铁路运营管理自动化是从应用电子计算机开始实现的。国外铁路最早应用电子计算机是美国和加拿大铁路,从1954年开始的。其次是日本国营铁路,从1957年开始的。再次是法国国营铁路,从1960年开始的,西德联邦铁路是从1961年开始的。国外铁路最初应用电子计算机,主要是用于科学研究、工程计 The automation of railway operations management began with the application of electronic computers. The earliest applied electronic computers in foreign railways were the United States and Canadian railways, starting in 1954. Followed by the Japanese state-run railway, starting in 1957. Once again the French state-run railway, starting in 1960, the West German Federal Railway began in 1961. The foreign railways initially used electronic computers, mainly for scientific research and engineering