An Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) is a North American system of railroad equipment designed to ensure safety by monitoring locomotive and train locations...
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Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States. Most of the United States' national rail...
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The European Train Control System (ETCS) is a train protection system designed to replace the many incompatible systems used by European railways, and...
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Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System (ACSES) is a positive train control cab signaling system developed by Alstom. The system is designed to prevent...
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Russian train control systems. The abbreviation "КЛУБ" stands for "Комплексное локомотивное устройство безопасности", Integrated Train Protection System. The...
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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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Railway signalling (redirect from Railroad traffic control)
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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signal operators or the train crews themselves. The system consists of a centralized train dispatcher's office that controls railroad interlockings and...
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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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who worked on radar systems during WWII, experimented with a system to control the speed of a train based on the speed of a train in front of it, using...
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different electronic systems and scenarios. Most advanced trainers do not have radar systems of their own, but onboard systems can be programmed to simulate...
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emergency brake to stop the train. Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System Anti Collision Device Automatic Warning System Automatische treinbeïnvloeding...
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Kavach incorporates several key characteristics of the European Train Control System (ETCS) as well as the Indian Anti-Collision Device (ACD); however...
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The Advanced Train Management System is a train control system under development by Lockheed Martin for Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC). The ATMS...
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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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The Great Western Railway in the UK introduced its 'automatic train control' system in the early years of the 20th century. Each distant signal had...
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The Advanced Passenger Train (APT) was a tilting high speed train developed by British Rail during the 1970s and early 1980s, for use on the West Coast...
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Communications-based train control (CBTC) is a railway signaling system that uses telecommunications between the train and track equipment for traffic...
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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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comfort along with advanced passenger information systems. All of these trains are capable of operating with communications-based train control (CBTC)—which...
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operate locomotives on model railways. Analog systems where the speed and the direction of a train is controlled by adjusting the voltage on the track are...
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Balise (category Train protection systems)
Chinese Train Control System versions CTCS-2 and CTCS-3 installed on high-speed rail lines in China, which is based on the European Train Control System. A...
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Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (category Train protection systems)
train control systems, in comparison with the continuous train control systems including LZB (German Linienzugbeeinflussung, literally "linear train influencing")...
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UK railway signalling (section Approach control)
signalling system used across the majority of the United Kingdom rail network uses lineside signals to control the movement and speed of trains. The modern-day...
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New Jersey, United States Advanced Train Control System, a railroad safety and monitoring system Areal Traffic Control System Asian Touring Car Series...
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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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Light rail (redirect from Light rail system)
a lower capacity and speed than a long heavy rail passenger train or rapid transit system. Narrowly defined, light rail transit uses rolling stock that...
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Alternatively, ATO can be defined as a subsystem within the automatic train control, which performs any or all of functions like programmed stopping, speed...
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Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (category Air traffic control)
avionics Advanced Train Control System, a conceptually similar system for railroads ASDE-X Automatic Identification System, a conceptually similar system for...
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Track circuit (category Train detection systems)
is an electrical device used to prove the absence of a train on a block of rail tracks to control railway signals. An alternative to track circuits are...
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