Dead-end and early stop indicators

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Early stop indicator at the exit signal M3 in Berlin-Lichtenberg

The stump track and early stop indicator (Zs 13) is a German railway signal from the group of additional signals (Zs).

It has the meaning: "Drive into a dead end track or a track with a shortened approach path."

Appearance

The stump track and early stop indicator is attached to the signal below the signal screen in an additional signal. It shows a shining yellow or reflecting yellow “T” turned 90 ° to the left.

There is a similar-looking signal Ts 1 (“set pushing”), but it shows a T rotated 90 ° to the right .

commitment

The stump track and early stop indicator is mainly to be found in the DV area (formerly Deutsche Reichsbahn ). It used to be called Zs 6 there and consisted of two parallel vertical yellow stripes. The dead-end and early stop indicator indicates to the driver that there is a shortened or divided entry path or that a dead-end is being driven into. The Zs 13 signal is now approved in the entire area of ​​Deutsche Bahn. In the area of ​​the former Deutsche Bundesbahn , however, these operational requirements were regulated with the signal Zs 3 (code number 2 or 3).

The Zs 13 is shown, for example, when a train journey is to end at a train cover signal that divides the entry track . Another possible application is journeys that should end at an intermediate signal that is significantly shorter than the rest. If this also reaches a driving concept, the early stop indicator on the main signal behind is deleted again if the driving concept continues or has been upgraded. Generally shorter access routes to head tracks (such as the outer platform tracks in Leipzig Hbf ) are also indicated with Zs 13.

The signal Zs 13 itself does not impose a speed limit, but it is usually shown in connection with main signal terms that stipulate a speed limit to 40 km / h and signal "expect stop". Typically there are the signal aspects Ks 2 and Zs 3 with code number 4 or Hl 12a.

Thus, the driver basically only receives information from the signal Zs 13 that he is driving into a dead end or is to be stopped particularly early, without the signal alone prompting him to take certain actions. The information that a signal indicating a stop, which can also be located on the buffer stop in butt tracks , is to be expected is given separately by the main signal aspect.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ril 301, module 301.0301, section 13 paragraph 1
  2. Lothar Fendrich (Ed.): Handbuch Eisenbahninfektur, Volume 10 - Page 587 . Springer-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-29581-5 ( book in Google book search).
  3. Signal book of the Deutsche Bahn (Ril 301), module 0301 section 13 paragraph 4
  4. tu-dresden.de , accessed on December 14, 2010