Global Patent Index - EP 2470408 A1

EP 2470408 A1 20120704 - INITIALISATION OF A SIGNALLING SYSTEM

Title (en)

INITIALISATION OF A SIGNALLING SYSTEM

Title (de)

INITIALISIERUNG EINES SIGNALISIERUNGSSYSTEMS

Title (fr)

INITIALISATION D'UN SYSTÈME DE SIGNALISATION

Publication

EP 2470408 A1 20120704 (EN)

Application

EP 11721085 A 20110428

Priority

  • GB 201007073 A 20100428
  • GB 2011050842 W 20110428

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2479900A] Disclosed is a method of initialising a rail signalling system for a rail network which has trains on it. The signalling system having signalling equipment, signalling communication equipment located on each train for enabling train location information to be sent from the train to the signalling equipment and a controller, in communication with the signalling equipment, for controlling the signalling equipment. The method has the steps of dividing the network into a plurality of blocks, providing a train location detection system, with a train database for storing the location of each train within the network at a block level. The train database able to send train location information to the controller. Next, the controller is set to treat any blocks with at least one train located on it as occupied, and then causing a train to move if the block ahead of that train in the direction of travel is not occupied.

IPC 8 full level

B61L 1/14 (2006.01); B61L 3/12 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB)

B61L 1/14 (2013.01 - EP); B61L 3/121 (2013.01 - EP); B61L 25/02 (2013.01 - GB); B61L 25/026 (2013.01 - EP); B61L 27/00 (2013.01 - GB); B61L 27/40 (2022.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 201007073 D0 20100609; GB 2479900 A 20111102; EP 2470408 A1 20120704; EP 2470408 B1 20170719; WO 2011135368 A1 20111103

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 201007073 A 20100428; EP 11721085 A 20110428; GB 2011050842 W 20110428