Automatic train stop
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Automatic train stop or ATS is a system on a train that automatically stops a train if certain situations occur to prevent accidents. In some scenarios it functions as a type of dead man's switch. Aut
Preserved mechanically-operated ATS system formerly used on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (installed 1927–1941, replaced with CS-ATC and TASC in 1993)
ATS pickup on the leading truck of a San Diego Coaster F40PH
ATS pickup on the underside of a KiHa 183 series DMU
ATS-B light indicator on KiHa 59 series DMU
Automatic train protection
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Automatic train protection 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 aut
Automatic train stop
…with an Ericsson-developed ATS system since the late-1970s (similar to Japanese ATS-SN and ATS-P), which serve as fallback for a Bombardier-designed ATP system introduced in 2006 (equivalent to ETCS Level 1), of which the latter system replaced the older AWS system originally introduced in 1978 on the…
ATP switchboard in a Taiwan Railways Administration DR2700 series carriage
Automatic Train Protection notice on a First Great Western InterCity 125