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MCML Signalling Handbook

Railway signalling is needed to safely guide train movements as trains operate on fixed tracks without steering. Signals indicate to drivers whether to stop or proceed and the speed at which they can pass. There are two main purposes of railway signalling: 1) To safely manage train movements at stations. 2) To control train movements between stations by ensuring the track ahead is clear through a system called block working, which prevents collisions especially on single track lines. Modern signalling also aims to increase track capacity by allowing more trains to run per day through efficient signalling systems.

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MCML Signalling Handbook

Railway signalling is needed to safely guide train movements as trains operate on fixed tracks without steering. Signals indicate to drivers whether to stop or proceed and the speed at which they can pass. There are two main purposes of railway signalling: 1) To safely manage train movements at stations. 2) To control train movements between stations by ensuring the track ahead is clear through a system called block working, which prevents collisions especially on single track lines. Modern signalling also aims to increase track capacity by allowing more trains to run per day through efficient signalling systems.

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Principles of Train working r


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All overthe world Railway transportation is increasingly used, as this mode oftransport
is more energy efficient and environmentally friendly than road transportation. Trains
move on steel rail tracks and wheels of the railway vehicle are also flanged Steel
wheels. Hence least friction occurs at the point of contact between the track & wheels.

Therefore trainscarry more loads resulting in higher traffic capacity. Since trains move
on specific tracks called rails, their path is to be fully guided and there is no arrangement
of steering clear of obstruction as available with road transportation. S0 there is a need
to provide controi on the movement of trains in the form of Railway signals which
indicate to the drivers to stop or move and also the speed at which they can pass a
signal.

Since the ioacl carried by the trains and the speed which the trains can attain are high,
they need more braking distance before coming to the stop from full speed. Without
signal to be available on the route to constantly guide the driver, accidents wiii take
place dueto collisions- .

There are basically two purposes achieved by railway signalling.

1. To safely receive and despatch trains at a station.

2. To control the movements of trains from one station to another after ensuring that
the track on which this train will move to reach the next station is free from
movement of another train either in the same or opposite direction. This Control is
called block working. Preventing the movement from opposite direction is
necessary in single line track, as movements in both directions will be on the same
track.

Apart from meeting the basic requirement of necessary safety in train operation,
modern railway signalling plays an important rote in determining the capacity of a
section .The capacity decides the number of trains that can run on a single day. By
proper signalling the capacity can be increased‘ to a considerabte extent without
resorting to costlier alternatives.

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