R&M&A&S of communication based train control systems applied to urban rail transportation - A way to improve city sustainability

Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vlad, Emil P ^a   Tatarnikov, Valeriy ^a  

^a Thales Rail Signaling Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATC; availability; CBTC; dependability; maintainability; rail; reliability; resilience; safety; security; transit; urban

Indexed keywords

ATC; CBTC; DEPENDABILITY; RESILIENCE; SAFETY; SECURITY; TRANSIT; URBAN;

AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAINTAINABILITY; MASS TRANSPORTATION; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; RAILROADS; RELIABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79956346086     PISSN: 0149144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMS.2011.5754483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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