WIT Press

A Multi-train Movement Simulator With Moving Block Signalling

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

37

Pages

10

Published

1998

Size

897 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/CR980751

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

Mark T.K. Ho

Abstract

Being as a relatively new approach of signalling, moving-block scheme significantly increases line capacity, especially on congested railways. This paper describes a simulation system for multi-train operation under moving- block signalling scheme. The simulator can be used to calculate minimum headways and safety characteristics under pre-set timetables or headways and different geographic and traction conditions. Advanced software techniques are adopted to support the flexibility within the simulator so that it is a general- purpose computer-aided design tool to evaluate the performance of moving block si

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