Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
  • B61L19/00—Arrangements for interlocking between points and signals by means of a single interlocking device, e.g. central control
  • B61L19/06—Interlocking devices having electrical operation
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
  • B61L21/00—Station blocking between signal boxes in one yard
  • B61L21/04—Electrical locking and release of the route; Electrical repeat locks
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
  • B61L21/00—Station blocking between signal boxes in one yard
  • B61L21/10—Arrangements for trains which are closely following one another
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
  • B61L23/00—Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains
  • B61L23/22—Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains for controlling traffic in two directions over the same pair of rails
  • B61L23/30—Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains for controlling traffic in two directions over the same pair of rails using automatic section blocking
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
  • B61L3/00—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal
  • B61L3/16—Continuous control along the route
  • B61L3/22—Continuous control along the route using magnetic or electrostatic induction; using electromagnetic radiation
  • B61L3/225—Continuous control along the route using magnetic or electrostatic induction; using electromagnetic radiation using separate conductors along the route
  • B61L2003/226—German inductive continuous train control, called 'Linienzugbeeinflussung' [LZB]
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
  • B61L11/00—Operation of points from the vehicle or by the passage of the vehicle
  • B61L11/08—Operation of points from the vehicle or by the passage of the vehicle using electrical or magnetic interaction between vehicle and track
  • B61L2011/086—German radio based operations, called "Funkfahrbetrieb" [FFB]
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
  • B61L27/00—Central railway traffic control systems; Trackside control; Communication systems specially adapted therefor
  • B61L27/20—Trackside control of safe travel of vehicle or train, e.g. braking curve calculation
  • B61L2027/202—Trackside control of safe travel of vehicle or train, e.g. braking curve calculation using European Train Control System [ETCS]

Definitions

• the invention relates to a system for the safe operation of track-bound trains running on routes according to the preamble of claim 1.
• the train safety can be done by means of an interlocking, which adjusts the routes for the trains and activates the inter-station guideway security.
• the secured route is communicated to the train by light signals.
• the driveway provides the driveway defined in this case by the signal box, possibly extended by a slipping path. By controlling the train's speed, the driver ensures that the train does not leave the route. It can be assisted by technical facilities (such as driving locks).
• line-shaped train controls are known, for example, from DE 44 20 214 A1, which have a line conductor (line conductor loop), which is laid in a track section. This interacts with antennas located at the bottom of the train to exchange data with the train.
• the train safety is thereby effected by the distance device, which on a set of the signal box driveway the train backup for several trains guaranteed.
• the distance device determines the available travel path for each train. Within a driveway can thus form multiple train routes, so that the possible the train follow time is shorter.
• the interlocking takes the setting of the route before and also ensures the route safety.
• the available route is signaled to the train by means of line conductors.
• An automatic device of the train (traction device) monitors the train speed, so that the train does not leave the only available for him guideway. If the permissible speed is exceeded, the traction device initiates a braking automatically and without the intervention of the driver.
• the LZB security procedures are the fixed-block method and the moving-block method.
• the fixed-block method forms the route of a train from predetermined, non-variable sections. These sections can be congruent with the free-field sections of a signal box (fixed block) or be defined independently of the signal box (virtual fixed block).
• the moving block method forms the route of a train from sections that are calculated during operation. No predetermined section boundaries are taken into account, but rather trains in front and adjustable track elements such as points. Accordingly, it has to do with the fixed-block LZB operation (eg ETCS Level 1 and 2 and radio-based driving FFB) and the Moving Block LZB operation (ETCS Level 3 and TRAINGUARD® MT without a signal box).
• the mixed form is the Moving Block LZB operation with fixed block restrictions through the free field sections of the routes of the interlockings used (TRAINGUARD® MT with a signal box).
• the object of the invention is to operate trains with different equipment and thus different security procedures at the same time on the designated routes safely.
• the solution provides that for all trains for the one-to-one assignment of routes and trains a common infrastructure management for train control is provided with different security procedures, the route management just does not reserve a guideway belonging track parts for a Switzerlandfahrweg, depending on the backup method from the reserved parts of the route forms a guideway, set the track and secure and dissolves the path formed behind the moving train again.
• Basis of the invention is that the train backup is done in all known and approved security procedures in space.
• the route of a train in the generalized sense is thus the commonality of all these safety procedures and therefore the central element of the common infrastructure management, which manages the routes of all trains in a common superordinate data structure for a route area, with a one-to-one allocation between the routes and the trains is guaranteed ,
• the infrastructure management thus enables an integration of the most diverse Safety procedures that are maintained, including the safety-related equipment of the trains. As soon as - depending on the safety procedure - sufficient infrastructure is reserved, this infrastructure is secured and communicated to the train. For all trains of the respective safety procedure, the infrastructure management thus provides an adequate formation and dissolution of the infrastructure. The secured infrastructure is communicated to the train in accordance with the safety procedure.
• the effectiveness can be increased if parts of the route that become available through a train journey are immediately used for the formation of other routes.
• the train safety can be improved if one of the train controls is designed as a line-shaped train control in which the communication with a suitably equipped train takes place bidirectionally when driving along the train control line.
• the securing methods for infrastructure formation comprise the fixed-block method using free-field sections and / or virtual sections, the moving-block method using train location messages, and mixed blocks of the fixed block and moving block method.
• a train control which includes a signal box with a driveway, wherein the signal box is caused to set the driveway when the reserved track of the driveway to be adjusted, and the interlocking belonging to the associated safety road the set route activated and the route is signaled to the train as a secured route by means of a light signal.
• LZB system linear train control
• train safety is provided by an LZB route device for all trains with operational LZB equipment, which signal the train to an available route by means of coded track circuits or line conductor transmission.
• LZB system also incorporates a classic non-LZB train control system with a signal box, which is assigned a route.
• the LZB route device is part of an LZB route equipment, which has a route management for the coordination of the routes, which forms the path of all trains for their route area and manages in a common parent database, including the non-LZB routes (driveway) -Zugbeein kgung.
• the database has a one-to-one correspondence between the routes and the trains.
• the route management reserves route sections for each train, if they are not part of another route.
• the definition and thus the reservation of a guideway depends on the specific security procedure.
• the fixed-block method and the moving-block method as well as hybrid forms of these two methods come into question as securing methods.
• the formation of the driveway is placed on the driveway, i. the guideway reserved by the guideway management must completely cover the driveway, as only the driveways can be handled by the interlocking.
• the LZB distance device can be set or readjusted by the signal box routes, z. B. at a track plotter. But it is also possible that the LZB-trackside unit of the signal box can set individual points with flank protection, z. At SICAS-ESTW. If no interlocking is available, the LZB route device can also directly control the positioning and monitoring logic or even provide it yourself. This also applies to the setting of the signals. Finally, the LZB range device may also allow the train to provide and secure lanes or better track elements (e.g., in radio based FFB operation).
• All interlocking operations are carried out via the track formation by means of the track management, so that a risk is excluded by other interlocking operations.
• the interlocking system is integrated as a sub-type-specific sub-process for trains without LZB into the train protection of the LZB route device and can therefore also be replaced by the safety logic of the LZB route device.
• Track management thus integrates all type-specific backup procedures. This allows the mixed operation of trains of all safety procedures, ie all procedures for which a track formation has been integrated. Finally, an integration of the road safety logic of the signal box in the LZB route device is possible.
• the infrastructure management can, of course, also be implemented as a higher-level administration (also known as the LZB route equipment) or institution.
• the implemented system describes the invention by way of example by means of an extension of the known LZB route equipment.

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