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Railway Signaling Systems

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    Develop an understanding of the engineering concepts involved, for Understand the various methods of operation and signal systems used on today’s railways
  • Course Goals
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

CEP441s

Description

  • English Description

    Functions of signaling, Semaphore signaling, Operating principles of light signaling, Equipment and parts of a light signaling system, Train running procedure in a light signaling system, Speed control, Centralized traffic control (CTC) Systems, Automatic Train Control (ATC), Positive Train Control (PTC).
  • Arabic Description

    Functions of signaling, Semaphore signaling, Operating principles of light signaling, Equipment and parts of a light signaling system, Train running procedure in a light signaling system, Speed control, Centralized traffic control (CTC) Systems, Automatic Train Control (ATC), Positive Train Control (PTC).
  • Department
    Public Works
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Student Activities (30 = tr.Industry 4% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 8% , tr.Seminar 18% ) + Exam Grade (50)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 1, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    100
  • Equivalent ECTS
    4
  • - El Hawary and Salama , Railwaty Engineering , Cairo University 2009
  • - Christos N. Pyrgidis, Railway Transportation Systems - Design, Construction and Operation, Second edition published 2022 by CRC Press. - El Hawary and Salama , Railwaty Engineering , Cairo University 2009.