The article's lead section may need to be rewritten. Please help improve the lead and read the lead layout guide.(June 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
The first railway line in New Zealand (apart from tramways) was the line from Christchurch to Ferrymead (now part of the Lyttelton Line) opened in 1863. Under the "Grand Go-ahead Policy" of public works instituted by Sir Julius Vogel in 1870 (see Vogel Era) the network was rapidly expanded. Initially lines went from the main town and port to the rural hinterland, but the line between the cities of Christchurch and Dunedin (part of the Main South Line) section of the South Island Main Trunk Railway opened in 1878.
The New Zealand Railways Department was established in 1876, and the rail network was then run by the central government rather than by provincial governments. Signalling installation was handled by district engineers in the maintenance branch.
The Rakaia rail accident in 1899 when four passengers were killed showed the deficiencies in railway signalling and braking; Rakaia did not have fixed signals, and rolling stock apart from locomotives did not have air brakes. But those lines with heavier traffic already had block working installed. [1]
The first signalling and interlocking engineer had already been appointed in 1899 at a salary of £400; Arthur H. Johnson, who had "considerable experience in England and America" and who was to design and develop a uniform system of interlocking points and signals. But he resigned in 1899, and returned to England c1901. He was replaced by Henry John Wynne from 1900; with staff of a chief signal inspector in Wellington and several regional signal inspectors. Wynne retired in 1929. Wynne was replaced by Guy Wilfred Wyles (1887-1947) as Signalling and electrical engineer. Wyles had started with Sykes Interlocking Co in London. He married into Wynn's family and died of peritonitis three months before his retirement.[1]
The first three engineers all trained in England. Signalling in New Zealand was based on British practice for 60 years until about 1922, when it became "essentially indigenous" – partly British with two-aspect mechanical signalling and partly American with automatic three-aspect signalling using so-called '"speed' indicators. [2]
The Petone signal box at the Petone railway station, 1952-2013
^ abHeine 2000, pp. 14, 15, 144.
^Heine 2000, pp. 1, 150.
and 28 Related for: Railway signalling in New Zealand information
first railway line inNewZealand (apart from tramways) was the line from Christchurch to Ferrymead (now part of the Lyttelton Line) opened in 1863. Under...
Railwaysignalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them...
Papakura railway station is a railway station in Papakura, NewZealand, on the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network. The station was opened on...
"Mixed reaction to KiwiRail spend". The NewZealand Herald. "NewZealandSignalling Overview". Hutt Valley Signals. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November...
colour-light signals using track circuit – or axle counter – block signalling. It is a development of the original absolute block signalling that is still...
Railway semaphore signal is one of the earliest forms of fixed railwaysignals. This semaphore system involves signals that display their different indications...
Railwaysignalsin Germany are regulated by the Eisenbahn-Signalordnung (ESO, railwaysignalling rules). There are several signalling systems in use, including...
Control in Rail Rapid Transit" (PDF). United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment. May 1976. RailwaySignalling – A guide to modern signalling technology...
rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railwaysignals and block systems to...
to railway operations and must be minimized. Track circuits allow railwaysignalling systems to operate semi-automatically, by displaying signals for...
General RailwaySignal Company (GRS) was an American manufacturing company located in the Rochester, New York area. GRS was focused on railwaysignaling equipment...
it could result in derailment. There are two methods of junction signalling. Signallingin the UK uses route signalling. Most railway systems around the...
signalling based mechanical signalling. Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia used power signals as a direct replacement for mechanical signals...
NewZealand (Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island...
The current French railwaysignalling system is in force on the Réseau Ferré de France (now SNCF Réseau) since 1930, when the code Verlant was applied...
Modern railwaysignallingin Thailand on the mainline employs color light signals and computer-based interlocking. The State Railway of Thailand is currently...
and signs on the state's railway network and connected private tracks. The first signalling system on the Norwegian railway system was a mechanically...
companies. There are two main types of signal, used up to 160 km/h, above which speed cab signalling is required. Signalling is governed by strict rules, released...
The current Dutch railwaysignalling system operated by ProRail has been in effect since 1954 on the Dutch Railways network It was designed to be one...
intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over...
The Polish (PKP) railwaysignalling system provides a complex outlook of traffic situations, yet is quite easy to understand. Signals can be divided into...
The Italian railwaysignalling currently in use, employed on the Italian national railway network, is regulated by the "Regulation on signals" (Regolamento...
Railway electrification inNewZealand consists of three separate electric systems, all on the North Island. Electrification was initially adopted by the...
The NewZealandRailways Department, NZR or NZGR (NewZealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged...
The Wairarapa Line is a secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of NewZealand. The line runs for 172 kilometres (107 mi), connects...
Automatic Signalling is a form of railwaysignalling used on the majority of double line sections inNewZealand. Double Line Automatic Signalling uses track...
in working order. List of Auckland railway stations Public transport in Auckland "Britomart to Karangahape Signalling". City Rail Link Ltd. 2018. Archived...
Global Information
