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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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    signals. Calvert, J.B. "Train Order Signals." Railways: History, Signalling, Engineering. 2004-08-10. Railway Signal Site. "US&S Searchlight Signal H...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Railway semaphore signal is one of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals. This semaphore system involves signals that display their different indications...
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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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  • 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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  • The Polish (PKP) railway signalling system provides a complex outlook of traffic situations, yet is quite easy to understand. Signals can be divided into...
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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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    An axle counter is a system used in railway signalling to detect the clear or occupied status of a section of track between two points. The system generally...
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    Technology Assessment. May 1976. Railway Signalling – A guide to modern signalling technology, Institution of Railway Signal Engineers. Published 1980. "Automatic...
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    Signalling block systems enable the safe and efficient operation of railways by preventing collisions between trains. The basic principle is that a track...
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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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  • 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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  • The current Dutch railway signalling system operated by ProRail has been in effect since 1954 on the Dutch Railways network It was designed to be one...
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  • Today, railway systems engineering continues to be a vibrant field of engineering. Mechanical engineering Command, control & railway signalling Office...
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    widely for railway signalling, Cooke was rejected several times in favour of the more familiar, but shorter range, steam-powered pneumatic signalling. Even...
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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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  • companies. There are two main types of signal, used up to 160 km/h, above which speed cab signalling is required. Signalling is governed by strict rules, released...
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    for railway staff driving trains. Japanese signalling was initially based on British railway signalling practice, and Japanese railway signalling continues...
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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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  • Railway signals in China are based on OSShD signals used by 25 countries of the former USSR, eastern Europe and adjacent countries. There are four observer...
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    Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Alstom Signalling Inc.(2010). "Rochester Signalling and Control Systems." Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback...
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    Hitachi, Ltd. Railway Systems Business Unit, trading as Hitachi Rail, is the rolling stock and railway signalling manufacturing division of Hitachi. Hitachi...
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  • The Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) is a central engineering services group A cadre of the Indian railways. The officers of this service...
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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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  • 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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  • Thales Rail Signalling Solutions is a division of Thales Group that supplies transportation-based automation solutions[buzzword] for railways. Its operations...
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    intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over...
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