Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)
TRAFFIC CONTROL AND TELECOMMUNICATION IN RAILWAY TRAFFICVTVF35
Credits: 12. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G2 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. VTVF35 overlaps following cours/es: ETS605 and VTT622. Compulsory for: IBYI2. Course coordinator: Ebrahim Parhamifar, Ebrahim.Parhamifar@tft.lth.se, Department for the Built Environment. Assessment: Godkända skriftlig tentamen. Godkänd afu. Parts: 3. Home page: http://www.tft.lth.se/utbildning/grundutbildning/.

Contents
The course contains comprehensive sections on the design, construction and function of different signalling installations, as well as how these installations interact in a traffic control system.

The connection between the railway vehicle’s features and design of the signalling installations, as well as how the design influences the capacity, are also central parts of the course.

Teaching/learning is individual as well as in groups. Lectures are alternated with practical exercises in authentic exercise facilities.

Theory, with schematics reading and understanding of the function, is alternated with practical exercises in authentic installations.

Literature
Järnvägsskolans kurspärmar ”Grundutbildning i signalteknik för ingenjörer, del 1” och ”Grundutbildning i signalteknik för ingenjörer, del 2

Parts

Code: 0110. Name: Part 1.
Higher education credits: 5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Passing grade on written exam.

Code: 0210. Name: Part 2.
Higher education credits: 5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Passing grade on written exam.

Code: 0310. Name: Part 3.
Higher education credits: 2. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Passing grade on written exam.