RU2497176C1 - Centralised integrated system for informing passengers, alerting persons working on railway tracks and parking station communication - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: system has, at a control centre, a central information server, a dispatch centralisation system, hardware/firmware for the information control system for dispatch control of movement of trains, an IP packet-switched transportation network, a database, a central information server, automated workstations for the dispatcher and administrator of the monitoring and administration system.

EFFECT: high passenger safety, high safety of train movement and broader functions of the parking communication system used to control station processes.

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Description

The invention relates to a communication system, mainly to communication and warning systems in railway transport, and can be used to inform and alert passengers and stations operating on railway tracks, spans and control the operation of stations.

A known system of informing passengers at railway stations, based on the collection and processing of technological information, the formation of the information flow for passenger service; visual display of information on information boards of various types and purposes, information signs and stands, watches, etc., sound broadcasting of messages in automatic mode to various areas of the station (http://www.aplana.ru/solutions_47.htm).

The well-known system allows for the generation of sound messages from operational information collected in the database and, controlling the equipment of the sound notification system, to output these messages to the desired areas of the station. Automation of the scoring process increases the reliability and accuracy of communicating information. To obtain operational information for informing passengers, appropriate gateways are used to connect to a control system that allows receiving information about the arrival and departure of trains. The composition of the known system includes a gateway for connecting to a specialized system, which allows you to obtain reference information about the train schedule. The corresponding information portal allows you to issue information from a specialized system and operational database to various types of terminals: a ticket display panel, information kiosks, automated workstations of help desk operators, and personnel computers.

However, the system does not provide for notification of passengers on platforms and stations operating on the railway tracks and spans about the approach of rolling stock, there is no possibility of controlling the technological processes of operational work in the railway station parks.

A known warning system in rail transport, containing the input module and synthesizer alerts (RU 2291492 C1, 10.01.2007). The input module converts the analog signals received from the relays of the electric centralization system into digital form and then analyzes the position of the trains depending on the received signals. The result of the analysis is the selection of the command that defines the voice message. The command is sent to the alert synthesizer via a bi-directional bus. The alert synthesizer selects the message corresponding to the command, generates an analog signal corresponding to the message, and transmits the generated signal to the analog outputs connected to the inputs of the relay equipment. The system easily integrates with existing equipment of the electric centralization system, provides the ability to generate a large number of voice messages and a high degree of security.

However, the known system provides alerts based on the data of the electric centralization system only about the approach of the rolling stock and does not generate informational messages for passengers about the departure / arrival time and the sequence of long-distance and suburban trains, does not provide the ability to control the operation of the station.

A device for two-way park communication with digital switching, which implements the known method of two-way park communication with digital switching (RU 2391793 C1, 06/10/2010). The known device includes installed in different areas of the station or at neighboring stations, digital switching devices for park communications for connection with feeder lines or lines of park intercoms, while park intercoms, remote controllers and dispatchers, broadcast amplifiers and warning equipment repair crews are connected to a digital device switching and control device through the appropriate linear kits, providing interface pairing and transmission according command and call commands, radio access equipment connected via a line kit to the digital switch, providing warning signals and negotiating for the train dispatcher, passenger transport dispatcher and civil defense and emergency dispatcher, as well as a monitoring and administration system for two-way park communication to transmit information about the condition of the equipment to the road control center.

The known device provides communication in any zone of the station through the use of radio access means by performers, communication means for alerting and negotiating a train dispatcher and a passenger traffic dispatcher, increases reliability and ensures lower operating costs as a result of the use of a monitoring and administration system, improves efficiency and quality communication as a result of a combination of speakerphone and radio communications.

However, in the known technical solution, there are no means for automatically informing passengers about the departure / arrival time and the order of trains, for notifying passengers on passenger platforms and working on railroad tracks of the approach of rolling stock.

