Method for operating a track-bound traffic system

US11479283B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Mobility GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Luehrs · Braunschweig, DE
• Karsten Rahn · Lehre, DE
• Oscar Alonso Garrido · Tres Cantos, ES

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61L2027/204
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method operates a track-bound traffic system which carries out a determination that a first track section part lying between a track-bound vehicle and a second track section is free of vehicles. A track-side device disposed in a first track section at a distance to an adjacent second track section, transmits status information which characterizes the second track section as being free of track-bound vehicles, and the transmitted status information is received by a vehicle traversing the first track section. The distance is measured such that no other track-bound vehicle fits in a first track section part lying between the track-bound vehicle and the second track section when the track-bound vehicle receives the status information, and the first track section part lying between the track-bound vehicle and the second track section is identified as being free of other track-bound vehicles by the track-bound vehicle based on the received status information.