A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed....
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Railway signalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them...
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The railway signalling system used across the majority of the United Kingdom rail network uses lineside signals to control the movement and speed of trains...
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Railway signals in Germany are regulated by the Eisenbahn-Signalordnung (ESO, railway signalling rules). There are several signalling systems in use,...
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Railway semaphore signals are an early form of fixed railway signals. The semaphore system involves signals that display their different indications to...
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Japanese railway signals, according to the ministerial decree defining technical standards of railways (鉄道に関する技術上の基準を定める省令, Tetsudō ni kansuru gijutsu...
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The application of railway signals on a rail layout is determined by various factors, principally the location of points of potential conflict, as well...
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The Polish railway signalling (PKP) system provides a complex outlook of traffic situations, yet is quite easy to understand. Most signals are colour...
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Australian railway signalling varies between the States of Australia, because the individual States are responsible for the railway systems within their...
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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...
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General Railway Signal Company (GRS) was an American manufacturing company located in the Rochester, New York area. GRS was focused on railway signaling equipment...
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and signs on the state's railway network and connected private tracks. The first signalling system on the Norwegian railway system was a mechanically...
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The Italian railway signalling currently in use, employed on the Italian national railway network, is regulated by the "Regulation on signals" (Regolamento...
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The current French railway signalling system is in force on the Réseau Ferré de France (now SNCF Réseau) since 1930, when the code Verlant was applied...
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rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to...
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Swiss railway signalling describes the railway signalling systems used in Switzerland by the different railway companies. There are two main types of signal...
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Cab signalling is a railway safety system that communicates track status and condition information to the cab, crew compartment or driver's compartment...
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railroad signaling. For a more technical look at how signals actually work, see North American railway signaling. There are two main types of signaling aspect...
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Signaling and railway signal in Indonesia (semboyan in Indonesian) are defined as messages or signs in the form of hand signals, voice, shapes, color...
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Belgian railway signalling is the signalling in effect on the Belgian rail network currently operated by Infrabel. There are in Belgium two types of train...
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Telegraphy (redirect from Telegraphic signal)
Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, initially used mostly as an aid to railway signalling. This was quickly followed by a different system developed in the...
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The signalling system used on the standard-gauge railway network in Sweden is based on that of the traditional mechanical semaphore signals. Currently...
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The current Dutch railway signalling system operated by ProRail has been in effect since 1954 on the Nederlandse Spoorwegen network. It was designed to...
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The signalling system used on the railway network in Finland comprises color-light signals and fixed signs, used together with the Automatic Train Control...
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overlap in railway signalling is the length of track beyond a stop signal that is proved to be clear of vehicles in the controls of the previous signal, as a...
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China Railway Signal & Communication (CRSC) is a Chinese company specializing in train control systems, such as signals. The company was established by...
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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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railroad communications system that consists of a series of signals that divide a railway line into a series of sections, called blocks. The system controls...
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Level crossing (redirect from Crossing signal)
At-grade railway Billups Neon Crossing Signal Boom barrier Breakover angle Crossbuck Four-quadrant gate Grade separation Level crossing signals Lists of...
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State Railways had their own Bavarian railway signals for decades until they were gradually replaced by Deutsche Reichsbahn semaphore signals following...
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