Chinese Train Control System

Chinese Train Control System , abbreviated as: CTCS ( 中國列車控制系統 / 中国列车控制系统 , Zhōngguó Lièchē Kòngzhìxìtǒng ) is the English-language name for the specification of train control systems in the People's Republic of China .

The entire Chinese high-speed fleet (almost 3000 multiple units) is equipped with CTCS (Level 2 and 3).

The CTCS is structurally similar to the European Train Control System (ETCS) and individual versions correspond directly to European standards.

function

CTCS specifies several levels:

CTCS-0: track circuit + driver's cab signaling + travel locks ,
CTCS-1: track circuit + driver's cab signaling + travel locks,
CTCS-2: track circuit + balise + ATP . The track circuit is used both to mark the occupancy of the block section and to enable signals. The architecture is comparable to TVM-300 . The system is usually used on high-speed lines with speeds of 200 to 250 km / h.
CTCS-3D: track circuit + balise + ATP (corresponds to ETCS level 1 ),
CTCS-3: Balise + GSM-R + ATP (corresponds to ETCS Level 2 ), It is mainly used on high-speed lines for speeds of 250 km / h and above. ATO based on Level 3 is to be available on a high-speed line for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
CTCS-4: balises + GSM-R + ATP, moving block ( driving in a moving spatial distance or absolute braking distance)

Levels 2, 3, 4 are each backwards compatible with the lower level. Driving in a moving spatial distance or absolute braking distance from CTCS-4 is also specified in ETCS Level 3 .

commitment

CTCS was proposed in 2003.

The CTCS-2 system has been in use since 2007.

The CTCS-3 (ETCS Level 2) system was first used in the People's Republic of China on the almost 1,000 km long high-speed line between Wuhan and Guangzhou . The order for track equipment, awarded in mid-2007, had a volume of 66 million euros (for installation, delivery, testing and commissioning) and, in addition to track equipment, also included equipping 60 high-speed trains. Commissioning took place in 2009 and commercial operations began in January 2010.

Hitachi announced around 2010 that it would adapt its CTCS solutions for the European market (ETCS, SRS 2.3.0d). In an agreement with the British rail network operator Network Rail , the company guaranteed a corresponding conversion of two test trains it had previously built.

At the end of 2015, more than 14,000 km of railway line were equipped with CTCS-2 and more than 8,000 km with CTCS-3. These routes were used by 1887 electric multiple units.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mo Zhisong: China's next-generation signaling system targets automatic operation . In: International Railway Journal . tape 58 , no. 7 , July 2018, ISSN 2161-7376 , p. 32-35 .
↑ Hitachi Rail - Hitachi wins contract to supply Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system for China's dedicated high speed passenger line ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Intelligent Control In Railway Network (Author: Bin Ning, Beijing Jiaotong University) ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b DVV Media UK: Beijing - Tianjin elevated design anticipates 350 km / h . In: Railway Gazette . DVV Media Group, Hamburg, March 1, 2006 ( railwaygazette.com [accessed February 21, 2017]).
↑ Report ETCS Level 2 for China . In: Railway technical review . 56, No. 9, 2007, p. 574.
^ ^A ^b Zhao Yang: Application and Development of CTCS. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: 12th UIC ERTMS WORLD CONFERENCE, BRUSSELS 2016. China Railway Corporation, February 29, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2017 .
^ Third V-Train to trial onboard ETCS . In: Railway Gazette International . tape 166 , no. 6 , 2010, ISSN 0373-5346 , p. 50 .

Web links

Zhao Yang: Application and Development of CTCS. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: 12th UIC ERTMS WORLD CONFERENCE, BRUSSELS 2016. China Railway Corporation, February 29, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2017 . (Current overview from 2016 of the technical development status and the implementation of CTCS)
WIT eLibrary - CTCS — Chinese Train Control System

[irj-2018-07-32-1] Mo Zhisong: China's next-generation signaling system targets automatic operation . In: International Railway Journal . tape 58 , no. 7 , July 2018, ISSN 2161-7376 , p. 32-35 .

[2] Hitachi Rail - Hitachi wins contract to supply Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system for China's dedicated high speed passenger line ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[BinNing|IntelligentControl-3] Intelligent Control In Railway Network (Author: Bin Ning, Beijing Jiaotong University) ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[:0-4] DVV Media UK: Beijing - Tianjin elevated design anticipates 350 km / h . In: Railway Gazette . DVV Media Group, Hamburg, March 1, 2006 ( railwaygazette.com [accessed February 21, 2017]).

[etr-2007-574-5] Report ETCS Level 2 for China . In: Railway technical review . 56, No. 9, 2007, p. 574.

[:1-6] A ^b Zhao Yang: Application and Development of CTCS. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: 12th UIC ERTMS WORLD CONFERENCE, BRUSSELS 2016. China Railway Corporation, February 29, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2017 .

[rgz-2010-6-50-7] Third V-Train to trial onboard ETCS . In: Railway Gazette International . tape 166 , no. 6 , 2010, ISSN 0373-5346 , p. 50 .