Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

Contributors in Railway

Railway

A train is automatically braked by the ATP system if the on-board computer thinks that the driver has not reduced the train's speed sufficiently or quickly enough. A short visual and audible warning ...

Temporary single track

Transportation; Railway

System for running a double line where part of the line is temporarily reduced to one, which is then used by trains travelling in both directions; any head-on collisions are avoided by enforcing the ...

Curve

Transportation; Railway

Part of the track in an arc shape, whereby the direction gradually changes without forming an angle.

Automatic coupling

Transportation; Railway

In some countries, vehicles are coupled using manual screw couplings. Some equipment (electric power cars, railcars, shunting units) has been fitted with autocouplers. The most widespread model is ...

Temporary single-track section

Transportation; Railway

Arrangement for double-tracks within a signalbox zone for the temporary and short-distance running of trains (structural engineering work sites, for example): in both directions on the same section ...

Cut

Transportation; Railway

Waggon or set of waggons with the same destination and therefore needing to be directed towards the same sorting line.

Automatic level crossing

Transportation; Railway

Automatic level crossings are equipped with colour signals and sirens to warn road users that a train is approaching, complete with two half-barriers or full barriers. In the case of ...