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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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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Parks and Wildlife Service Train Protection & Warning System Terrain Proximity Warning System, see Ground proximity warning system This disambiguation page...
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Signal passed at danger (redirect from Flank protection)
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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KAVACH (lit. 'Armour') is an Indian Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system indigenously developed by Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO)...
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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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Level crossing (redirect from Train crossing)
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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UK railway signalling (section Warning systems)
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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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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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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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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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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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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Level crossing signals (redirect from Grade-crossing warning devices)
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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Adtranz (redirect from DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems)
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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of nearby trains, and dynamic information about the track ahead. Cab signals can also be part of a more comprehensive train protection system that can...
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Railway signalling (redirect from Train detection)
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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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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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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Crossbuck (section Advance warning)
(resembling the letter X). Crossbucks are often supplemented by electrical warnings of flashing lights, a bell, and/or a boom barrier that descends to block...
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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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Interlocking (category Interlocking systems)
schemes would also include train describer and train tracking technologies. Away from complex terminals unit lever control systems remained popular until...
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