Switch control method for rail transit signal system, and apparatus for method

An apparatus for a switch control method for a rail transit signal system, the method being configured for performing maintenance operation on a switch via a local switch control apparatus when a switch control command of the signal system fails or the signal system confirms agreement with local switch control,

• the apparatus comprising a local switch control panel and a switch confirmation control panel,
• wherein the local switch control panel comprises a centralized control mode indication lamp, a local control mode indication lamp, a local control release button, a changeover switch, a switch normal status indication lamp, a switch reverse status indication lamp, a switch normal operation button, and a switch reverse operation button,
• wherein a switch confirmation control panel comprises a bypass button, a switching agreement indication lamp, and a local control request button,
• wherein the local control request button is a non-stick button,
• after confirming operational procedures of local switch control with a dispatcher, a maintenance person presses the local control request button and the operation changeover switch, and after the signal system performs confirmation or the maintenance person presses the bypass button, switch control is transferred to local control, and the local control mode indication lamp, the switch normal status indication lamp, and the switch reverse status indication lamp are simultaneously turned on;
• and
• when the maintenance person completes maintenance operation of a switch machine and operates the “changeover switch” to be in a centralized control mode and presses the “local control release button” on the wayside local switch control panel, the centralized control mode indication lamp is automatically turned on, and the local switch control mode indication lamp and a switch position indication lamp are automatically turned off.