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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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) (TASC) is the name of a train protection system/automated stopping aid currently used only...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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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...

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 required for supervision at most. Alternatively...

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

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

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

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...

signal box to have two stop signals governing each line. The first reached by a train is known as the home signal. The last stop signal, known as the starting...

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

ATB ('Automatic train control') is a Dutch train protection system first developed in the 1950s. Its installation was spurred by the Harmelen train disaster...

supplemented by the Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS). TPWS functions in two ways, Train Stop System (TSS) will automatically apply the train's brakes in...

companies in a set of procedures called train order operation, which was later partly automated through use of Automatic Block Signals (ABS). The starting point...

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...

exacerbated by the enormous weight and inertia of a train, which makes it difficult to quickly stop when encountering an obstacle. In the UK, the Regulation...