Termini station in Rome has been equipped with an automatic train traffic
control system based on the computerised control of the station’s points and
signals.The first of its type in Italy and the only one in the world on such a
large scale, this CBI system (ACC) not only controls the train traffic through
Rome’s Termini station but also automatically monitors traffic on the entire
Rome network (some 30 stations on 200 km of double-track line), identifying any
anomalies well in advance, recording the opening/closing of signals and points
movements, and setting the entry and departure routes of all trains from
stations.
ACC at Rome Termini automatically controls train traffic, detecting from one of
its sub-systems the position and number of all trains running on the entire
Rome network approaching or leaving Termini station. At the same time, using a
traffic optimisation programme, it can in a very short time automatically
allocate several trains to their platforms simultaneously.
ACC at Rome Termini system ensures:
- safety
- improved train punctuality (due to the reduction in waiting time by
arriving or departing trains)
- greater operating regularity
- increased equipment potentiality
The ACC system at Rome’s Termini station in numbers:
- 15 km of platform
- 4 km of pedestrian subway
- 44,850 sqm area for electrical equipment
- 500,000 passengers per day
- 170,000,000 passengers per year
- 800 trains arriving and departing each day
- 900 km of cabling
- 80,000 sqm of concourse
