EP0341826A3 - A railway signalling system - Google Patents

A railway signalling system Download PDF

Info

Publication number: EP0341826A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: signalling system; railway signalling; railway; signalling
Prior art date: 1988-05-09
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19890303530

Other versions

EP0341826A2 (en

EP0341826B1 (en

Inventor

David Bruce Macdougall

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Siemens Mobility Ltd

Original Assignee

Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1988-05-09

Filing date

1989-04-11

Publication date

1990-12-19

1989-04-11 Application filed by Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings Ltd filed Critical Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings Ltd

1989-11-15 Publication of EP0341826A2 publication Critical patent/EP0341826A2/en

1990-12-19 Publication of EP0341826A3 publication Critical patent/EP0341826A3/en

1994-06-22 Application granted granted Critical

1994-06-22 Publication of EP0341826B1 publication Critical patent/EP0341826B1/en

2009-04-11 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

- 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 vehicle trains
- B61L23/34—Control, warnings or like safety means indicating the distance between vehicles or vehicle trains by the transmission of signals therebetween
- 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

EP19890303530 1988-05-09 1989-04-11 A railway signalling system Expired - Lifetime EP0341826B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB888810923A GB8810923D0 (en)	1988-05-09	1988-05-09	Railway signalling system
GB8810923		1988-05-09

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0341826A2 EP0341826A2 (en)	1989-11-15
EP0341826A3 true EP0341826A3 (en)	1990-12-19
EP0341826B1 EP0341826B1 (en)	1994-06-22

Family

ID=10636577

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19890303530 Expired - Lifetime EP0341826B1 (en)	1988-05-09	1989-04-11	A railway signalling system

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0341826B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE68916320T2 (en)
GB (2)	GB8810923D0 (en)
HK (1)	HK61292A (en)

Families Citing this family (37)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2263993B (en) *	1992-02-06	1995-03-22	Westinghouse Brake & Signal	Regulating a railway vehicle
GB2264381B (en) *	1992-02-11	1995-02-22	Westinghouse Brake & Signal	A railway signalling system
US20040172175A1 (en)	2003-02-27	2004-09-02	Julich Paul M.	System and method for dispatching by exception
US7539624B2 (en)	1994-09-01	2009-05-26	Harris Corporation	Automatic train control system and method
US7092894B1 (en)	1994-09-01	2006-08-15	Harris Corporation	Cost reactive scheduler and method
FR2823352B1 (en) *	2001-04-04	2009-04-24	Positive	VEHICLE INTERDISTANCE CONTROL INSTALLATION
US10569792B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2020-02-25	General Electric Company	Vehicle control system and method
US10308265B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2019-06-04	Ge Global Sourcing Llc	Vehicle control system and method
US9733625B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2017-08-15	General Electric Company	Trip optimization system and method for a train
US8924049B2 (en)	2003-01-06	2014-12-30	General Electric Company	System and method for controlling movement of vehicles
US7797087B2 (en)	2003-02-27	2010-09-14	General Electric Company	Method and apparatus for selectively disabling train location reports
US20060212188A1 (en)	2003-02-27	2006-09-21	Joel Kickbusch	Method and apparatus for automatic selection of alternative routing through congested areas using congestion prediction metrics
US7725249B2 (en)	2003-02-27	2010-05-25	General Electric Company	Method and apparatus for congestion management
US7937193B2 (en)	2003-02-27	2011-05-03	General Electric Company	Method and apparatus for coordinating railway line of road and yard planners
FR2857644B1 (en) *	2003-07-16	2006-03-10	Inrets	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND CONTROLLING RAILWAY VEHICLES WITH ULTRA - WIDE FREQUENCY BANDS.
US8292172B2 (en)	2003-07-29	2012-10-23	General Electric Company	Enhanced recordation device for rail car inspections
US7908047B2 (en)	2004-06-29	2011-03-15	General Electric Company	Method and apparatus for run-time incorporation of domain data configuration changes
RU2430845C2 (en)	2005-03-14	2011-10-10	Дженерал Электрик Компани	Method of planning railway car motion through railroads yard (versions)
US8126601B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2012-02-28	General Electric Company	System and method for predicting a vehicle route using a route network database
US9156477B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2015-10-13	General Electric Company	Control system and method for remotely isolating powered units in a vehicle system
US9201409B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2015-12-01	General Electric Company	Fuel management system and method
US8290645B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2012-10-16	General Electric Company	Method and computer software code for determining a mission plan for a powered system when a desired mission parameter appears unobtainable
US8768543B2 (en)	2006-03-20	2014-07-01	General Electric Company	Method, system and computer software code for trip optimization with train/track database augmentation
US8498762B2 (en)	2006-05-02	2013-07-30	General Electric Company	Method of planning the movement of trains using route protection
US7734383B2 (en)	2006-05-02	2010-06-08	General Electric Company	Method and apparatus for planning the movement of trains using dynamic analysis
US7797088B2 (en)	2006-05-02	2010-09-14	General Electric Company	Method and apparatus for planning linked train movements
US7680750B2 (en)	2006-06-29	2010-03-16	General Electric Company	Method of planning train movement using a three step optimization engine
US8082071B2 (en)	2006-09-11	2011-12-20	General Electric Company	System and method of multi-generation positive train control system
US8433461B2 (en)	2006-11-02	2013-04-30	General Electric Company	Method of planning the movement of trains using pre-allocation of resources
US9834237B2 (en)	2012-11-21	2017-12-05	General Electric Company	Route examining system and method
DE102011081993A1 (en)	2011-09-01	2013-03-07	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	Hold time calculation module
JP5877539B2 (en) *	2011-09-30	2016-03-08	日本信号株式会社	Train control system
US9669851B2 (en)	2012-11-21	2017-06-06	General Electric Company	Route examination system and method
CN104742942A (en) *	2015-04-17	2015-07-01	泉州市铁通电子设备有限公司	Wireless dispatching communication system control center of railway trains
CN105035125B (en) *	2015-06-24	2017-08-11	北京世纪东方国铁科技股份有限公司	A kind of method and apparatus for optimizing train row tail system communication conditions
JP6713357B2 (en) *	2016-06-28	2020-06-24	株式会社日立製作所	On-board equipment, train, and signal security system
CN107685749B (en) *	2017-08-11	2021-05-11	中国铁道科学研究院通信信号研究所	Virtual coupling small marshalling train control system and method based on vehicle-vehicle communication

