Patent ID: 9004413
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B61L

Abstract:
1. A train control system comprising: a vehicle radio set that is mounted on a train traveling on a predetermined track; wayside radio sets each disposed at a predetermined location on the ground and configured to transmit information to and receive information from the vehicle radio set; and ground devices each disposed in each of control sections which are set in the track and connected to the wayside radio set belonging to the control section in which the ground device is disposed, each of the ground devices being configured to transmit information to and receive information from the other ground devices, wherein, each of the ground devices detects train locations in the control section in which the ground device is disposed, and wherein each of the ground devices, in the case of determining that the number of trains has reached the controllable number of trains or there is the possibility that the number of trains reaches the controllable number of trains in the control section, transmits information indicating that the number of trains has reached the controllable number of trains, or that there is the possibility that the number of trains reaches the controllable number of trains, to the other around devices.