To provide a control system for permitting high-density operation of trains and reducing time losses by preventing the trains from stopping between stations or preventing substantial decreases in their speeds if one of the trains is likely to be influenced by other trains traveling ahead of it or oncoming trains when these trains are delayed from a plan of travel.

The system, for controlling the operation of the train 1 by anticipating the opening time of an unopened path, includes an operation information transmitting and receiving device 22 for receiving area information including information about the operating conditions of all the trains present in a controlled area, a safety information receiving part 12 for receiving safety information including train position information, and an operation control device 21 for specifying the train to be controlled based on the area information and the train position information and for determining the opening time based on the information about the operating condition of the train to be controlled, thus controlling the operation of the train.