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  2. Train noise - Wikipedia

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    Noise levels can be reduced by installing noise barriers next to the track. [2] Traditional clickety-clack sounds occur as a result of gaps in the rail to allow for thermal expansion. On most railways, the gaps are opposite each other and if the carriages are about the same length as the rails, an even clickety clack sound is generated.

  3. Pointing and calling - Wikipedia

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    In the New York City Subway, before opening the train doors, subway conductors are required to point to a black-and-white striped board located opposite of the conductor's window every time when a train pulls into a station. The boards are located at the middle of the platform such that when the conductor can see the sign, both ends of the ...

  4. Detonator (railway) - Wikipedia

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    A warning of a train stopped on the line ahead by an incident or accident—the train crew are usually responsible for placing the detonators; A warning of ongoing engineering works ahead; When a signaller or other railway employee requires to stop approaching trains in an emergency; On a high-speed line, detonators may need to be placed on ...

  5. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Language Biting Eating food Drinking Swallowing Brushing teeth Afrikaans: nom, gomf gloeg gloeg gloeg Albanian: ham, kërr, krrëk ham-ham, njam-njam llup, gllup välmos-fësh, fër-fër Arabic: hum-hum humm شرب (sharib) Azerbaijani: nəm nəm qurt qurt fıç fıç Basque: kosk, hozk mauka mauka zurrut klik Batak: nyaum nyaum guk Bengali

  6. Anuncio de Señales y Frenado Automático - Wikipedia

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    Anuncio de Señales y Frenado Automático (ASFA; "Announcement of Signals and Automatic Braking") is an Automatic Train Protection system widely deployed on the Spanish rail network. It consists of a mechanism that stops a train if the driver does not properly heed signals.

  7. Spanish solution - Wikipedia

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    Spanish solution diagram: passengers board from the left platform and alight in the middle island. In railway and rapid transit parlance, the Spanish solution is a station layout with two railway platforms , one on each side of the track, [ 1 ] which allows for separate platforms for boarding and alighting.

  8. Tren al Sur - Wikipedia

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    "Tren al Sur" (English: "Train to the South") is a song from the album Corazones by the Chilean rock/pop band Los Prisioneros, released as the main single on May 7, 1990. It was considered one of the 50 most important Latin pop songs by Rolling Stone and one of the most groundbreaking Hispanic songs by The Observer .

  9. Avlo - Wikipedia

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    The AVLO services are operated by rebuilt and repainted class 112 trains. Here a test train in March 2021 near Alt Penedès (Catalonia) Based on the popularity of the French low-cost high-speed rail service Ouigo that was introduced in 2013 by French national rail company SNCF, and keen to encourage train travel on the Spanish high-speed rail network, Renfe was interested in setting up their ...