A job aid system and method determine conditions in which a vehicle system is operating or will operate during movement of the vehicle system along one or more routes. A context-sensitive action checklist is selected or generated based on one or more of the conditions. Input from the operator of the vehicle system is received in response to one or more action items in the context-sensitive action checklist that is presented to the operator. An alertness level of the operator is determined based on the input that is received from the operator. One or more alerting actions can be implemented to increase the alertness level of the operator.

A method for operating a rail vehicle network, in which a plurality of rail vehicles travel. The rail vehicles determine their respective position in the rail vehicle network by forming position information. Each of the rail vehicles transmits its position information to a route-side central unit, and the central unit forwards the received position information to all rail vehicles in the rail vehicle network. The rail vehicles each have their own collision monitoring unit, which checks the received position information for a possible risk of a collision with one or more of the other rail vehicles, and generates a collision warning signal in the event that a collision risk is established.

A method for operating a rail vehicle network, in which a plurality of rail vehicles travel. The rail vehicles determine their respective position in the rail vehicle network by forming position information. Each of the rail vehicles transmits its position information to a route-side central unit, and the central unit forwards the received position information to all rail vehicles in the rail vehicle network. The rail vehicles each have their own collision monitoring unit, which checks the received position information for a possible risk of a collision with one or more of the other rail vehicles, and generates a collision warning signal in the event that a collision risk is established.

The present disclosure relates to a rail transit signal system with multi-network integration, including: a wayside train control subsystem for simultaneously supporting mixed tracking operation of a China train control system (CTCS)-based national railway train and a communication based train control (CBTC)-based urban rail transit train; a compatible carbome subsystem for realizing cross-line operation of a national railway line network, an intercity railway network, a municipal railway network, and an urban rail transit network; a networked intelligent dispatching subsystem for realizing intelligent dispatching management of rail transit line networks and cooperation of line network operation plans between different rail transit line networks; an interlocking subsystem being respectively communicatively connected to and interacting with the wayside train control subsystem, the compatible carbome subsystem, and the networked intelligent dispatching subsystem; and a wireless train-ground communication subsystem for simultaneously providing communication for the national railway train and the urban rail transit train. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of interconnection and interworking, deep integration, etc.

A method of consisting a train, includes: by a first vehicle, receiving the train consist control instruction transmitted by the train control device, where the train consist control instruction is configured to instruct the first vehicle for consisting the train; determining a second vehicle for consisting the train according to the train consist control instruction; detecting a first inter-vehicle distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; receiving a second inter-vehicle distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle transmitted by the second vehicle, where the second inter-vehicle distance comprises a distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle detected by the second vehicle; and in response to that a difference between the first inter-vehicle distance and the second inter-vehicle distance is less than or equal to a first distance threshold, controlling the first vehicle to couple to the second vehicle to consist the train.

A method of consisting a train, includes: by a first vehicle, receiving the train consist control instruction transmitted by the train control device, where the train consist control instruction is configured to instruct the first vehicle for consisting the train; determining a second vehicle for consisting the train according to the train consist control instruction; detecting a first inter-vehicle distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; receiving a second inter-vehicle distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle transmitted by the second vehicle, where the second inter-vehicle distance comprises a distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle detected by the second vehicle; and in response to that a difference between the first inter-vehicle distance and the second inter-vehicle distance is less than or equal to a first distance threshold, controlling the first vehicle to couple to the second vehicle to consist the train.

Systems and methods are provided for vehicle host interface module (vHIM) based braking solutions and use thereof in trains.

Systems and methods are provided for vehicle host interface module (vHIM) based braking solutions and use thereof in trains.

A signal-controlled crew warning system for warning people of approaching rail vehicles on an operational track located in a warning sector of a work track. The warning system includes a track-building machine for working on the work track, a positioning system for determining the position of the track-building machine, a computer-aided monitoring system for generating warning information, warning measures for generating acoustic or optical or haptic warning signals, and a radio system for wireless data transfer. The computer-aided monitoring system is configured to set boundaries of the warning sector on a basis of the current position of the track-building machine and to automatically generate warning information for the warning sector. The track-building machine has a central control unit for processing the warning information, which control unit is coupled to the computer-aided monitoring system via the radio system. The warning sector thus moves along with the track-building machine as it travels.

A system includes one or more processors and a communication device onboard a first remote vehicle of a vehicle system that includes a controlling vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to establish a communication link with the controlling vehicle, and, in a first mode of operation, to automatically control movement of the designated remote vehicle responsive to movement-control messages received from the controlling vehicle over the communication link. The one or more processors are also configured, responsive to receipt of a designated suspend message from the controlling vehicle, to switch the designated remote vehicle from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation where movement of the designated remote vehicle is controlled independently of the controlling vehicle while maintaining the communication link.