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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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    theory for block systems. Absolute block signalling Cab signalling Centralized traffic control Direct traffic control Radio Electronic Token Block Track warrant...
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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...
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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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    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...
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    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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    to power signal equipment directly from mains power, with batteries only as backup. Absolute block signalling – British railway signalling scheme Automatic...
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    international cab signalling systems such as CAWS in Ireland, BACC in Italy, ALSN in Russia and the first generation Shinkansen signalling developed by Japan...
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    infrastructure.[page needed] Absolute block signalling – British railway signalling scheme Centralized traffic control – Railway signalling system Dark territory –...
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    outer ends. This assumes that there are no ordinary track circuits for block signalling purposes. Two predictor circuits may overlap, with tuned circuits used...
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  • Mechanical signalling in all States followed British practice using route signalling with slight differences between States. The basic running signal was the...
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    interlocking signal is clearly visible and is displaying a "proceed" indication. Trains portal Cab signalling Railway signalling Signalling block system Todd...
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    signalling. Signalling in the UK uses route signalling. Most railway systems around the world, however, use speed signalling. Under route signalling,...
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  • In automatic block signalling, the signalling device is generally one of three categories: Non-permissive signals are absolute signals; they protect...
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    driving trains. Japanese signalling was initially based on British railway signalling practice, and Japanese railway signalling continues to be based on...
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    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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    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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  • divested the signalling technology to Alcatel-Lucent. In April 2006, Thales Group announced it would be acquiring Alcatel Rail Signalling Solutions in...
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    sub-paragraph 4. Automatic Block Signal Centralised control Block signalling Signalling block systems Token (railway signalling) Ellis, Iain (2006). Ellis'...
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    Remaining routes are based on absolute block signalling with trains manually controlled by signal men from the signal boxes typically located at stations...
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    with fixed block signalling systems. Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) and Transmission Based Signalling (TBS) are two signalling standards that...
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  • developing those guidelines? For this purpose, a focus group was assembled. Signalling block system "Compliance with Railroad Operating Rules and Corporate Culture...
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  • The signalling system used on the rail transport in Norway is regulated by the Regulations of December 4, 2001 no. 1336 about signals and signs on the...
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    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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    train signalling for Europe. The first Eurobalises were tested in 1996 and later train protection systems used them as a basis for their signalling needs...
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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...
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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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    Alstom (category Railway signalling manufacturers)
    bought Italian firm SASIB's rail signalling subsidiary Sasib Railways, which included the former General Railway Signal (USA). In June 1998, GEC Alsthom...
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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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    CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) US&S (1911). Automatic Block Signalling for Interurban Electric Railways. Swissvale, Pennsylvania. p. 33.{{cite...
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