• 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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  • A train protection system is a railway technical installation to ensure safe operation in the event of human error. The earliest systems were train stops...
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    Control (PTC) Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (PZB) Train Protection & Warning System Train Warning System Transmission Voie-Machine (TVM) "ERA Glossary"....
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    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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  • Train warning system may refer to: a train protection system Train Warning System (India) European Rail Traffic Management System Communications-based...
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  • Parks and Wildlife Service Train Protection & Warning System Terrain Proximity Warning System, see Ground proximity warning system This disambiguation page...
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    crocodile is a component of train protection systems used in France and Belgium. It works similarly to the Automatic Warning System (AWS) used in the United...
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    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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    Collision Avoidance System Train Protection & Warning System Tsunami warning system Historical beacon-based systems: Byzantine beacon system in Asia Minor during...
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    at level crossings with active warning systems, and active protection is widely available. Modern radar sensor systems can detect if level crossings are...
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    KAVACH (lit. 'Armour') is an Indian Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system indigenously developed by Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO)...
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    installed in 1996. Advances in train protection systems, especially decision to install Train Protection & Warning System in response to The Railway Safety...
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    Balise (category Train protection systems)
    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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    conjunction with the American train order system, a train order signal advises the engineer of the need to pick up a train order at a station. In a hump...
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    Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (category Train protection systems)
    PZB or Indusi is an intermittent cab signalling system and train protection system used in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Israel, Serbia...
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    Automatic train control (ATC) is a general class of train protection systems for railways that involves a speed control mechanism in response to external...
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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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    manufactured locomotives, high-speed, regional, metro and underground passenger trains, trams and people movers as well as freight wagons. Non-rolling stock businesses...
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  • The Chinese Train Control System (CTCS, Chinese: 中国列车控制系统) is a train control system used on railway lines in People's Republic of China. CTCS is similar...
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    Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS) is a form of cab signalling and train protection system used in Ireland to help train drivers observe and obey...
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    Radio Electronic Token Block (category Railway signalling block systems)
    installation of the Train Protection & Warning System. A train stop loop is provided at each stop board, and is normally activated (so that any train attempting...
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    train approaching at the track speed limit, which leads to longer warning times for trains approaching the crossing at lower speeds. Very slow trains...
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    signalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible...
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  • Automatic train stop or ATS is a system on a train that automatically stops a train if certain situations occur (unresponsive train operator, earthquake...
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  • The Korean Train Control System (KTCS) is a train protection system established as a standard specification for the South Korean railway. KTCS-1 is designed...
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    of two trains colliding. The simplest way to prevent such collisions is to have only one train in the section at any given time. Such a system is known...
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    Train order operation is a system for safely moving trains using train orders, as opposed to fixed signals or cab signalling. In train order operation...
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    locomotive runs on main lines, safety systems such as the Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) and an On-Train Monitoring Recorder (OTMR) must be fitted...
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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...
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  • late 19th century, such as the world's first electric train, when Siemens & Halske unveiled a train in which power was supplied through the rails, and the...
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