Automatic train stop or ATS is a system on a train that automatically stops a train if certain situations occur (unresponsive train operator, earthquake...

lieu of the rigid stops encountered with the older automatic train stop (ATS) technology. ATC can also be used with automatic train operation (ATO) and...

signalling, including automatic stop at certain signal aspects. If it is not, ATP activates an emergency brake to stop the train. Advanced Civil Speed...

signalling system, a train stop, trip stop or tripcock (sometimes called a tripper) is a train protection device that automatically stops a train if it attempts...

is no contact. The Great Western Railway in the UK introduced its 'automatic train control' system in the early years of the 20th century. Each distant...

The intermittent inductive automatic train stop (also referred to as IIATS or just automatic train stop or ATS) is a train protection system used in North...

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...

Additionally, all trains operating on the high-speed Northeast Corridor are now equipped with automatic cab signaling with an automatic train stop feature. Several...

automatic train stop). The later PZB systems provide more enforcement, relying on a trained computer. Experiments with magnetic induction for a train...

Train automatic stopping/stop-position controller (定位置停止装置, Teiichi Teishi Sōchi) (TASC) is the name of a train protection system/automated stopping aid...

purpose of TPWS is to stop a train by automatically initiating a brake demand, where TPWS track equipment is fitted, if the train has: passed a signal...

protection (ATP) functions, as well as optional automatic train operation (ATO) and automatic train supervision (ATS) functions," as defined in the IEEE...

really does cause a great delay because if the staff is not there, the train must stop while a man is sent on a horse to get it [from the other end of the...

flagman in a nearby booth who, on the approach of a train, would wave a red flag or lantern to stop all traffic and clear the tracks. This was a dangerous...

Automatic Train Protection (ATP) is a method of beacon based railway cab signalling developed by British Rail. The system is only installed on the Great...

Automatic train operation (ATO) is a method of operating trains automatically where the driver is not required or is required for supervision at most...

system controls the movement of trains between the blocks using automatic signals. ABS operation is designed to allow trains operating in the same direction...

districts and in many cases is precluded by use of older intermittent Automatic Train Stop technology. In North America, the coded track circuit system developed...

counterweights Cab signaling equipment Automatic train control Automatic train protection Automatic train stop DC code systems Electronic communication...

causing the automatic train stop (ATS) to bring the train to a halt. The train had also overshot the correct stopping position at an earlier stop at Itami...

"do not stop trains unless absolutely necessary" to "stop trains as soon as an accident happens regardless of its scale." An Automatic train stop system...

Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States. Most of the United States' national rail...

parts of Japan Automatic train control (ATC), Automatic train protection (ATP), Automatic train stop (ATS) and Communications-based train control (CBTC)...

passing trains. The driver interprets the signal's indication and acts accordingly. The most important indication is 'danger', which means 'stop'. Not every...

the speed at which the train may safely proceed or it may instruct the driver to stop. Originally, signals displayed simple stop or proceed indications...

prevent accidents, systems such as automatic train stop are used; these are failsafe systems that apply the brakes on a train if it passes a red signal and...

only in case automated guideway transit. The first North American automatic train stop system for the Boston Elevated Railway was introduced in 1901 by...

for future automatic train operation (ATO). Trackside equipment aims to exchange information with the vehicle for safely supervising train circulation...

on board or detected using a sensor at the front of the train or using Automatic train stop beacons. The slight delay in reacting to this information...

safety of trains or train crews A train-order station is a control point at which trains can be stopped and controlled through the use of train orders....