And yet the German and Austrian Signalling still does not stop drivers passing signals at danger - and by some distance.jpilborough wrote: Yes, that's exactly what it's there for. It's a Train Protection system, there to monitor the driver and intervene if they do not react appropriately.
Many Brits may find the PZB system strange, but to me it is amazing that whilst Germany has had PZB in various evolutions since 1934, and most of the rest of Central Europe has similar systems, the UK had no nationwide Train Protection at all until TPWS was rolled out in 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punktf%C3 ... #Accidents
And I wonder if we had UK style signalling in Germany where the EBuLa was removed, the Signals only indicated to the driver the route the train was going and had no speeds shown.jpilborough wrote: I do often wonder what would happen if PZB was introduced in the UK and British drivers had to learn to use it just the same as their German counterparts. RMT would probably denounce it as unsafe on the grounds that it increases driver workload, demand a £10000 "training allowance" and then go on strike
Plus the drivers would have to know the route they were driving instead of relying on the EBuLa or a paper Buchfahrplane
The system would collapse within a few days
Peter
