Method, vehicle device and controller for operating a track-bound traffic system

A control device configuration for a rail-borne traffic system, the control device configuration comprising:

• a track-side device;
• a vehicle device containing:
• a vehicle-side receiver for receiving a first piece of information that indirectly or directly identifies a location of said track-side device and also a second piece of information that indirectly or directly identifies a direction of travel of a rail-borne vehicle from said track-side device;
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• a vehicle-side controller for determining a position of at least one vehicle end of the rail-borne vehicle on a basis of the first and second pieces of information received;
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• said track-side device configured to transmit the first piece of information that indirectly or directly identifies the location of said track-side device and also the second piece of information that indirectly or directly identifies the direction of travel of the rail-borne vehicle, said track-side device is disposed in a first track section at a distance from an adjacent second track section, wherein the distance is dimensioned such that, in a case of the direction of travel of the rail-borne vehicle from the first track section in a direction toward the second track section, the second track section is not occupied by the rail-borne vehicle at a moment the first and the second pieces of information are received, whereas, in a case of the direction of travel of the rail-borne vehicle from the second track section in the direction toward the first track section, the second track section is occupied by the rail-borne vehicle at a moment the first and the second pieces of information are received;
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• the control device configuration is configured so as to determine the second piece of information on a basis of track clear signalling information in relation to at least the second track section.