Patent ID: 8924066

Claim:
A system comprising: a communication module configured to be located onboard a first vehicle that is configured to travel along a route, the route comprising plural sub-routes, the communication module configured to receive route occupancy information from an off-board wayside module disposed along the route, the route occupancy information corresponding to a presence or absence of vehicular traffic on each of the sub-routes within a geographic range of a route detection system configured to be operably coupled to the wayside module; and a determination module configured to be located onboard the first vehicle, the determination module configured to obtain position information from one or more onboard detection units disposed onboard the first vehicle, the one or more onboard detection units comprising at least one detector configured to detect a position of the first vehicle, the determination module configured to determine a particular sub-route of the plural sub-routes on which the first vehicle is disposed using a comparison of the position information obtained from the one or more onboard detection units with the route occupancy information received from the off-board wayside module.