Patent ID: 7539624
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B61L,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling the movement of a plurality of trains along a network of track according to a predetermined movement plan comprising: (a) providing a plurality of trains along a network of track; (b) communicating to each of the plural trains its respective portion of the movement plan constituting a trajectory of the movement plan; (c) determining the position of each train along the track; (d) evaluating by a computer system, the movement of the trains relative to their trip plans by simulating the movement of the trains in a detailed physical model by advancing the time and position of the trains along the track; (e) determining trip plan adjustments needed by any train not in compliance with its trip plan based in part on effects of track parameters of the network of track on the adjustments and the simulation; and (f) communicating the trip plan adjustments to the trains.