A known system for informing working brigades located on railroad tracks using GLONASS / GPS satellite navigation systems contains an electronics unit mounted on a locomotive with a driver’s crane connected to it, an indication unit and a radio modem that is connected to the antenna via a duplex filter, and the electronics unit is configured to determining the permissible speed mode and exercising control over its observance by fixing feedback signals from the watchdog handle the driver’s internal background testing of each module, as well as two-channel information processing, the display unit is configured to prepare the information necessary for the driver, register and display it, interact with the driver through the safety knob and buttons for entering information, entering and displaying locomotive and train characteristics, the current time, the actual speed and their conservation when the power is turned off, the digital radio channel module of the electronics unit is connected via a communication channel a radio modem, which is connected via a communication channel to a stationary modem radio modem connected to a personal computer of the station operator’s workstation, a packet communication unit connected to an electronics unit, and through a GSM antenna via a communication channel, is connected to an INTERNET network to which via appropriate channels communications are connected to the server for collecting and processing information and the transceiver of portable warning equipment (RU 95306 U1, 06/27/2010).

The known system provides alerts working on station and railway tracks with any means of regulating the movement of trains and regardless of the indications of traffic lights.

However, the known system does not provide informing passengers about the departure / arrival time and the order of trains, notifying passengers about the approach of the train.

In addition, in the known system, a communication channel is used between the locomotive equipment and the workstation of the person on duty, and to provide alerts, a number of functions are provided by the locomotive equipment, which complicates and increases the cost of the system.

As the closest analogue, a complex station informatization, automatic control and communication system was adopted, containing zonal control and informatization systems connected to a central control computer, and part of the zonal control systems contains a zonal control computer connected by inputs to the sensors and outputs by actuators, as zone control and information systems used interconnected security system in the hall, the control and dispatch system of the station’s engineering equipment, the station’s information and reference system and the station’s communication system, and the station’s security system consists of a fire alarm subsystem, an access control and burglar alarm subsystem and a video surveillance and video recording subsystem, and the station’s engineering and control system of dispatching from fire extinguishing subsystem, conditioning and ventilation subsystem, lighting control subsystem, dispatching subsystem stations of the heating unit and the elevator equipment control subsystem, the station information and reference system consists of a collective information display subsystem, individual use reference and information subsystem, loud-speaking passenger notification subsystem and clock rate subsystem, the station communication system consists of a local telephone subsystem, an emergency communication subsystem and subsystems of television broadcasting (RU 23695 U1, 06.27.2002)

The well-known integrated system allows the dispatching and operational-technical personnel of the station to control the level of safety of the station equipment, inform the station passengers about the movement of passenger trains, provides means of telephone communication, public address alerts, television broadcasting.

However, the known system does not provide alerts to service personnel on the railway tracks of stations and hauls about the approach of rolling stock, as well as the ability to control technological processes at the station. The system is built on a centralized principle, in which the initial data on the movement of trains are generated at the station itself, which cannot provide complete automation of the information process and requires the participation of the dispatching apparatus. In addition, the known system does not provide notification of passengers on passenger platforms about the approach of rolling stock.

The task to which the invention is directed is to create a single centralized integrated system that automatically informs passengers of departure / arrival time and train sequence, the approach of rolling stock to passenger platforms, providing the ability to inform relevant services about emergency situations, notification of stations and stages operating on railway tracks of the approach of rolling stock, organization of communication managers with performers of technological processes of operational work in the territory of the station.

The technical result consists in improving the quality of passenger service at stations and stopping points, in improving the safety of passengers and working on railway lines, the safety of train traffic and the expansion of the functions of the park communication system when it is used to control station technological processes.

