The Use of GPS on British Rail

Clive De La Fuente, Kevin Preston

Abstract:	For several years now British Rail has been testing various systems which include GPS as a positioning element. The paper looks briefly at the history of GPS on Britain’s railways, and details some of its uses. BREL, Derby has been responsibleforimplementation of a system capable of monitoring both the engineering state of the train and the number of passengers on board. Data is stored on board the train and downloaded at intervals via a Cellular Telephone link using data modems. Dataisused inavarietyofwaysforincreasing efficiency of the rail a service. Some of the experience gained and performance achieved will be presented, along with some of the practical problems encountered along the way.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 6th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1993) September 22 - 24, 1993 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	1631 - 1636
Cite this article:	La Fuente, Clive De, Preston, Kevin, "The Use of GPS on British Rail," Proceedings of the 6th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1993), Salt Lake City, UT, September 1993, pp. 1631-1636.
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