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Automatic train protection (ATP) is the generic term for
Automatic train protection (ATP) is the generic term for train protection system
A train protection system is a railway technical installation to ensure safe operation in the event of human error.
Development
Train stops
The earliest systems were train stops, as still used by the New York City Subway, the Toronto rapid ...
s 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.
See also
* Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System * Anti Collision Device *Automatic Warning System
Automatic Warning System (AWS) is a railway safety system invented and predominantly used in the United Kingdom. It provides a train driver with an audible indication of whether the next Railway_signal, signal they are approaching is clear or a ...
* Automatische treinbeïnvloeding (ATB)
* British Rail's ATP system
* Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS)
* EBICAB
* European Train Control System (ETCS)
* Kavach
* Positive Train Control
Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States. Most of the United States' national rail network mileage has a form of PTC. These systems are generally designed to check that trains a ...
(PTC)
* Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung
PZB or Indusi is an intermittent cab signalling system and train protection system used in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Israel, Serbia, on two lines in Hungary, on the Tyne and Wear Metro in the United Kingdom, UK, and formerly ...
(PZB)
* Train Protection & Warning System
The Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) is a train protection system used throughout the British passenger main-line railway network, and in Victoria, Australia.
According to the UK Rail Safety and Standards Board, the purpose of TPWS is t ...
* Train Warning System
* Transmission Voie-Machine (TVM)
References
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