in the event of a match, and rejection of the movement permission being signaled if there is no match.
  2. Apparatus for carrying out the method according to claim 1,
    characterized by
    - a train control computer which is arranged in the train control center and has a checking apparatus for permissibility checking of movement permission which can be entered manually for a train control section on the basis of the current operating situation on this train control section, in which case a calculation device for calculation of a checking code which is specific to the movement permission can be activated only if the movement permission is permissible,
    - a communication device for telephone transmission of the movement permission and of the checking code to the locomotive engineer, and
    - a vehicle appliance which is arranged on the locomotive and has a location device, the calculation device for calculation of the checking code which is specific to the movement permission and a comparison device for comparison of the calculated checking code with the checking code which was transmitted by telephone and can be entered manually together with the movement permission, with a display being provided for visualization of the comparison results.
  3. Apparatus according to claim 2,
    characterized
    in that the train control computer is a computer which is safe for signaling purposes and has a history function.
  4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,
    characterized
    in that the vehicle appliance is a computer which is not safe for signaling purposes but has a history function.
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