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A block post in railway signalling
Railway signalling (), or railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormous weight ...
is the signal box
A signal is both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation. Signals are important in multiple subject fields including signal processing, information theory and biology.
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at one end of a block section.
German practice
In Germany, block posts are known as ''Blockstellen'' (abbreviation: ''Bk'') and are defined as railway facilities on the open line that mark the end of a block section, as part of a block system. They usually have ahome signal
The application of railway signals on a Rail transport, rail layout is determined by various factors, principally the location of points of potential conflict, as well as the speed and frequency of trains and the movements they require to make ...
in each direction and on each running line. They are mainly found where the distance between two railway stations is greater than average.
In the early years of the railway, block posts were local signal boxes staffed with block post keepers. Today there are only a few of these classic, railway staff-operated block posts. Their function has been largely superseded by equipment that forms part of an automatic block signalling
Automatic block signaling (ABS), spelled automatic block signalling or called track circuit block (TCB ) in the UK, is a railroad communications system that consists of a series of Railway signal, signals that divide a railway line into a seri ...
(''Selbsttätiger Streckenblock'' or ''Sbk'') system or by a central block post in a station signal box at one end of the section between two stations.
Block posts are described in the German railway regulations, the ''Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung
The ''Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung''
at www.gesetze-im-internet.de. Retrie ...
'' or ''EBO'', at § 4 sub-paragraph 4. :de:Blockstelle at German Wikipedia.
at www.gesetze-im-internet.de. Retrie ...
See also
* Automatic Block Signal * Centralised control *Block signalling
Signalling block systems enable the safe and efficient operation of railways by preventing collisions between trains. The basic principle is that a track is broken up into a series of sections or "blocks". Only one train may occupy a block at ...
*Signalling block systems
Signalling block systems enable the safe and efficient operation of rail transport, railways by preventing collisions between trains. The basic principle is that a track is broken up into a series of sections or "blocks". Only one train may oc ...
*Token (railway signalling)
In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the names of the section to which it belongs. A t ...
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