Dictionary
- Block signal
- A signal, that indicates, if the way after it is free. Than it's green otherwise it's red
- Buffer
- A part of the rail system near the station used for train's waiting before entering the station if all the station's platforms are in use
- Circular way
- A way system type with specified traffic direction in each part of the system. Connecting of a circular and some other way (may be a circular) is not a circular because of at least two directions at junction point
- Catching type station
- A station, that has a group of buffers behind the station to gather arriving trains if station is full and has no free platforms
- Catching zone
- A part of a catching station's rail system, which assures catching the trains
- Exit-signal
- A block-signal signal after pre-signal, that makes a pre-signal green if an exit-signal is green
- Line
- A part of the way, allowing a movement of trains only in a one direction in a time. Consists of one ore more tracks-blocks
- Line-changer
- A line-block between two lines, allowing trains to go from one line to an other
- Main way
- A way, which another way is connected to
- One-way signal
- A block-signal, that prevents trains movement in one of directions
- One-way way
- A way, that is blocked by one-way signal from the one of it's sides
- Pre-signal
- A block-signal, that is green only if any of it's exit-signals is green
- Pre&exit-signal
- A pre-signal, that is also an exit-signal to some other pre-signal
- Reverser
- A way from the catching zone of the catching station to the out-line of the station
- Situation control depot
- A depot on the line-changer, which is used to gather trains, that could not complete the way-changing operation for some reasons
- T-junction
- A place of connection of a way to the other way
- Tracks-block
- A continuous group of rail tracks between the signals
- Train
- A group of locomotives and carriers at least of two and at maximum of ten elements, assembled in a consist or multiengine consist, that can go over railways without assistance
- Station
- A place, there trains are loaded and unloaded
- Way
- A continuous system of rail tracks between breakover point and an endpoint, allowing train movement from breakover point to the endpoint without turnings back
- Way-in
- A way to the station
- Way-out
- A way from the station