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...

The Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) is a train protection system used throughout the British passenger main-line railway network, and in Victoria...

Great Western Railway, although it would now be referred to as an automatic warning system (AWS) because the driver retained full command of braking. The...

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The Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS) is a form of cab signalling and train protection system used in Ireland to help train drivers observe and...

as 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...

system was later replaced by the magnetic induction "automatic warning system". In inductive system, data is transmitted magnetically between the track...

Automatic track warning system (ATWS, German: Rottenwarnanlage) is a technical device used during track construction for occupational safety. It warns...

systems that used the presence of a magnetic field or electric current to designate a hazardous condition. The British Rail Automatic Warning System (AWS)...

their capacity. Older manual block systems required human operators. The automatic operation comes from the system's ability to detect whether blocks are...

signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed. The driver...

implemented a similar system in 1906 dubbed Automatic Train Control that served as the template for the magnetic based Automatic Warning System, which ultimately...

Level crossing signals are electronic warning devices for road vehicles at railroad level crossings. Level crossings can be operated in various ways....

lack of an ATC system on most of Britain's railways was at last seen as an urgent issue. From 1956 the BR-designed Automatic Warning System (AWS) was installed...

company had failed to inform Railtrack and the signaller that the automatic warning system (AWS), which warns drivers of adverse signals, had been turned...

warning signs, or "active" protection, using automatic warning devices such as flashing lights, warning sounds, and barriers or gates. In the 19th century...

collision avoidance system (CAS), also known as a pre-crash system, forward collision warning system (FCW), or collision mitigation system, is an advanced...

transponder 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...

signaling system used in Italy. The system makes use of 0, 75, 120, 180 and 270 ppm codes using a 50 Hz current. Continuous Automatic Warning System is the...

must be minimized. Track circuits allow railway signalling systems to operate semi-automatically, by displaying signals for trains to slow or stop in the...

assigned the name Automatic Train Protection (ATP), and was a considerably more comprehensive system than the Automatic Warning System (AWS) that was already...

fixed manual signalling system, surpassing all other types in most applications by 1870. Becoming electrically operated and automatic, accompanied by interlocking...

(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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with a point-and-click or touchscreen interface. Finally, the use of Automatic Route Setting removed the need for any human input at all as common train...

Automatic Warning System, and British Railways agreed to a five-year plan to install the system to give drivers an in-cab audible and visual warning when...

then automatically retracted afterwards. These enabled handover speeds of 40 mph (64 km/h). Examples of such systems include the Whitaker system on the...

These arrangements are termed automatic interlockings, and the approach of a train sets its own route automatically, provided no conflicting movements...

audible, and/or vibration warnings Lane keeping assist (LKA/LKS): Systems which warn the driver and, with no response, automatically take steps to ensure the...