Overview of New Technologies for Railway Communication Signals Abroad

Author: Li Kaicheng
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book provides a detailed and objective introduction to the development of railway communication and signaling in major developed countries worldwide, as well as the latest trends in new technologies. It focuses on the recent advancements in foreign dispatching and command centralization and intelligence, the new developments in train operation control, the emerging trends in computer interlocking, new measures to reduce the impact of ballastless track on track circuits, and new strategies for train-to-ground communication—key issues of global concern. domestic needs, it offers specific recommendations. The book is divided into four parts: Chapter introduces the development of foreign railway signaling and countermeasures; Chapters 2 to 8 introduce the development of railway signaling systems in Europe and Germany, France, Russia, the UK, the US, and Japan; Chapters 9 to 15 introduce the main technologies of major companies such as Siemens, Alstom, Alcatel, and GE; Chapter 16 introduces the main relevant standards worldwide. This book can serve as a technical reference for railway engineering professionals and also as a teaching reference for students in higher education institutions.