System and method for dispatching by exception

摘要

A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains (102) over a rail 5 network (105), where the rail network is divided into at least one control area (100) with a dispatcher (110) assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of events along the network based on the movement plan and prompting the dispatcher to provide information or take specified actions relating to the predicted events.