The Automatic Train Operation of a metro line is not so difficult to implement: almost no junction or crossing between lines, rolling stock homogeneity, double track operation, relatively low speed, very simple station track layout, mostly rubber-mounted, and specific site continuously fenced with no level crossing. Tunnels and platform screen doors complete the picture to prevent almost totall...

The wide-spread application of automatic train operation (ATO) system on metro lines allows short service headways, high-density operations and high efficiency. This paper addresses real-time control for ATO when faced with disturbances or disruptions in its operations. More specifically, the focuses design integrated dwell time regulation speed profile generation response to dynamic changes en...

This paper studies the feasibility of using low-power wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee in high-speed railway scenarios that involve bidirectional land-to-train communication. The presented results have been obtained through experimental tests conducted at the high-speed railway line connecting Madrid to Barcelona. A multiplatform communication system has been in...

Recently, bicycles are used as exercising machines and traffic vehicles. Planetary gear trains can be used as the transmission systems with multi-speed for bicycles. The purpose of this work is to propose a design methodology for the design of automatic three-speed gear hubs with planetary gear trains for bicycles. First, applying the check list method (combining and extending methods), the des...