2008 – March – Kaiser & Nielson – The Core Of ATP – Data Engineering

Warren Kaiser (Design Engineer, ATP Pilot Trial) Stein Nielsen (Project Engineer, ATP Pilot Trial) United Group Limited This paper aims to give an overview of how an ERTMS system can be "configured" to improve train safety. A simple explanation of ATP, ERTMS and ETCS is given and the history of ERTMS is outlined. The information transmitted to the train from the trackside equipment and the available configurable variables in for this information are described and an example is used to show how the variables can be configured to improve the safety for a specific scenario.