Braking system for at least one railway vehicle and railway signaling architecture

A braking system for at least one railway vehicle, wherein said braking system is arranged to provide to at least one trackside signaling system, or to at least one on-board vehicle signaling system, or to both at least one trackside signaling system and at least one on-board vehicle signaling system, information regarding respective factors affecting the braking of the railway vehicle;

• wherein said information regarding respective factors affecting the braking of the railway vehicle includes:
• information regarding the available adhesion of at least one wheel of the railway vehicle and rail;
• wherein said information regarding respective factors affecting the braking of the railway vehicle is determined in real time by said braking system;
• wherein said at least one trackside signaling system is arranged to determine a corrective factor to be applied to a predefined nominal deceleration value of the at least one railway vehicle in low-adhesion conditions, kwet, as a function of said information regarding the available adhesion of the at least one wheel of the railway vehicle and rail received, and/or said at least one on-board vehicle signaling system is arranged to determine a corrective factor to be applied to a predetermined nominal deceleration value of the at least one railway vehicle in low-adhesion conditions, kwet, as a function of said information regarding the available adhesion of the at least one wheel of the railway vehicle and rail received;
• and
• wherein said braking system is further arranged to control the at least one railway vehicle by adjusting a braking effort applied by at least one braking device based at least in part on said information regarding respective factors affecting the braking of the railway vehicle.