A balise is an electronic beacon or transponder placed between the rails of a railway as part of an automatic train protection system. The French word balise is used to distinguish these beacons from
A Eurobalise pair for ETCS/TBL+ along with a conventional TBL balise and the original Croco train stop at a signal in Belgium
Balise EBICAB in the Mediterranean Corridor
Eurobalises on Orivesi-Jyväskylä railway in Muurame, Finland
A Eurobalise is a specific type of a balise installed between the rails of a railway. Eurobalises are part of the European Train Control System. The balises are pre-programmed and contain information
Balise
…China, which is based on the European Train Control System. A balise which complies with the European Train Control System specification is called a Eurobalise. A balise typically needs no power source. In response to radio frequency energy broadcast by a Balise Transmission Module mounted under a passing…
A Siemens Eurobalise in Germany
Two Eurobalises with the upper one being a transparent data balise (with cable to the lineside electronic unit, the grey box on a post), the lower one a fixed-data balise