Patent ID: 6766228
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B61L

Abstract:
A management system for managing a route of a rail vehicle travelling on a rail network between a departure point and an arrival point, the management system comprising:detection means for detecting the position of the vehicle on the network, and a central processor unit comprising means for causing a route change in the route of the rail vehicle between a route-change node at which the route changes from an initial route on which the rail vehicle was previously planned to travel, and a convergence node at which the route converges with the initial route, wherein the means for causing the route change includes means for determining a set of routes comprising all possible routes between the route-change node and the convergence node, and means for comparing the set of routes with the initial route so as to cause the route change to correspond to a route among the set of routes that has a largest number of way points in common with the initial route.