(19)
(11) EP 1 258 412 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/47

(21) Application number: 02077057.4

(22) Date of filing: 21.05.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B61L 1/20, B61L 1/16, H04L 12/56
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 18.05.2001 NL 1018111
17.05.2002 NL 1020623

(71) Applicant: Volker Stevin Rail & Traffic BV
4131 NL Vianen (NL)

(72) Inventors:
  • Adema, Edwin John
    7201 VC Zutphen (NL)
  • Wanders, Vincent Emiel
    7425 GC Deventer (NL)

(74) Representative: Assendelft, Jacobus H.W. 
Keukenhofdreef 20
2161 AZ Lisse
2161 AZ Lisse (NL)

   


(54) Railway signalling system


(57) Railway signalling system with sensors detecting the presence or passage of a train, such as shaft counters, of a remote computer within a relais house which is connected to the computer of the railway traffic control centre; wherein the computer in the relais house is provided with a malfunction forecast system; and/or wherein there are wire less communication means to be able to receive at a distance from the relais house data from the computer in the relais house.





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