The Laboratory of Modern Rail Traffic Management Systems was officially opened at the Faculty of Transport and Aeronautical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. This is the most modern facility of this type in Poland. It will serve to educate students, conduct post-graduate studies and courses as well as train and test the professional skills of railway workers.
The laboratory contains 6 computer traffic control stations and a computer surveillance station. Students will be able to use the model with 4 railroad crossings, 255 semaphores, 115 switches, 12 traffic posts, 3 branch posts, 1 passing point, 2 viaducts and 8 stations.
Students will acquire practical skills in running trains, operating traffic control systems and railway signaling. The users of the model will learn the rules of sending and receiving trains. Vehicles will be controlled with the use of tablets.
