Linienzugbeeinflussung
thumb|Track equipped with LZB loops. Notice the second cable on the lower part of the left rail.
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- Overview
- History
- Choice of cab signalling
- Development
- Development timeline
- Line equipment
- Cable loops
- LZB route centre (central controller)
- Other equipment
- Vehicle equipment
- Operation
- Telegrams
- Call telegram format
- Response telegram format
- Entry into LZB, zones and addressing
- Speed signalling
- Leaving LZB
- Special operating modes
- Crossover to opposite track
- Drive by sight signal
- Transmission failure
- Extensions
- CIR ELKE-I
- CIR ELKE-II
- Malfunctions
- Equipped lines
- DB (Germany)
- ÖBB (Austria)
- RENFE (Spain)
- United Kingdom
- Non-mainline uses
- Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Krefeld, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Vienna (Wien)
- Munich
- Nuremberg
- London
- See also
- References
thumb|Track equipped with LZB loops. Notice the second cable on the lower part of the left rail.
Linienzugbeeinflussung (or LZB) 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 mandatory where trains were allowed to exceed speeds of in Germany and in Spain. It is also used on some slower railway and urban rapid transit lines to increase capacity. In German, the word Linienzugbeeinflussung translates to continuous train control, or more literally: linear train influencing. It is also occasionally called linienförmige Zugbeeinflussung.