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Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System; Advanced Train Control System; ALSN; Anti-collision device; ATACS; Automatic train control; Automatic train protection; Automatic Train Protection (United Kingdom) Automatic train stop; Automatic Warning System; Automatische treinbeïnvloeding
ATP switchboard in a Taiwan Railways Administration DR2700 series carriage Automatic Train Protection notice on a First Great Western InterCity 125. 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 permitted speed allowed by signalling, including automatic stop at certain signal aspects.
The on-board equipment consists of a computer that also stores the route characteristics database, a distance measurement subsystem to track train position, an antenna subsystem for the track mounted balises, and a data radio subsystem for communication with wayside systems. In the cab, the driver has a consolidated display which displays the ...
The EBICab 900 system uses wayside balises with signal encoders or series communications with electronic lookup table, and on-board equipment on the train. The transmission of data occurs between the passive wayside balises (between 2 and 4 per signal) and the antenna installed under the train, which powers the balises when it passes over the ...
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Union Switch & Signal (commonly referred to as US&S) was an American company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which focused on railway signaling equipment, systems and services. The company was acquired by Ansaldo STS (from 2015, Hitachi Rail STS ) in 1988, [ 1 ] operating as a wholly-owned company until January 2009, when US&S was renamed ...
Train automatic stopping/stop-position controller (定位置停止装置, Teiichi Teishi Sōchi) (TASC) is the name of a train protection system/automated stopping aid currently used only in Japan. It allows trains equipped with TASC to stop automatically at stations without the need for the train operator to operate the brakes manually ...
EU Commission funded the project ALARP (A railway automatic track warning system based on distributed personal mobile terminals) in the years 2010–2013 by the total amount of €3,941,877.20. [6] The aim of the project was to improve the safety of track workers through the development of an innovative ATWS using low-cost, rugged, wireless ...