CROSSING CONTROL APPARATUS VEHICLE ON BOARD CONTROL SYSTEM CROSSING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CROSSING CLOSING TIME SHORTENING METHOD

摘要

This crossing control apparatus is equipped with: a crossing control database 12 that stores margin time information for use in calculating closing start/finish timing which shows the time period over which a crossing 3 is closed from the time of arrival of a train at the crossing and the time of passage of the train through the crossing; an operational information acquisition unit 15 that acquires from an operation management system 2 operational information including the timetable information which is the operational schedule of the train and the travel record information of the train; and a timing calculation unit 14 that calculates the closing start/finish timing using the time of arrival of the train at the crossing the time of passage of the train through the crossing and the margin time. As a result of the calculation of the closing start/finish timing of a plurality of trains if the closing time of the crossing 3 determined from the closing start/finish timing of the plurality of trains is greater than a specified closing time threshold the timing calculation unit 14 determines a reduction in the speed of the first train arriving first at the crossing 3 when determining from the operational information of the first train that even if the time of arrival of the first train at the crossing is delayed there is no delay in the time of arrival at the next station.