The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that the centralized integrated system of informing passengers, alerts working on railway tracks and station park communications contains a central information server located in the control center, the first input / output of which is connected to the centralization dispatch system, the second input / output - to the hardware a software device for the information-control system of the dispatch control for the movement of trains, and the third input / output - with a transport network with comm packets by IP protocol, an input / output connected to the fourth input / output of the central information server, automated workstations of the system manager and administrator of the monitoring and administration system, the input / output of the hardware-software device of each of which is connected to the transport network, which is also connected to the input / output of the train dispatcher's console, at each station and stopping point a local area network with packet switching over IP is installed, a control server, first the first input / output of which is connected to the transport network, and the second input / output - to the local network, the database connected by input / output to the third output / input of the control server, information boards connected to the inputs to the local network, a pedestrian crossing warning device and a broadcast amplifier loaded on the feeder line informing and alerting passengers, the recorder of negotiations in the local network, emergency call speakers, the inputs / outputs of which are connected to the local network, while at the stations The controllers of station managers and the station attendant are also described, the inputs / outputs of which are connected to the station’s local network connected to the electric centralization system or to the centralization dispatch system, another broadcast amplifier connected to the station’s local network, loaded on the feeder line of the two-way park communication, the corresponding input of which is connected to park intercoms, a stationary radio station of subscriber radio access included in the local network of the station, data via a radio channel with wearable radio stations of performers in the parks, and at the stopping points a telephone is included in the cashier’s room, included in the local network of the stopping point, a collective portable siren is installed on the stage at the repair site, equipped with a navigation signal receiver and a transceiver connected via a GSM-R radio communication network with the corresponding output of the information-control system for controlling the movement of trains, while at the stations there are communication columns and information tional board placed on the platform and the train station, and stopping points - on the platforms.

At the same time, at least at one station and / or at one stopping point, a portable hardware-software device of the monitoring and administration system administrator is installed with the possibility of connecting to the local network of the station.

The invention is illustrated in figure 1, which presents a structural diagram of an embodiment of a centralized integrated passenger information system, alerts working on railway tracks and station communication park.

The centralized integrated system for informing passengers, alerts working on railway tracks and station park communications contains a central information server 2 located in the control center 1, the first input / output of which is connected to the centralization dispatch system 3, the second input / output - with the hardware-software device information the control system 4 of the dispatcher control of train traffic "Autodispatcher", and the third input / output - with a transport network 5 with packet switching over IP, b a data base 6 connected by an input / output to the fourth input / output of the central information server 2, automated workstations 7 and 8 of the system manager and administrator of the monitoring and administration system, the input / output of the hardware-software device of each of which is connected to the transport network 5, to which is also connected to the input / output of the remote control 9 train dispatcher.

At station 10, a local area network 11 with IP packet switching is organized, a control server 12, the first input / output of which is connected to the transport network 5, and the second input / output - to the local network 11, database 13, connected to the third input / output the output / input of the control server 12, the information boards 14 and the broadcast amplifier 15, loaded on the feeder line 16 for informing and alerting passengers, the recorder 17 of conversations in the local network 11, emergency call columns 18 va, input / output connected to the LAN 11.

The LAN 11 is also connected to the input of the pedestrian crossing warning device 19.

At station 10, there are also installed consoles 20 and 21 for station managers and the station attendant, with inputs / outputs connected to the local area network 11, a broadcast amplifier 22 connected to the local area network input, loaded onto the feeder line 23 of the two-way park communication and connected to the park intercom by the corresponding input devices 24.

At station 10, a stationary radio station 25 of the subscriber radio access of two-way park communication is installed, connected via a radio channel with wearable radio stations of 26 performers in the parks. The radio station 25 is also connected to the local area network 11. An electrical centralization system 27 is connected to the local area network 11 of the station.

At station 10, a portable hardware-software device 28 for the administrator of the monitoring and administration system can be installed, with the possibility of connecting to a local network 11.

Interphone columns 18 and information boards 14 are placed on the platforms and the station.

At the stopping point 29, a local area network 30 is installed with IP packet switching, a control server 31, the first input / output of which is connected to the transport network 5, and the second input / output is connected to the local network 30, database 32, connected to the input / output by the third output / input of the control server 31, to the local network 30 the inputs of the information boards 33 and the translation amplifier 34 connected to the feeder line 35 informing and alerting passengers, the recorder 36 negotiations in the local network 30, communication columns 37 ext Nogo call outputs / inputs of which are connected to the LAN 30 to which is connected the input device 38 pedestrian crossing alerts. At the stopping points in the cashier’s room, a telephone 39 is installed, which is included in the local network 30.

At the same time, the communication columns 37 and information boards 33 are placed on the platforms.

At the stopping points 29, a portable hardware-software device 40 for monitoring and administration system administrator can be installed with the possibility of connecting to a local network 30.

