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A train protection system is a railway technical installation to ensure safe operation in the event of human error.[1]

  1. ^ Automatic Train Control in Rail Rapid Transit. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. 1976. p. 177.

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right hand and square plates are used instead of round ones. As Train protection system the following are used in Italy: RS4 Codici RS9 Codici (Blocco...

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signalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible...

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