Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information

Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information

[Michael Feldman]

Hi all,

It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris 
Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of 
"Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
company called Matra. 

There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that 
is very aggressive and competitive.

I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
language in the following CBTC products:

- Alcatel's SELTRAC, used in Vancouver SkyTrain and Docklands
  Light Rail, among others - will be used in San Francisco and
  New York's JFK Airport Light Rail

- Matra's SACEM - the system that preceded Meteor

- Matra's PA 135

Also, what became of ASTREE, the project that was written up at

http://www.adaic.org/docs/flyers/train.shtml

which came from the old Rational newsletter.

If you know anything that could help me out here, please reply 
by e-mail to mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu. I will, of course, respect 
confidentiality.

If anyone is interested in CBTC, a good website is at

http://www.tsd.org/communic

Among other things, you can read about the current state of things
in the New York Subway CBTC project.

Cheers,

Michael Feldman
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Re: Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information

[Philippe Dalleau]

Hello,

I suggest you to post your message in the newsgroup fr.comp.lang.ada
because the companies you mentioned are simply French companies.
These companies have their websites, thus making easier, maybe,
e-contacts.
* Alstom (http://www.alstom.com) formely known as Alcatel-Alsthom uses
Ada on the TGV.
* Matra Transport International now a German-French (Siemens +
Lagardere) company (http://www.matra-transport.fr), formely kwown as
Matra Transport a subsidiary of Lagardere uses also Ada intensively

Michael Feldman wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris
> Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of
> "Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
> company called Matra.
> 
> There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that
> is very aggressive and competitive.
> 
> I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
> language in the following CBTC products:
> ...
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael Feldman

--
Philippe Dalleau

Visit the websites of my company :
http://www.aeromatra.com
http://www.lagardere.fr/fr/sites/index.html

Re: Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information

[Philippe Dalleau]

Hello,

I suggest you to post your message in the newsgroup fr.comp.lang.ada
because the companies you mentioned are simply French companies.
These companies have their websites, thus making easier, maybe,
e-contacts.
* Alstom (http://www.alstom.com) formely known as Alcatel-Alsthom uses
Ada on the TGV.
* Matra Transport International now a German-French (Siemens +
Lagardere) company (http://www.matra-transport.fr), formely kwown as
Matra Transport a subsidiary of Lagardere uses also Ada intensively

Michael Feldman wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris
> Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of
> "Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
> company called Matra.
> 
> There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that
> is very aggressive and competitive.
> 
> I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
> language in the following CBTC products:
> ...
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael Feldman

--
Philippe Dalleau

Visit the websites of my company :
http://www.aeromatra.com
http://www.lagardere.fr/fr/sites/index.html

Re: Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information

[Philippe Dalleau]

Hello,

I suggest you to post your message in the newsgroup fr.comp.lang.ada
because the companies you mentioned are simply French companies.
These companies have their websites, thus making easier, maybe,
e-contacts.
* Alstom (http://www.alstom.com) formely known as Alcatel-Alsthom uses
Ada on the TGV.
* Matra Transport International now a German-French (Siemens +
Lagardere) company (http://www.matra-transport.fr), formely kwown as
Matra Transport a subsidiary of Lagardere uses also Ada intensively

Michael Feldman wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris
> Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of
> "Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
> company called Matra.
> 
> There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that
> is very aggressive and competitive.
> 
> I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
> language in the following CBTC products:
> ...
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael Feldman

--
Philippe Dalleau

Visit the websites of my company :
http://www.aeromatra.com
http://www.lagardere.fr/fr/sites/index.html