Linienzugbeeinflussung
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Linienzugbeeinflussung is a cab signalling and train protection system used on selected German and Austrian railway lines as well as on the AVE and some commuter rail lines in Spain. The system was ma
Track equipped with LZB loops. Notice the second cable on the lower part of the left rail.
Main console of an ICE 2 train in LZB mode. The current, the maximum and the target speed is 250 km/h. The target distance is 9.8 km
The Driver Machine Interface (DMI) panel of an ICE 4 train in LZB (STM) mode, showing a maximum target speed of 200 km/h
Cable loop
The European Train Control System is a train protection system designed to replace the many incompatible systems used by European railways, and railways outside of Europe. ETCS is the signalling and c
Linienzugbeeinflussung
…literally: linear train influencing. It is also occasionally called linienförmige Zugbeeinflussung. LZB is deprecated, and is to be replaced with the European Train Control System (ETCS) between 2023 and 2030. It is referenced by European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) as a Class B train protection system in National Train Control…
ETCS—"Eurobalise" transceiver, installed between rails, provides information to ETCS trains.
Croco + TBL + ETCS balises at the same signal in Belgium
Radio Block Centre (RBC)
A driver's cab with an ETCS Driver-Machine Interface amongst other instruments and displays