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Linienzugbeeinflussung

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Also known as LZB, LZB 80

thumb|Track equipped with LZB loops. Notice the second cable on the lower part of the left rail.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Linienzugbeeinflussung is referenced by 207 other articles, and connects out to Seville, Córdoba and Western Railway.

Vinony files it under Railway signalling in Germany and Train protection systems.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linienzugbeeinflussung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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