A collective portable siren 42 is installed on the leg at the repair site 41, equipped with a navigation signal receiver 43 connected via a radio channel to the satellite navigation system 44 and a transceiver 45 connected via a GSM-R radio communication network 46 with a corresponding hardware / software output / input device system 4 "Auto dispatcher."

The radio communication network 46 includes base stations 47 connected to a central switch 48, the inputs / outputs of which are connected to the corresponding outputs / inputs of the hardware-software device of the Auto Dispatch system 4.

Moreover, the connection to the local area networks 11 and 30 can be carried out directly or through the corresponding interface devices (not shown in FIG. 1). For example, broadcast amplifiers 15 and 20 (34), an electric centralization system 27, a pedestrian crossing warning device 19 (38), consoles 20 and 21 are connected to a local area network 11 (30) through appropriate interface devices.

The centralized integrated subsystem for informing passengers, alerts working on railway tracks and station park communications includes a subsystem for centralizing informing passengers; Alert subsystem working on the railway tracks of the station; a subsystem for centralized warning of railroad work on the railroad tracks and a subsystem for two-way station park communication.

The centralized passenger information subsystem provides:

- informing passengers in the premises of stations, on the passenger platforms of railway stations and stopping points about the time of departure (arrival) and the sequence of trains;

- notification of passengers on the passenger platform about the approach (progress) of the rolling stock;

- an emergency call by a passenger on the passenger platform or in the station building, the dispatcher of the system for calling the police, the Ministry of Emergencies, ambulance in emergency situations;

- informing passengers on passenger platforms and in the station building about changes in train schedules and other situations;

- transmission of information on the inclusion of the transmission of alerts on the approach of rolling stock to the passenger platform to the pedestrian crossing warning device;

- transmission of messages on duty at the station or cashier about emergency situations.

Informing passengers is as follows.

Information on the actual schedule of passenger trains from the Auto Dispatcher system 4 is sent to the central information server 2, which sends corresponding messages to the control servers 12 and 31 of stations and stopping stations 10 and 29, respectively, via network 5.

The control server 12 with the database 13 (31 with the base 32) generates voice information based on the messages received from the central information server 2 and through the local area network 11 (30) transmits it to the broadcast amplifier 15 (34) loaded on the feeder line 16 (35 ) informing and alerting passengers. The loudspeakers of the feeder line 16 (35) informing and alerting passengers reproduce information about the time of departure (arrival) and the sequence of trains.

The control server 12 (31) sends visual information about the departure / arrival time and the route through the local area network 11 (30) to the input of the corresponding information boards 14 (33).

Similarly, passengers of stations 10 and stopping points 29 are informed of changes in train schedules and other situations. At the same time, passengers are informed at the station both on platforms and in the station building, and at stopping points only on platforms.

In addition, the central server 2 receives information from the centralization control system 3 (DC 3) about the approach of the passenger platform of station 10 or stopping point 29 of the rolling stock of a passenger or freight train, locomotive or special rolling stock. The central server 2 over the network 5 transmits this information to the respective control servers 12 or 31.

Server 12 (31), upon receipt of information about approaching the platform of a moving object, generates the corresponding voice messages and transmits them via a local area network 11 (30) to the input of amplifier 15 (34) loaded onto the passenger notification feeder line 16 (35). At the same time, in the areas of passenger platforms, the loudspeakers of the feeder lines 16 (35) inform passengers about the approach of the rolling stock.

Information on enabling passengers to be notified of the approach of a rolling stock to the passenger platform from the control server 12 (31) is also received in the warning equipment for pedestrian crossings 19 (38).

To call the police, the Ministry of Emergency Situations or emergency ambulance, the passenger can contact the system dispatcher using the communication column 18 (37) installed on the platform or in the station building. An emergency call of the passenger from the telephone speaker 18 (37) through the local area network 11 (30), the control server 12 (31) and the transport network 5 is received by the hardware-software device of the workstation 7 of the system dispatcher. Upon receipt of an emergency call, the system dispatcher includes an intercom, through which he negotiates with the passenger and, if necessary, organizes the passenger's communication with the relevant services.

In case of emergency and communication failure with the control center 1, passenger information at stations 10 is carried out by the station duty officer using the remote control 20, which is connected to the amplifier 16 through a local area network 11 to establish communication with the feeder line 16 of the passenger notification subsystem.

