Author(s)

T. Pasternok

Abstract

By the presure of costs public-transport companies are forced to think about more economical forms of operation. Radio-based operation, automatic operation for works railway or automatic driverless operation for city railways are possibilities to lower the costs. The MCDS (microcomputer-controlled decentralised control system) of the IVV GmbH is based on decentralised intelligence, processing and safety structure. This base concept and the new developments of the MCDS can be ideally transferred to the above catchwords. 1 Introduction Traditional railway safety installations, with growing operational requirements, have become increasingly more complex and more expensive. The use of microelectroni

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