Train detection system for a railway track, a method for detecting a train on a railway track, and a controller for a train detection system for detecting a train on a railway track

A method for detecting a train on a railway track, the railway track defining a first lateral side and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side, said method comprising:

• receiving image data from at least two cameras, said cameras being arranged along the railway track spaced apart from each other, each camera being placed on either the first lateral side or the second lateral side, said cameras being arranged such that at least one passive target, placed respectively on the opposite lateral side of the railway track with respect to at least one of the cameras, is within the field of view of the at least one of the cameras;
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• determining whether the received image data include image information about the at least one passive target, and, in case the image does not contain image data of the at least one passive target, determining that a train is located on the railway track.

A controller for a train detection system for detecting a train on a railway track, the railway track defining a first lateral side and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side, the controller being adapted:

• to receive image data from at least two cameras, said cameras being arranged along the railway track spaced apart from each other, each camera being placed on either the first lateral side or the second lateral side, said cameras being arranged such that at least one passive target, placed respectively on the opposite lateral side of the railway track with respect to at least one of the cameras, is within the field of view of the at least one of the cameras;
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• to determine whether the received image data include image information about the at least one passive target, and, in case the image does not contain image data of the at least one passive target, to determine that a train is located on the railway track.