At stopping points 29 in case of emergency and communication with the control center 1, passengers are informed by a cashier or a duty officer at a nearby station. In this case, the cashier informs passengers through a telephone 39, which is connected via an local network 30 to an amplifier 34 to establish communication with feeder information and notification lines 35 of passengers. The person on duty at a nearby station informs passengers using the remote control 20, which is connected through an transport network 5, a control server 31 and a local network 30 to an amplifier 34 to establish communication with a feeder line 35 informing and alerting passengers.

In the event of a malfunction of systems 4 and 3 or communication between the information server 2 and systems 4 and 3, information on the actual schedule of passenger trains and on approaching the passenger platform of station 10 or stopping point 29 of the rolling stock is sent to servers 12 and 31 from the system manager using the remote control 7.

The system dispatcher in the normal mode from his workplace 7 monitors the execution of informing and alerting passengers and the content of voice and visual information. In case of a communication failure between the central information server 2 and system 4, the system manager transfers the corresponding information via the transport network 5 to the control servers 12 and 31 from the hardware and software device of his AWP 7, which through local networks 11 and 30 send it to the input of amplifiers 15 and 34 to establish communication with feeder lines 16 and 35 informing and alerting passengers.

The warning subsystem of the stations working on the railway tracks provides:

- Loud-speaking notification of workers on the railway tracks of the station about the approach of rolling stock to the place of work;

- periodic transmission in the work zone of tones confirming the normal functioning of the notification subsystem;

- transmission in the work area of the commands and messages of the station duty officer on emergency situations related to the safety of train traffic and the safety of workers.

Loud-speaking notification of station workers on the railway tracks about the approach of rolling stock to the place of work is carried out on the basis of information received from the electric centralization system 27 (EC 27), which analyzes the movement of rolling stock around the station. Information from the system 27 through the local area network 11 is fed to the station control server 12, which generates voice messages about the approach of the rolling stock to the place of work. The generated voice messages from the output of the server 12 through the local area network 11 are sent to the broadcast amplifier 22, and then to the corresponding feeder notification line 23 in the (system) two-way park communication.

In addition, the control server 12, based on the information received from the electric centralization system 27, likewise periodically transmits tones to the work area, confirming the normal functioning of the notification subsystem devices working on the station tracks.

The absence of tones in the work area indicates the failure of warning devices working at the railway station and the need to stop work. In this case, from the place of work, the contractors equipped with wearable radio stations 26, through radio communication through the radio station 25 via the local area network 11, transmit to the remote 20 of the station duty officer a message about the failure of the warning devices of a particular station zone.

Information about the failure of the warning devices of a specific zone of the station through the control server 12 also arrives at the hardware and software devices of the workstations 7 and 8, respectively, of the system dispatcher and the administrator of the monitoring and administration system, as well as the control desk of the station 20.

The subsystem of the station two-way park communication provides:

- transmission by managers of commands and messages to executors of technological processes in parks and other areas of the railway station using loud-speaking and radio communications;

- negotiations of managers with performers and performers among themselves;

- transfer of commands and messages to those on duty at the reference railway station in the parks of the managed station and negotiations of the officer on duty with the contractors;

- transmission of commands and messages of the train dispatcher on the two-way park communication of the dispatcher station stations and negotiations of the dispatcher with the contractors;

- ensuring the transmission of alerts working on the railway tracks of the station;

- transfer of information to the on-call desk controller and to the SMA-TsISOP about the failure of two-way park communication devices.

Negotiations of managers with performers are carried out using intercoms consoles 20 by connecting through a local network 11 and a broadcast amplifier 22 to the park intercoms 24.

At the same time, the management and control over the implementation of the technological processes of the operational work of station 10 is carried out by the work managers, the station duty officer, the operator and others by transmitting 23 commands (messages) received from the controllers 20 through the feeder lines through the local network 11 and the broadcast amplifier 22.

Negotiations of managers using remotes 20 with executors of technological processes are also carried out using a stationary radio station 25 connected to the local network, connected via a radio channel to wearable radio stations 26, with which process workers in parks are equipped.

