Train control system

A train control system for a train that travels on a route including a first route managed by a first railway operator and a second route that is adjacent to the first route and is managed by a second railway operator, the train control system comprising:

• a first ground controller installed on the first route;
• a first wireless base station installed on the first route and connected to the first ground controller;
• a second ground controller installed on the second route;
• and
• a second wireless base station installed on the second route and connected to the second ground controller, wherein
• the first ground controller and the second ground controller can communicate with each other,
• the first ground controller performs handover reservation between with all the first wireless base stations disposed between a first station at which the train stops, the first station being installed on the first route, and a second station at which the train stops, the second station being installed on the second route and adjacent to the first station, and the first ground controller further creates the list of handover destinations including all the second wireless base stations disposed between the first station and the second station, and transmits, to the second ground controller, a handover reservation request between with all the second wireless base stations, and
• the second ground controller transmits, to the first ground controller, a result of the handover reservation request between with all the second wireless base stations disposed between the first station and the second station.