Both safety and efficiency should be considered in highspeed train following control. The real-time calculation of dynamic safety following distance is used by the following train to understand the quality of its own following behaviour. A new velocity difference control law can help the following train to adjust its own behaviour from a safe and efficient steady-following state to another one ...

This paper considers the characteristics of high-speed train in precise timing information, such as arrival time, depending duration on station, traveling time and location of the train, to design a video proxy agent for VoD service in train. Based on the information of current active video streams, a burst pre-fetching scheme in video proxy agent is developed when the high-speed train depends ...

In this paper, a real-time information service platform for high-speed train was proposed and implemented. With this platform, all passengers of train will freely to get access by Wi-Fi or other wireless network to enjoy movie, music, train information and travel information. Besides, the platform was connected to a FPGA based data processing center to collect train operation data including ins...

The paper sums up the factors with passenger’s travel demand, passenger’s need of comfort and the wasted train capacity. On the basis of these factors, this paper provides a new idea to solve high-speed passengers train operation plan problem. First, all the possible train operation plans are listed, and then with the aid of intelligent algorithm those train operation plans which can not be sen...

This paper investigates the handover performance on high speed train (HST) via different speed under three scenarios, which are viaduct environment, cutting environment and urban area. To provide stable wireless service, we adopt Long Term Evolution (LTE) for high speed railway (HST) system. Moreover, we consider the effect of speed on handover procedure. Interchannel interference (ICI) caused ...

High speed trains permit faster travelling between long distance destinations, making it an easy and comfortable way of travelling. The pantograph is the element of the train that collects electrical current from the cable system above (the catenary), to the train motors. The contact force variation can cause contact losses, electric arc formations and sparking. This deteriorates the quality of...

High-speed trains with the maximum speed of 300 km/h, named as Korea Train Express (KTX), have started revenue services since April 2004. Because of the geomorphologic conditions of Korea a large portion of the ‘Kyung-Bu’ line is comprised of tunnels or bridges, which may cause excessive noise in a vehicle. The vibration generated by the trains propagates into the tunnel and the vehicle structu...

Ten years ago, the first Spanish high speed line which traveled from Madrid to Sevilla at an average speed of 250 km/h was inaugurated. At this speed pantograph noise, which is of an aerodynamic nature, is thought to have rather influence in the passengers zone. However, pantograph contribution is often omitted since main noise sources are expected to come from wheels and devices placed under t...

Strong cross-winds may overturn trains, so an understanding of the fluid mechanics is important. To facilitate the proper estimation of the probability of a train overturning, accurate data for the aerodynamic rolling moment about the lee rail is essential. (Of course, many other parameters are required.) The flow of a turbulent cross-wind over a train moving across an embankment is complex, an...