ETCS stop board

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A stand-alone ETCS stop board (on a route without main light signals) in the form that is valid today
ETCS stop plaque on a German Ks - main signal

The ETCS-stop panel ( DB notation ETCS stop panel ), in Switzerland ETCS stop signal , English ETCS stop markers , is a compound with the automatic train control system European Train Control System used (ETCS) railway signaling . It marks the point at which trains in ETCS mode SR (Staff Responsible) have to stop.

Driving in operating mode SR (“Staff Responsible”) represents a fallback level if normal ETCS driving permission cannot be issued. Alternatively, the journey is permitted by command and is then permitted until the next stop sign.

In Germany, on routes with stationary signals and ETCS, the board is attached to the location of a main signal . On routes with ETCS without main signals, the stop sign stands alone and indicates the location of a virtual main signal. It can also act as an entry signal and thus represent the boundary of a train station .

In Germany, the ETCS stop board was approved by the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) from 14. June 2011 as secondary signal Ne 14, ("ETCS-Halt-Tafel") introduced with temporary validity. A distinction is made between a small and a large design. In anticipation of an intended change to the railway signaling order , the meaning of the ETCS stop board was standardized in the Deutsche Bahn regulations on July 1, 2018. If the ETCS stop board is not set up at the location of a main signal, it will stop trains that are not running in the ETCS operating modes FS (Full Supervision) or OS (On Sight) . It also provides a stop for shunting trips . ETCS stop signs in their current form were first set up in Germany in 2015 on the new Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line . Distinguished from the ETCS-stop panel are block flag that basically no maintenance areas and only for display guided trains are important.

According to some information, a minimum signal visibility of 80 m is required in Germany for stand-alone ETCS stop signs.

In Switzerland, the ETCS stop signs were initially referred to as the “main signal notice board”. This was the 1st July 2015 changed to "ETCS stop signal".

Old form of the ETCS stop board on a route in Belgium

In old versions of the ETCS specification, the stop panel initially had a different appearance. It was installed in this form in various European countries that put ETCS routes into operation early on. Since this signal did not differ from the block section boards of the French TVM train control system and there was therefore a risk of confusion, the appearance of the ETCS stop board was later changed to the form that is valid today.

On December 13, 2020, a new form of block identifier will be introduced in Germany with the ETCS location marker . These are similar to the ETCS stop board, but with a black arrow on a white background.

Web links

  • Locations of ETCS stop signs in Germany on the OpenRailwayMap (only stand-alone stop signs) and all locations in Overpass Turbo (each based on OpenStreetMap data, incomplete)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Glossary. (PDF; 170 kB) In: Project European Train Control System (ETCS). DB Netz , May 30, 2014, accessed on September 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Swiss Driving Regulations A2016 (FDV). (PDF; 3.8 MB) R 300.2, Section 6 Fixed signals for cab signaling. Federal Office of Transport , June 1, 2016, accessed on September 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Andreas Funke, Jutta Göring, Daniel Trenschel, Volker Schaarschmidt: ETCS competence center planning of DB ProjektBau at the Dresden location . In: The Railway Engineer . tape 63 , no. 8 , August 2012, ISSN  0013-2810 , p. 44-50 ( PDF file ). PDF file ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eurailpress.de
  4. ↑ Study on the introduction of ETCS in the core network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. (PDF) Final report. WSP Infrastructure Engineering, NEXTRAIL, quattron management consulting, VIA Consulting & Development GmbH, Railistics, January 30, 2019, p. 247 , accessed on April 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Thomas Richter: Exemption No. 102 to the guidelines 301 - signal book. (PDF) In: fahrweg.dbnetze.com. DB Netz, March 29, 2018, accessed on May 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Annex 03.0.1 Description of services for the digital node Stuttgart. (PDF) Appendix I to the application requirements. In : ieterportal.noncd.db.de. Deutsche Bahn, p. 191 , archived from the original on October 21, 2019 ; Retrieved on October 22, 2019 (Annex_I_Anlage_03.0.1 _-_ Leistungsbeschreibung.pdf in the ZIP archive).
  7. ^ Changes in the FDV, R 300.1 - .15, German version. (PDF; 360 kB) Federal Office of Transport , December 17, 2014, accessed on September 11, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Thomas Richter: Guidelines 301 - Signalbuch, Update 11. (PDF) DB Netz, May 17, 2019, pp. 1, 3 f., 171 (PDF) , accessed on December 14, 2019 .