IEEE Std 1474.1™-2004
(Revision of
IEEE Std 1474.1-1999)
IEEE Standard for Communications-
Based Train Control (CBTC)
Performance and Functional
Requirements
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Sponsored by the
Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee
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Recognized as an
American National Standard (ANSI)
IEEE Std 1474.1™-2004(R2009)
(Revision of
IEEE Std 1474.1-1999)
IEEE Standard for Communications-
Based Train Control (CBTC)
Performance and Functional
Requirements
Sponsor
Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee
of the
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
Approved 1 February 2005
American National Standards Institute
Reaffirmed 11 September 2009
Approved 23 September 2004
IEEE-SA Standards Board
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Abstract:
Performance and functional requirements for a communications-based train control
(CBTC) system are established in this standard. A CBTC system is a continuous, automatic train
control system utilizing high-resolution train location determination, independent of track circuits;
continuous, high-capacity, bidirectional train-to-wayside data communications; and train-borne and
wayside processors capable of implementing automatic train protection (ATP) functions, as well as
optional automatic train operation (ATO) and automatic train supervision (ATS) functions. In
addition to CBTC functional requirements, this standard also defines headway criteria, system
safety criteria, and system availability criteria for a CBTC system. This standard is applicable to the
full range of transit applications including automated people movers.
Keywords:
automation, communications, signaling, train control
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Introduction
[This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 1474.1-2004, IEEE Standard for Communications-Based Train Control
(CBTC) Performance and Functional Requirements.]
This introduction provides some background on the rationale used to develop this standard. This information
is meant to aid in the understanding, usage, and applicability of this standard.
Conventional signaling/train control systems rely almost exclusively on track circuits to detect the presence
of trains. Information on the status of the track ahead is provided to train operators either through wayside
signals or train-borne cab signals. Ensuring compliance with the signals is achieved through operating
procedures, wayside automatic train stops, or train-borne supervisory equipment linked to the train’s braking
system. These conventional systems are effective in providing train protection, but are not particularly
efficient in maximizing the utilization of the rail transit infrastructure, as a result of a number of fundamental
limitations, specifically, the following:
a)
b)
c)
The location of trains can only be determined to the resolution of the track circuits; if any part of a
track circuit is occupied by a train, the whole track circuit must be assumed to be occupied by the
train. Track circuits can be made shorter, but each additional track circuit requires additional way-
side hardware, so there is an economical and practical limit to the number of track circuits that can
be provided.
The information that can be provided to a train is limited to a small number of wayside signal
aspects or a small number of speed codes in a cab signal system.
For a wayside signal system with automatic train stops but without continuous cab signaling,
enforcement is intermittent.
CBTC systems overcome these fundamental limitations of conventional track circuit-based systems, and
therefore, permit more effective utilization of the transit infrastructure. This is accomplished, for example,
by allowing trains to operate safely at much closer headways, by permitting greater flexibility and greater
precision in train control, and by providing continuous safe train separation assurance and overspeed protec-
tion. Additional benefits of CBTC technology include the economical support of automatic train operations
(both on the mainline and in maintenance yards), improved reliability, and reductions in maintenance costs
through a reduction in wayside equipment and real-time diagnostic information. The basic characteristics of
a CBTC system include the following:
1) Determination of train location, to a high degree of precision, independent of track circuits.
2) A geographically continuous train-to-wayside and wayside-to-train data communications network to
permit the transfer of significantly more control and status information than is possible with conven-
tional systems.
3) Wayside and train-borne vital processors to process the train status and control data and provide
continuous automatic train protection (ATP). Automatic train operation (ATO) and automatic train
supervision (ATS) functions can also be provided, as required by the particular application.
Although the benefits of CBTC technology are recognized, there are currently no independent standards
defining the performance and functional requirements that need to be satisfied by CBTC systems in order to
realize enhanced performance, availability, train operational flexibility, and train protection. This standard
has been developed to address this.
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Participants
At the time this standard was completed, the Communications-Based Train Control Working Group had the
following membership:
George Achakji
Stephane Bois
Corinne Braban
Frederick Childs
Michael Crispo
Nicolas Estivals
Harold Gillen
Harvey Glickenstein
Vic Graponne
Alan F. Rumsey,
Chair
James Hoelsher
Geoff Hubbs
Kenneth A. Karg
John LaForce
Martin Lukes
Dave Male
Charles Martin
Norman. May
Bob Miller
William Petit
Venkat Pindiprolu
Carl Schwellnus
Mickey Senase
Errol Taylor
John Vogler
Ken Vought
Robert E. Walsh
David Zahorsky
The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have
voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
Corinne Braban
Frederick Childs
Michael Crispo
David Dimmer
Jeff Eilenberg
Nicolas Estivals
Harvey Glickenstein
James Hoelsher
Geoff Hubbs
Kenneth A. Karg
John LaForce
Martin Lukes
Charles Martin
Norman May
Tom McGean
William Petit
Venkat Pindiprolu
Alan F. Rumsey
Louis Sanders
Jeffrey Smith
John Vogler
Robert E. Walsh
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When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 23 September 2004, it had the following
membership:
Don Wright,
Steve M. Mills,
Judith Gorman,
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
Mark S. Halpin
Raymond Hapeman
Richard J. Holleman
Richard H. Hulett
Lowell G. Johnson
Joseph L. Koepfinger*
Hermann Koch
Thomas J. McGean
Daleep C. Mohla
Paul Nikolich
T. W. Olsen
Ronald C. Petersen
Gary S. Robinson
Frank Stone
Malcolm V. Thaden
Doug Topping
Joe D. Watson
Chuck Adams
Stephen Berger
Mark D. Bowman
Joseph A. Bruder
Bob Davis
Roberto de Marca Boisson
Julian Forster*
Arnold M. Greenspan
*Member Emeritus
Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:
Satish K. Aggarwal,
Richard DeBlasio,
NRC Representative
DOE Representative
Alan Cookson,
NIST Representative
Don Messina
IEEE Standards Project Editor
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