METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVE ROUTING THROUGH CONGESTED AREAS USING CONGESTION PREDICTION METRICS

摘要

A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into at least one control area with a dispatcher assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of events along the network based on the movement plan and prompting the dispatcher to provide information or take specified actions relating to the predicted events.