Automatic Warning System (AWS) is a railway safety system invented and predominantly used in the United Kingdom. It provides a train driver with an audible...
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Great Western Railway, although it would now be referred to as an automatic warning system (AWS) because the driver retained full command of braking. The...
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The Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) is a train protection system used throughout the British passenger main-line railway network, and in Victoria...
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The Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS) is a form of cab signalling and train protection system used in Ireland to help train drivers observe and...
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Warning System (replaced by Alberta Emergency Alert) Alert Ready (Canada) Automatic Warning System Child abduction alert system Dam safety system Earthquake...
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Collision Device Automatic Warning System Automatische treinbeïnvloeding (ATB) British Rail's ATP system Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS) EBICAB...
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Automatic track warning system (ATWS, German: Rottenwarnanlage) is a technical device used during track construction for occupational safety. It warns...
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as the on the Northern City Line where the Automatic warning system and Train Protection & Warning System are not fitted. On the UK mainline, AWS consists...
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system was later replaced by the magnetic induction "automatic warning system". In inductive system, data is transmitted magnetically between the track...
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a component of train protection systems used in France and Belgium. It works similarly to the Automatic Warning System (AWS) used in the United Kingdom...
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systems that used the presence of a magnetic field or electric current to designate a hazardous condition. The British Rail Automatic Warning System (AWS)...
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Token (railway signalling) (redirect from Automatic Token Exchange)
then automatically retracted afterwards. These enabled handover speeds of 40 mph (64 km/h). Examples of such systems include the Whitaker system on the...
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their capacity. Older manual block systems required human operators. The automatic operation comes from the system's ability to detect whether blocks are...
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assigned the name Automatic Train Protection (ATP), and was a considerably more comprehensive system than the Automatic Warning System (AWS) that was already...
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warning signs, or "active" protection, using automatic warning devices such as flashing lights, warning sounds, and barriers or gates. In the 19th century...
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LMS Coronation Class (section Automatic warning system)
lack of an ATC system on most of Britain's railways was at last seen as an urgent issue. From 1956 the BR-designed Automatic Warning System (AWS) was installed...
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Railway signal (section Early signal systems)
signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed. The driver...
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Balise (category Train protection systems)
transponder placed between the rails of a railway as part of an automatic train protection (ATP) system. The French word balise is used to distinguish these beacons...
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audible, and/or vibration warnings Lane keeping assist (LKA/LKS): Systems which warn the driver and, with no response, automatically take steps to ensure the...
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company had failed to inform Railtrack and the signaller that the automatic warning system (AWS), which warns drivers of adverse signals, had been turned...
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implemented a similar system in 1906 dubbed Automatic Train Control that served as the template for the magnetic based Automatic Warning System, which ultimately...
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Pulse code cab signaling (redirect from Automatic Speed Control)
signaling system used in Italy. The system makes use of 0, 75, 120, 180 and 270 ppm codes using a 50 Hz current. Continuous Automatic Warning System is the...
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Crossbuck (section Advance warning)
(resembling the letter X). Crossbucks are often supplemented by electrical warnings of flashing lights, a bell, and/or a boom barrier that descends to block...
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Level crossing signals (redirect from Grade-crossing warning devices)
Level crossing signals are electronic warning devices for road vehicles at railroad level crossings. Level crossings can be operated in various ways....
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collision avoidance system (CAS), also known as a pre-crash system, forward collision warning system (FCW), or collision mitigation system, is an advanced...
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approach warning system (MAW) is part of the avionics package on some military aircraft. A sensor detects attacking missiles. Its automatic warning cues the...
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Siemens Mobility (redirect from Siemens Transportation Systems)
Mobility Management, dedicated to rail technology and intelligent traffic systems, Railway Electrification, Rolling Stock, and Customer Services. Innovations...
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Automatic Warning System, and British Railways agreed to a five-year plan to install the system to give drivers an in-cab audible and visual warning when...
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Automatische treinbeïnvloeding (category Train protection systems)
Automatische TreinBeïnvloeding or ATB ('Automatic train control') is a Dutch train protection system first developed in the 1950s. Its installation was...
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metros, electrical and diesel trains, information systems, traction systems, power supply systems, and track work. The company also operates in the rail...
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