• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.64 no.5
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• pp.830-837
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• 2015

A study which is to develop the low-cost urban railway system for low-density line such as Gwang-ju subway Line 2 is in progress, and its TCS(Train Control System) is required as an economic system which is able to train operation suitable in low-density line. We have developed the signaling equipment which is configured with automatic block system between stations, and the control center's equipment in order to meet the requirements of TCS mentioned above. In this paper, we propose the control procedure of ATS to be required for train operation management in the low-density line such as Gwang-ju subway Line 2. The control procedure of ATS considered all features such as the requirements analysis for train operation management, the functions of train control system to be applied and the block type. Also, it considered the station(interlocking, passenger, turn-back) type, station control(stop, route, departure, turn-back departure, turn-back) type, and train operation management for exiting and entering depot. The ATS control procedure proposed in this paper has an advantage in the cost and efficiency through unification and optimization of its function. And in cost of operating and maintenance, the ATS system has a feature that can be significantly reduced.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.255-260
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• 2011

The train control system is a facility to ensure safe train operation, and its safety is the most important factor for system introduction. Therefore, in order to improve practical usability in the business, safety analysis and evaluation of train control system and train control related core technologies are needed. Korea Railroad Research Institute has carried out standard development of radio-based train control system as a government research and development project. In this paper, we present a system specification of ATP, a core part of train control system, for standard system of Korean radio-based train control system(KRTCS). The paper present a operation environment and primary ATP functions, and functional requirement specifications.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.1381-1383
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• 2000

A multi-train operation simulation software is under development, in this G7 Project for a High Speed Train System, to simulate the running performance, power consumption, signalling and operation. In the first stage, a Train Performance Simulation (TPS) software is introduced in this paper. This is a core module of whole system and gives some parameters of a train, e.g., its position, speed traction and braking power and electric power system state, etc. In this paper, calculation technique was used for voltage drop at the train's positions and major posts along the catenary line. The final program will be used as an evaluation tool for system performance in constructing a new line or introducing a new train system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.609-615
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• 2012

TPS (Train Performance Simulation) based on ATO (Automatic Train Operation) is required for driverless LRT (Light Rail Transit) operation plan instead of typical TPS based on driver operation. In this paper, new TPS model using ATO pattern is proposed and compared with the automatic train operation result in a test line of Seoul Metro Line 6 and in a whole line of Busan-Gimhae LRT. The actual ATO pattern can be very accurately simulated by new TPS model with the introduction of 4 parameters such as commercial braking rate, jerk, station stop profile and grade converted distance. The commercial scheduled time for driverless automatic train operation can be proposed to have "Fast" mode TPS trip time plus 3 seconds/km margin recommended by Korean standard LRT specification in this paper.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.156-163
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• 2017

In the major operation sections of the urban railway, there has been habitual delay, and delay propagation; another problem is the increase of crowds and of inconvenience to passengers. The urban railway has different characteristics from rural railways, such as uncertainty of demand and irregularity of train operation. In urban railways, recently, operators manage quality indicators of service using operation results, such as the delay of train operation and the congestion of trains. However, because the urban railway has characteristics in which demand, passenger behavior, and train operation mutually affect each other, it is difficult to express the quality of service that passengers actually feel. In this paper, we suggest a quality indicator of service from the viewpoint of passengers, and present a demand responsive multi-train simulation method to predict dynamic dwell time and train operation status; we also use simulation results to consider changes in the quality indicator of service.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1859-1870
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• 2009

Suin line is expected to be opened completely in 2015 by three stages. And the line between Suwon and Incheon(54.0km) is under construction to supply the users of southwestern area transportation convenience. The route of Suin line will be constructed to share partly with Ansan line and connect directly with Bundang line to the east and Kyeongin line to the west. That's why a lot of difficulty in train and rolling stock operation IS expected. This paper proposes an alternative plan of train operation when the line is opened partly and completely and makes an optimally alternative plan through the analyses of transportation demand, the change of human resources of operation sector according to train operation plan by an alternative proposal and operation cost.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.933-941
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• 2010

KORAIL has improved profitability through abolition of nonprofitable route and withdraw rolling stocks, operated at that route. as a part of that process, most sections of commuters' train are gone. presently, gyeongui-line and gyeongwon-line's commuter's trains are operated. Despite the abolition, there are demands for commuters' train. so, nonprofitable route operation policies are needed to meet the demands and connect seamlessly to KTX. In this study, we consider the overall operation policies and problems of commuters' train in the past. and then, we analyze foreign nonprofitable route, connected with high speed train, operation policies and search for the development suggestions for applying to the nonprofitable route between Iksan - jeonju section at Honam and joenra line.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.1448-1450
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• 2000

The train system in a big city has the serious problem of the shortage of transport capacity. And because of the nowaday energy crisis, the research to reduce the energy consumption in the train system has been progressed. In this paper, it is expected that the train operation mixing slow trains and fast trains enable us to increase transport capacity and to reduce energy consumption. In this paper, the train operation mixing slew trains and fast trains is modelled and the change of energy consumption and transport capacity depending upon the operation formation is simulated.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.1247-1252
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• 2004

ATC(Automatic Train Control) system employed in Bundang urban transit is operated in accordance with automatic blocking equipment. Using AF(Audio Frequency) track circuits installed at a block section, the block signal is automatically controlled and the safety of train operation is supported. In this paper, we investigate the operation mode of bundang urban transit and analyze the operation algorithm of ATC on-board system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.38-48
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• 2007

this paper analyses how much acceleration and deceleration of urban rail vehicle should be applied and how to choose an operation mode to minimize energy consumption when train runs between stations within the fixed operation time. The decided operation pattern satisfying the minimum energy consumption becomes a target trajectory and a basis for the controller design criteria. To make this goal it grasps the characteristics of urban rail vehicle, realize operation energy model of urban rail vehicle and verity the accuracy of embodied model the Matlab simulation with the same operation result of real route. It searches for operation pattern to minimize operation energy by changing the acceleration and deceleration on the imaginative route and proposes operation pattern minimizing energy consumption by applying real operation data between stations of Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 6.