THE USE OF MODERN SAFETY EQUIPMENT AT LEVEL CROSSINGS

ANWENDUNG NEUZEITLICHER SICHERUNGSEINRICHTUNGEN FUER BAHNUEBERGANGE

Guide lines are laid down for the use of technical equipment ensuring safety at level crossings, and a summary is given of its development on the German Federal Railway. The use at level crossings of safety equipment operated by hand, as well as by the trains, is described. Details are also shown of the difficulties and possibilities involved in the operation of the barriers by the signals, and the connection between level-crossings and modern central signal cabins.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • ENDMANN, K
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Grade crossing protection systems; Railroad grade crossings
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Old TRIS Terms: Grade crossing protection
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051966
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1976 12:00AM