The performers between themselves can negotiate both through intercoms 24, and through wearable radio stations 26.

All messages about the approach of rolling stock, teams and negotiations carried out in the local area network 11 (30) are recorded by the registrar 17 (33).

Monitoring the technical state of system devices and configuring their interaction is carried out from the control center 1 by the system administrator using an automated workstation 8, the hardware-software device of which is connected to the network 5, or directly at station 10 and stopping point 29, respectively, using portable hardware-software devices 28 and 40 of the administrators of the monitoring and administration system, connected to the local networks 11 and 30, respectively.

Information on monitoring and administration of system equipment at stations 10 and at stopping points 29 is transmitted via network 11 and 30 through control servers 12 and 31 via transport network 5 to the central hardware-software device of workstation 8 of the administrator of the monitoring and administration system that interacts with a single monitoring system and the administration of the ECMA railway transport communications network.

The alert subsystem for those working on the railroad tracks provides:

- transmission by radio channel to the information-control system 4 of the Avtodispatcher train traffic control from a portable warning device 42 coordinates of the working location received from the 44 GLONASS / GPS satellite system;

- notification of the approach of the rolling stock to the place of work, generated in system 4 on the basis of data on the location of workers and the predicted approach of the train to the site of work and transmitted over the radio channel of the GSM-R 46 system to the portable notification device 42;

- periodic transmission of tonal control signals reproduced by the collective portable notification device 42 in the work area;

- transfer to AWP 7 of the system dispatcher (duty on the alert zone) information about the failure of the warning devices 42.

Alert working on the haulage of brigades is carried out using a collective portable device 42 alerts equipped with a receiver 42 of the navigation signal and the transceiver 45.

Thus, the proposed centralized integrated system of informing passengers, alerts working on railway tracks and station park communications is a unified system that automatically informs passengers about departure / arrival times and train sequence, about the approach of rolling stock to passenger platforms, providing the possibility of informing relevant services about emergency situations on platforms, alerts working on the railway x the ways of stations and hauls about the approach of rolling stock, the organization of communication between managers and executors of technological processes of operational work located on the territory of the station.

Claims (3)

1. A centralized integrated system for informing passengers, alerts working on railway tracks and station park communications, containing a central information server located in the control center, the first input / output of which is connected to the centralization dispatch system, the second input / output - with the hardware-software device information a control system for supervisory control of train traffic, and the third input / output - with a transport network with packet switching over IP, a database, an input / output connected to the fourth input / output of the central information server, automated workstations of the system manager and administrator of the monitoring and administration system, input / output of the hardware and software device of each of which is connected to the transport network, to which the input / output of the train dispatcher console is also connected, at each station and stopping point, a local area network with IP packet switching is installed, a control server, the first input / output of which is connected to the transport network ti, and the second input / output - to the local network, a database connected by input / output to the third output / input of the control server, information boards connected to the inputs to the local network, a pedestrian crossing warning device and a broadcast amplifier loaded on the information and notification feeder line passengers, a recorder of conversations in the local network, emergency call columns, the inputs / outputs of which are connected to the local network, while the stations also have remote controls for station managers a bot and a station attendant, the inputs / outputs of which are connected to the local network of the station connected to the electric centralization system or to the centralized dispatch system, another broadcast amplifier connected to the local network of the station, loaded on the feeder line of the two-way park communication, to the corresponding input of which are parked intercoms included in the local area network of the station is a stationary radio station of subscriber radio access connected via a radio channel to wearable radio stations using There are telephones in the parks, and at the stopping points in the cashier’s premises, a telephone is included in the local network of the stopping point, and a collective portable siren is installed on the stage at the repair site, equipped with a navigation signal receiver and a transceiver connected via a GSM-R radio network with the corresponding output of the information-control system for controlling the movement of trains, while at the stations, communication columns and information boards are placed on platforms and the station, and and stopping points - on the platforms. 2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one station is installed with the ability to connect to the local network of the station a portable hardware-software device for the administrator of the monitoring and administration system. 3. The system according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that, at least at one stop point, a portable hardware-software device of the monitoring and administration system administrator is installed with the possibility of connecting to the local network of the station.