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    Automatic train protection (ATP) is the generic term for train protection systems that continually check that the speed of a train is compatible with the...
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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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  • 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...
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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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  • 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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    KAVACH (lit. 'Armour') is an Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system indigenously developed by Indian Railways through Research Designs & Standards Organisation...
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  • 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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    (GoA) of trains. These levels correspond with the automotive SAE J3016 classification: Many modern systems are linked with automatic train protection (ATP)...
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    bidirectional train-to-wayside data communications; and trainborne and wayside processors capable of implementing automatic train protection (ATP) functions...
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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 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...
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    properly assess competencies Automatic train protection (ATP) is an advanced form of train stop which can regulate the speed of trains in situations other than...
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    Balise (category Train protection systems)
    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...
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    Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States. Most of the United States' national rail...
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    system controls the movement of trains between the blocks using automatic signals. ABS operation is designed to allow trains operating in the same direction...
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    functional overlap with many other train protection systems such as trip stops, but the distinction is that a driver or automatic operating system makes continuous...
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    extended from the locomotive cabside just before the train passed the exchange point and then automatically retracted afterwards. These enabled handover speeds...
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    and counterweights Cab signaling equipment Automatic train control Automatic train protection Automatic train stop DC code systems Electronic communication...
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    systems needed to be superseded. For example, where manual or automatic block was implemented, train orders would be used to authorize movements into occupied...
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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...
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    crossings either have "passive" protection, in the form of various types of warning signs, or "active" protection, using automatic warning devices such as flashing...
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    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...
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    Railway signal (redirect from Train signal)
    Railway signalling Train protection system Train speed optimization Armstrong, John (1957). "All About Signals" (Two-article series). Trains Magazine, June...
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    of points of potential conflict, as well as the speed and frequency of trains and the movements they require to make. Before discussing the application...
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  • adjacent to train tracks Automatic train protection, system installed in trains to prevent collisions through driver error Automatic Train Protection (United...
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    A 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...
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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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    signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional and urban trains along with trams. The company and its name (originally spelled Alsthom)...
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  • to track circuits. Automatic train protection (ATP) is enabled on CTCS level 1. Drivers use cab signals as primary signals. Train circuits are responsible...
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  • 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 American...
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