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Railway Gazette 1992 August Exploiting the potential of data management
Railway Gazette 1992 August
Contents
COMMENT 497
NEWS 499
CITY PAGE 502
PEOPLE503
INTELLIGENCE 504
ANALYSIS 506
LETTERS 509
SIDETRACK509
BEHIND THE NEWS510
PRODUCT NEWS549
DIARY552
PUBLICATIONS552
Exploiting the potential of data management
TVM430 ENHANCES TRAIN CONTROL CAPACITY515Development of a more powerful cab signalling system for French National Railways' TGV Nord line and the Channel Tunnel involved a switch from simple coded track circuits to a form of track-to-train data transmission using 27-bit modulated messages
DIGITAL ATP WILL LIFT SHINKANSEN CAPACITY523A prototype moving block ATP system based on digital data transmission over jointless track circuits, to be tested in 1994-95, will enhance capacity on shinkansen and 1 067 mm gauge lines
AAR LOOKS AT DYNAMIC TAGS 529Association of American Railroads is planning to develop further Automatic Vehicle Identification to transmit real-time train status information
SMART TECHNOLOGY DOMINATES TICKETING DEVELOPMENTS533Automatic ticketing and revenue control is once again the subject of rapid technological change. To the long established trend of increasing processing power at lower cost has been added the potential of a new generation of high capacity 'smart cards'
FROM ATB TO THE STATION PACKAGE536Many British Rail stations are to be re-equipped with on-line ticket issuing terminals compatible with ATB, as developed for airlines, which will offer a wider range of information and ticketing facilities
FREE GIFTS538Self-service ticket machines may offer economies to operators, but as Stuttgarter Strassenbahn AG discovered, there are risks as well
ANGEL REBUILDING EASES CONGESTION54IThe cramped site of London Underground's Angel station could not cope with rising levels of congestion. This month sees completion of the first phase of a reconstruction project
SARCC POISED TO TURN THE TIDE OF NEGLECT543When the South African Commuter Corporation was formed on April 1 1990, the country's suburban rail services were suffering from decades of laissez-faire. A tightly-focused action plan which places commuters' needs first is one of SARCC's initiatives in a strategy to make better use of its urban rail assets
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