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These signals are supplemented by "indicator signals" (French: tableaux indicateurs) showing speed limits, slow-down orders and reminders to go slow on a diverging route, various indications about the track layout (number, dead ends or garage) the signs of electrical section, numbers of radio channels.
TVM Block Marker. This sign marks the end of each block section on high-speed lines signalled with TVM cab signalling. Transmission Voie-Machine (TVM)('Track-to-train transmission') is a form of in-cab signalling originally deployed in France and is mainly used on high-speed railway lines. TVM-300 was the first version, followed by TVM-430.
A coder used as an interface between the existing signal and the switchable beacons. The on-board computer generates two speed-thresholds based on the received signals from the balises. If the train is over the speed limit, passing the first speed-threshold, an audible alarm sounds and the control panel indicates to the driver to adjust the ...
French railway signalling This page was last edited on 7 December 2013, at 18:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Railway signal in Ploiești West railway station, Romania. This type of signal is based on the German Ks signals. The signal head is the portion of a colour light signal which displays the aspects. To display a larger number of indications, a single signal might have multiple signal heads.
Some crossings have a sign saying "signal automatique" (automatic signal). French level crossings with more than one track have a sign saying "un train peut en cacher un autre" (a train can hide another train). As of 2016 France has 15,459 level crossings (by comparison, there were 33,500 in 1938 and 25,000 in 1980).
SACEM cab signalling on the MI 2N Altéo, showing a speed limit of 30 km/h (19 mph). The SACEM system enables a train to receive signals from devices under the tracks. [6] A receiver in the train cabin interprets the signal, and sends data to the console so the driver can see it.
The répétition signal fermé (which literally means "repetition of closed signal"), corresponding to a caution or danger signal, applies a +20 V voltage to the crocodile, causing a warning horn to beep in the driver's cab. Then, unless the driver pushes the acknowledgement button within five seconds, the emergency brakes are applied ...