SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 01-02/2022
The technical possibilities of safe train integrity detection – applicability in modern railway control command and signalling systems
The demand for the implementation of safe train integrity detection/the Train Integrity Monitoring System (TIMS) into modern railway signalling systems is currently increasing. This demand is of extreme importance, especially with regard to the implementation of European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 3 (L3). Another goal pertaining to the use of safe train integrity detection involves obtaining a safety redundancy for the currently used fixed track vacancy detection systems that provide a safe evaluation of the presence of a train in the track section; this mainly involves axle-counting subsystems....