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An experimental application of microprocessors to railway signalling

A.H. Cribbens, Michael J. Furniss, Hobart Ryland

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The Research & Development Division of British Rail is engaged in a programme of development which, it is hoped, will result in a microprocessor-based alternative to the electromechanical interlocking equipment used in present-day signalling systems. An alternative system must match the outstanding safety and reliability of present-day signalling technology, which has evolved over a long period of time

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Key concepts: Interlocking, Microprocessor, Reliability (semiconductor), Signalling, Division (mathematics), Engineering, Reliability engineering, Computer science