Tools for railway traffic control
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1. A centralized railway control system comprising:
- a rail personnel contact database registering, for each railway personnel, an electronic contact address of the railway personnel; and
a railway traffic control apparatus for controlling access to railway tracks, said railway traffic control apparatus comprising a processor, a non-transitory medium storing one or more programs of executable instructions, and a network interface through which the railway traffic control apparatus communicates via a network with a user terminal,wherein execution of said one or more programs of executable instructions configures the processor to include;
a block placing part to place a block on one or more specified track sections to permit a railway field worker to enter the track sections while blocking railway traffic to said track sections;
a code generation part to generate a removal code, retrieve the electronic contact address of the railway field worker from the rail personnel contact database, and transmit the removal code to the electronic contact address of the railway field worker; and
a block removal part to remove only upon entry of the removal code, the block placed by the block placing part on said one or more track sections.
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Abstract
Tools (such as system, apparatus, methodology, etc.) may be provided to control traffic over a railway track section, when a railway worker is working on or near the track section. Move particularly, when traffic over the track section is to be blocked, a release code is generated and sent to an electronic contact address of the railway worker. Traffic through the track section is blocked until the release code is entered in the system.
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1. A centralized railway control system comprising:
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a rail personnel contact database registering, for each railway personnel, an electronic contact address of the railway personnel; and a railway traffic control apparatus for controlling access to railway tracks, said railway traffic control apparatus comprising a processor, a non-transitory medium storing one or more programs of executable instructions, and a network interface through which the railway traffic control apparatus communicates via a network with a user terminal, wherein execution of said one or more programs of executable instructions configures the processor to include; a block placing part to place a block on one or more specified track sections to permit a railway field worker to enter the track sections while blocking railway traffic to said track sections; a code generation part to generate a removal code, retrieve the electronic contact address of the railway field worker from the rail personnel contact database, and transmit the removal code to the electronic contact address of the railway field worker; and a block removal part to remove only upon entry of the removal code, the block placed by the block placing part on said one or more track sections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A railway traffic control apparatus for controlling access to railway tracks, said railway traffic control apparatus comprising:
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a block placing part to place a block on one or more selected track sections to permit a railway field worker to enter the track sections while blocking railway traffic to said track sections; a code generation part to generate a removal code, determine an electronic contact address of the railway field worker by accessing a rail personnel contact database registering, for each railway personnel, electronic contact information of the railway personnel, and transmit the removal code to the electronic contact address of the railway field worker; and a block removal part to remove only upon entry of the removal code, the block placed by the block placing part on said one or more track sections for the railway field worker. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for a centralized railway control system to control access to railway tracks, the method comprising:
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providing a user interface on a user terminal including a block placing part to place a block on one or more specified track sections to permit a railway field worker to enter the track sections while blocking railway traffic to said track sections; generating a removal code, determining an electronic contact address of the railway field worker by accessing a rail personnel contact database registering, for each railway personnel, electronic contact information of the railway personnel, and transmitting the removal code to the electronic contact address of the railway field worker; and permitting the block to said one or more track sections to be removed only upon entry of the removal code in the centralized railway control system.
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