Patent ID: 9642163
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60L,B61L,H04W,Y02T

Claim:
1. A train control apparatus comprising: an on-vehicle base station that is mounted on a train; a ground base station that is installed on a ground and is capable of communicating with the on-vehicle base station; an on-vehicle control device that is mounted on the train, reports a current position of the train to the ground base station via the on-vehicle base station, and controls an operation such that the train is capable of being stopped before reaching a stop limit, which the on-vehicle control device has acquired from the ground base station via the on-vehicle base station and which is a limiting position before which the train is capable of running safely; and a ground control device that is installed on the ground and transmits the stop limit, which is calculated on a basis of information on the current position acquired from the on-vehicle control device via the on-vehicle base station and the ground base station, to the on-vehicle control device via the on-vehicle base station and the ground base station, wherein the on-vehicle control device, when the ground base station that is a communication partner to the on-vehicle base station is switched, includes