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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 05/2002

Navigation Satellite Systems in Railway Signalling?

May 2002 | Libor Lochman, Michal Stolín, Václav Chudácek

Though originally designed and installed for military purposes, the presently available satellite navigation systems GPS and GOLNASS support a lot of civil applications including railway operation. However a number of requirements have to be fulfilled if such system should become a source of a safe train location information for signalling equipment.