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Posted by Alex L. on Wed Jun 15 12:29:30 2005, in response to Re: Canarsie CBTC, posted by RonInBayside on Wed Jun 15 10:19:45 2005. From the Siemens web site:Automatic Train Supervision, NY Scope of supply includes the VICOS OC 501 operations control system, equipment for 469 stations, 205 interlockings and 6000 cars. VICOS OC 501 operations control system CBTC, NY PA/CIS system Marsha Estrin, Commercial Project Manager, New York, NY, U.S.A. I am the Commercial Project Manager for the CBTC Canarsie project in New York...The CBTC project is bringing new technology to the U.S. The customer believes in this technology, and once this project is successfully completed, the technology implemented on the Canarsie line can be used on other subway lines as well. Fully automatic train line for Barcelona In the case of the metro line in Barcelona, spread spectrum radio – introduced for the first time in the New York Subway – is being used as a component of the CBTC system (Communication Based Train Control). This Siemens development eliminates “radio pockets” and ensures that the trains can receive ‘Proceed’ signals in tunnels and can also transmit their respective positions and speeds to the operations control center at any time. Météor from the pdf available on this page - After 15 months' demonstration of the Météor system on a section of the Culver Line and a large number of detailed audits regarding safety, software, project management, etc., as well as a systematic review all the specifications of the system lasting 8 months, the boards of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York City Transit (NYCT) have decided to choose thehave decided to choose the Météor system as the Météor system as the resignaling standard forresignaling standard for modernization of the whole New York subway network.modernization of the whole New York subway network. New York There. I've done it. According to Siemens, the boards of both the MTA and the NYCT chose the Météor system as the re-signalling standard, Météor being the system that controls Paris' Line 14. Also according to Siemens "spread spectrum radio – introduced for the first time in the New York Subway – is being used as a component of the CBTC system". If something is being used for the first time in NYC, it obviously could not be part of what was agreed upon when picking a pre-existing system. |
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