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Galileo system to improve automatic train control

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    Siemens announced the company’s intention to use the Galileo satellite to improve automatic train control systems. Starting 2010, Siemens Mobility will simulate the navigation system at the rolling stock Test and Validation Center in Wegberg-Wildenrath, Germany, on a 28 km long line. Eight signal generators – called pseudolites – will be mounted on top of 50-meter-high transmission masts and soon transmitting Galileo signals, trains being, in their turn fitted with receiving devices. Th[...]

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