Absolute block signalling is a British signalling block system designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy...

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replacement of manual block systems such as absolute block with automatic block signalling. Under automatic block signalling, signals indicate whether or...

colour-light signals using track circuit – or axle counter – block signalling. It is a development of the original absolute block signalling that is still...

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transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure...

describes semaphore signals as they were and are used with absolute block signalling in the United Kingdom. A stop signal is any signal whose most restrictive...

to power signal equipment directly from mains power, with batteries only as backup. Absolute block signalling – British railway signalling scheme Automatic...

international cab signalling systems such as CAWS in Ireland, BACC in Italy, ALSN in Russia and the first generation Shinkansen signalling developed by Japan...

outer ends. This assumes that there are no ordinary track circuits for block signalling purposes. Two predictor circuits may overlap, with tuned circuits used...

signalling. Signalling in the UK uses route signalling. Most railway systems around the world, however, use speed signalling. Under route signalling,...

interlocking signal is clearly visible and is displaying a "proceed" indication. Trains portal Cab signalling Railway signalling Signalling block system Todd...

Mechanical signalling in all States followed British practice using route signalling with slight differences between States. The basic running signal was the...

with fixed block signalling systems. Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) and Transmission Based Signalling (TBS) are two signalling standards that...

In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single...

Remaining routes are based on absolute block signalling with trains manually controlled by signal men from the signal boxes typically located at stations...

than traditional signalling systems would allow, including track gradient profiles and information about the state of signalling blocks further ahead. This...

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except to the signalling system, which no longer has natural breaks in the rail to form block sections. The only method to form discrete blocks in this scenario...

divested the signalling technology to Alcatel-Lucent. In April 2006, Thales Group announced it would be acquiring Alcatel Rail Signalling Solutions in...

developing those guidelines? For this purpose, a focus group was assembled. Signalling block system "Compliance with Railroad Operating Rules and Corporate Culture...

crossing barriers that may trap vehicles or pedestrians on the tracks, while signalling trains to brake until the obstruction clears. However, they cannot prevent...

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form of block signalling, which does not permit two trains to be within the same section of track (block) at the same time. Block signalling decreases...

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stands for Cab Signalling-ATC), is an analogue ATC technology using ground-based control, and, like all ATC systems, used cab signalling. CS-ATC uses trackside...

well as true moving block technology, to control train operation. Trains report their position via radio, and a wayside signalling system provides movement...

compatible with the permitted speed allowed by signalling, including automatic stop at certain signal aspects. If it is not, ATP activates an emergency...

of the signal increasing the effectiveness to 100 mph (160 km/h). When installed in conjunction with signal controls such as 'double blocking' (i.e. two...

bought Italian firm SASIB's rail signalling subsidiary Sasib Railways, which included the former General Railway Signal (USA). In June 1998, GEC Alsthom...