Metro signaling systems

Introduction
• Railway signalling is a system used to direct railway traffic and
keep trains clear of each other at all times. Trains move on fixed
rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision.
• Type of signaling system

• Fixed block
• Moving block
What is fixed block section?
• The tracks are divided in to blocks section of approx. 200 m or from
signal to signal where we can have only one train at a time.

• Types of fixed block section

• Absolute block section
• Automatic block section
• Continuous Automatic Block section
Absolute block section
Automatic block section
METROS AND SIGNALING SYSTEMS
USED IN INDIA
 METRO SYSTEM TRACTION SIGNALLING SYSTEM
KOCHI METRO 3RD RAIL (75O VDC) CBTC (ALSTROM URBALIS 400 )

CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

KOLKATA METRO 3RD RAIL (75O VDC) ( CATC)

CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

DELHI METRO 25 KV OHE ( CATC)

BENGALURU METRO CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

(NAMMO METRO) 3RD RAIL (75O VDC) ( CATC)

CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

RAPID METRO GUDGAON 3RD RAIL (75O VDC) ( CATC)

CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

MUMBAI METRO PH.01 25 KV OHE ( CATC)

CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

JAIPUR METRO 25 KV OHE ( CATC)

CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

CHENNAI METRO 25 KV OHE ( CATC)
LUCKNOW METRO 25 KV OHE CBTC (ALSTROM URBALIS 400 )
HYDERABAD METRO 25 KV OHE CBTC ( THALES SELTRAC )
NAGPUR METRO 25 KV OHE CBTC ( SIEMENS TRAIN GUARD)
NOIDA METRO 25 KV OHE CBTC (ALSTROM URBALIS 400 )
METRO-LINK EXPRESS FOR GANDHINAGAR
AND AHMEDABAD 3RD RAIL (75O VDC) CBTC ( NIPPON )_ PROPOSED
NAVI MUMBAI METRO 25 KV OHE CBTC ( ANSALDO)_ PROPOSED

CONTINOUS AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL

MUMBAI METRO LINE 3   ( CATC)
What is CATC?
• Continues Automatic Train Control
• The Continues Automatic Train Control System ensures the safe
passage of trains and optimises line operation.
• ATC guarantees signal safety and high reliability at the same time. By
means of the Audio Frequency Track Circuits (FTGS) data are
transmitted wireless (inductively) to the train.
• Continuous Automatic Train Control system covers the train
protection within the function of ATP supported by the interlocking
(safety level) and train control within the functions of ATO (control
level).
• In Mumbai metro one operations , signals are only provided at
interlocking and/or at critical positions where required

• Track circuits are used for train Detection/Occupancy.

• Beacons/Bailise/Transponders are used for transferring data such as

speed, location ,error correction etc to onboard ATP unit.
What is Track Circuit?
What is Audio Frequency Track Circuit?
Coded Configuration of Audio-frequency Track Circuits with S-Bonds
io-frequency Track Circuits
Track sections up to 400 Meter

Trackside connection box

• S-bonds between the rails for separating adjacent
Outdoor
Two connections
track sections
with signal cables tuned to the respective frequency
Indoor
Cable termination
• Remote feeded frequency track circuit
• Frequency modulated power supply
• Transmitter and receiver are located centrally in the
Signal processing
interlocking system.
• Can also be delivered without modulation and
encoding
• Additional informations can be transmitted
 The active principle of S - bonds
With the S-bonds the rails are hot- wired between the
Points A and B. The central point of the connection VM separates
the S-bond into two loops A-VM and VM-B. Each loop with its
parallel running rail creates an inductive reactance which in each transmitter f1 (e.g.)

case with the capacitates C1 and C2 generate parallel resonance A

rail
S
circuits with resonant frequency of the different high frequencies f1
f1 C1
and f2 . By means of this resonant frequency circuit the resonant VM
f2 f1
frequency in each case the voltage for the transmitter can be feed as C2
f2
well as the voltage for the receiver can be gripped. If a train enters
the S-bond, its shunt resistance minimises the working loop S-bond E B
receiver f2 (e.g.)
inductance. For this reason the resistance oft the parallel resonant
frequency loop becomes more and more less and the voltage of the
resonant circuit at the receiver brakes down. The message
“occupied” is indicated.
What is ATS,ATP,ATO?
What is CBTC/Moving block section?
How exactly a CBTC works?