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P.B. Olsen

Abstract

Integrated railway traffic management and control P.B. Olsen ABB Signal a/s, Denmark ABSTRACT A key question addressed by today's railway management is how to improve the profitability and quality of rail services, given the constraint of immense investments already laid down in infrastructure installations and rolling stock. For many railroads the ownership of Train Operations and Infrastructure may in the future be separated. This fact implies special requirements to the Traffic Management Systems. There is no doubt that it is a desire for the European Commission to liberalise train operations to a multitude of operating companies. This makes it essential to standardise as defined under EURET/ETCS and makes it probable that definitions of standards will be a long term sub- ject. ABB Signal's EBICOS TMS system for Integrated Railway Traffic Management & Control is a system that enables such requirements to be carried out. INTRODUCTION Traffic management systems can be

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