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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this entity surface form:
Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS)
subject surface form:
British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager
this entity surface form:
UK mainline railway signalling standards
this entity surface form:
Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung
this entity surface form:
Train Protection and Warning System