Train Protection & Warning System

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Train Protection & Warning System is a British railway safety system designed to automatically stop or slow trains to prevent collisions and signal passed at danger incidents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway safety system
train protection system
abbreviation TPWS
activationMode automatic
appliesTo British railway network
compatibleWith AWS
complements Automatic Warning System
component Overspeed Sensor System
Automatic Train Stop
surface form: Train Stop System
continuedBy Network Rail
country United Kingdom
designedTo automatically slow trains
automatically stop trains
prevent collisions
prevent signals passed at danger
developedBy British railway industry
effect initiates emergency brake application
governedBy Rail Safety and Standards Board
surface form: Railway Group Standards
installedOn freight lines
passenger lines
introducedAfter Ladbroke Grove rail crash
Southall rail crash
introducedBy Railtrack
introducedIn late 1990s
lessComprehensiveThan European Train Control System
surface form: ETCS

Automatic Train Control
surface form: full Automatic Train Protection
mandatedFor most passenger lines in Great Britain
monitors train position relative to signals
train speed
notImplementedIn Northern Ireland railways
surface form: Northern Ireland Railways
operatedBy train operating companies in Great Britain
operationalStatus in widespread use in the 21st century in Great Britain
region Great Britain
regulator Office of Rail and Road
replacedPartiallyBy European Train Control System on some routes
requires compatible on-train TPWS equipment
trackside TPWS transmitters
riskReduction reduces likelihood of high-consequence SPADs
safetyFunction mitigate human error by train drivers
reduce risk of SPAD incidents
reduce risk of high-speed collisions
standard UK national train protection standard (legacy era)
supports lineside colour light signals
technologyType intermittent train control system
triggeredBy overspeed at approach to signal
signal at danger
uses on-board equipment
track-mounted equipment

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TPWS fullName Train Protection & Warning System
TPWS abbreviationOf Train Protection & Warning System
Voyager family safetySystem Train Protection & Warning System
this entity surface form: Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS)
Class 221 Super Voyager safetySystem Train Protection & Warning System
subject surface form: British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager
Hounslow Loop Line safetySystem Train Protection & Warning System
this entity surface form: UK mainline railway signalling standards
Oxford–Bicester line safetySystem Train Protection & Warning System
Nova 3 safetySystems Train Protection & Warning System
Romford–Upminster line safetySystem Train Protection & Warning System
PZB fullName Train Protection & Warning System
this entity surface form: Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung
Braintree Branch Line safetySystem Train Protection & Warning System
Automatic Warning System coexistsWith Train Protection & Warning System
this entity surface form: Train Protection and Warning System