Higher Reliability and Capacity Train Control

Details

• Creators:
  Vieira, Paulo ; Rosales-Yepez, Jose ; Polivka, Alan ; Brosseau, Joseph
• Corporate Creators:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc (TTCI)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Positive train control
  • Railroad signaling
  • Vehicle capacity
  • Reliability
  • Maintainability
  • Systems availability
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-22/30
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  May 2016 - Dec. 2019
• Contracting Officer:
  Withers, Jared
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  Researchers developed new concepts of train control systems that could potentially offset the negative impacts to train operations introduced by the current implementation of PTC (Overlay PTC). They investigated the effects on railroad network operation caused by the operation of PTC, such as the conservatism of train braking enforcement algorithms, impacts on train operation due to failure of PTC components and human operation errors, as well as the improvements provided by the proposed new train control methods.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFR5311D00008L
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63387/dot_63387_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.27 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61f24d8097db64622e5b0b69f437769054eb5d262e05578df7cd5804460ed6f92673ba9589727761b45d842673ec638872c7ebe1076c2dfb9dd51b2cddf5a766