Keywords: European Train Control System, planning process, data point, plan review, automation, system architecture.

To support the rapid rollout of the European Train Control System Level 2 across Germany’s railway network, this paper outlines a step towards automating the data point plan review process. It includes gathering requirements and subsequently developing a system architecture, applying design strategies of the Attribute Driven Design method for architectures, for a data-based, automated data point plan review. In accordance with the gathered requirements, the developed system architecture supports an automated review of the completeness and correct location of the data points in any given plan. The modular structure of the system architecture allows for easy updates and reusability of its modules. Further details of the system are specified in deeper layers of the system architecture. The layers allow covering the underlying rules and regulations in full, hence all functionalities for an automated data point plan review are included. Relationships between the derived modules form a control algorithm, guiding the high-level automated plan review process. The implementation of the developed system architecture will provide support for human plan reviewers, leading to an acceleration of the planning and rollout process of the European Train Control System in Germany, contributing to interoperability and thus increasing railway capacity in Europe.

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