Automatic train protection
System installed in trains to prevent collisions through driver error
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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 permitted speed allowed by signalling, including automatic stop at certain signal aspects. If it is not, ATP activates an emergency brake to stop the train.[1]
See also
- Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System
- Anti Collision Device
- Automatic Warning System
- Automatische treinbeïnvloeding (ATB)
- British Rail's ATP system
- Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS)
- EBICAB
- European Train Control System (ETCS)
- Kavach
- Positive Train Control (PTC)
- Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (PZB)
- Train Protection & Warning System
- Train Warning System
References
- ^ "ERA Glossary". ERA.Europa.eu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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Railway signalling
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- European Train Control System
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- Automatic train control
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- Automatic Train Protection (United Kingdom)
- Automatic train stop
- Automatic Warning System
- Automatische treinbeïnvloeding
- Balise
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- Continuous Automatic Warning System
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- EBICAB
- IIATS
- Integra-Signum
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- Positive Train Control
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- Sistema Controllo Marcia Treno
- SACEM
- Slide fence
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- Train Protection & Warning System
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