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US2762913A (en) *	1955-06-13	1956-09-11	William L Jepson	Railway train proximity warning system
US3681597A (en) *	1970-06-01	1972-08-01	Alden Self Transit Syst	Transportation system
EP0188925A1 (en) *	1984-10-18	1986-07-30	Matra Transport	Method and arrangement for data transmission between moving vehicles on a road

1988
- 1988-05-09 GB GB888810923A patent/GB8810923D0/en active Pending
1989
- 1989-04-04 GB GB8907575A patent/GB2218556B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-04-11 DE DE1989616320 patent/DE68916320T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1989-04-11 EP EP19890303530 patent/EP0341826B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1992
- 1992-08-13 HK HK61292A patent/HK61292A/en not_active IP Right Cessation

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US2762913A (en) *	1955-06-13	1956-09-11	William L Jepson	Railway train proximity warning system
US3681597A (en) *	1970-06-01	1972-08-01	Alden Self Transit Syst	Transportation system
EP0188925A1 (en) *	1984-10-18	1986-07-30	Matra Transport	Method and arrangement for data transmission between moving vehicles on a road

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB8810923D0 (en)	1988-06-15
GB2218556A (en)	1989-11-15
GB8907575D0 (en)	1989-05-17
DE68916320T2 (en)	1995-01-12
DE68916320D1 (en)	1994-07-28
GB2218556B (en)	1992-01-15
HK61292A (en)	1992-08-21
EP0341826A2 (en)	1989-11-15
EP0341826B1 (en)	1994-06-22

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1989-09-30	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1989-11-15	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): DE FR
1990-10-29	PUAL	Search report despatched	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013
1990-12-19	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A3 Designated state(s): DE FR
1991-02-27	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 19901224
1993-04-21	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 19930309
1994-05-06	GRAA	(expected) grant	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210
1994-06-22	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: B1 Designated state(s): DE FR
1994-07-28	REF	Corresponds to:	Ref document number: 68916320 Country of ref document: DE Date of ref document: 19940728
1994-08-12	ET	Fr: translation filed
1995-04-24	PLBE	No opposition filed within time limit	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261
1995-04-24	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT
1995-06-14	26N	No opposition filed
1996-04-16	PGFP	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]	Ref country code: DE Payment date: 19960416 Year of fee payment: 8
1996-04-23	PGFP	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]	Ref country code: FR Payment date: 19960423 Year of fee payment: 8
1997-12-31	PG25	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]	Ref country code: FR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 19971231
1998-01-01	PG25	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]	Ref country code: DE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 19980101
1998-02-27	REG	Reference to a national code	Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: ST

Publication	Publication Date	Title
GB2218556B (en)	1992-01-15	A railway signalling system
GB2276265B (en)	1995-08-23	A railway signalling system
GB8810922D0 (en)	1988-06-15	Railway signalling system
GB2264381B (en)	1995-02-22	A railway signalling system
GB2193022B (en)	1990-08-22	A railway signalling system
GB2218596B (en)	1992-05-13	Signalling transmission system
GB2225887B (en)	1992-08-12	Railway monitoring system
GB2218557B (en)	1992-01-22	A railway signalling system
GB8804340D0 (en)	1988-03-23	Signalling systems
GB2266802B (en)	1995-06-21	Railway signalling system
GB8818797D0 (en)	1988-09-07	Railway signalling system
GB8810921D0 (en)	1988-06-15	Railway signalling system
IL79130A0 (en)	1986-09-30	Railway signalling system
GB8825907D0 (en)	1988-12-07	Signalling system
GB8805390D0 (en)	1988-04-07	Signalling system
GB8922391D0 (en)	1989-11-22	Signalling system
ZA893241B (en)	1990-01-31	A track system
GB8827214D0 (en)	1988-12-29	Traffic signalling system
GB8623356D0 (en)	1986-11-05	Railway signalling system
GB8800003D0 (en)	1988-02-10	Train alert system
GB8926440D0 (en)	1990-01-10	Signalling system
AU106023S (en)	1989-11-27	Rail element for a toy railway system
ZA878596B (en)	1988-07-27	Signalling system
GB8718520D0 (en)	1987-09-09	Railway signaling system
GB8908078D0 (en)	1989-05-24	Improvements in railway signalling systems