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Signal descriptions  Miscellaneous signals 1

Cab signalling

Miscellaneous signals 2

• Guidance boards for missing distant and home signals
• Announcement of a passenger stop
• Signals for request stops (Fakultativhaltsignale)
• Stopping marker boards
• RBS: Wait for SBB connecting trains

Guidance boards for missing distant and home signals

	Announcement of an entry signal without distant signal (Fehlendes Vorsignal zum Einfahrsignal) Located at braking distance from the entry signal.
	Annoncement of a station without entry signal (Fehlendes Einfahrsignal) Located at braking distance from the first point.

Announcement of a passenger stop

	Announcement of a passenger stop (Haltestelle) Located at braking distance from the middle of the platform.

Signals for request stops (Fakultativhaltsignale)

On many minor halts the passenger trains only stop on request. The flashing light shown below indicates to the engineer that someone wants to enter the train. This signal is operated by the passengers themselves.

Depending on local speed these signals are situated either directly at the stop or at braking distance from the stop.

old	new
		Normal position Nobody wants to enter the train at the belonging passenger stop or station. The train will only stop if someone whants to get out.
		Request stop. Somebody wants to enter the train at the belonging passenger stop or station.

Stopping marker boards

These boards show where the peak of a train should stop depending on ...

1		... its length in metres (Applies to all trains)
2		... the number of axles. (Applies to all trains)
3		... the type of train here: German ICE, French TGV and Mittelthurgau-Bahn GTW 2/6 EMU
4		... its length in steps of 100 metres. (Valid for passenger trains.)
5		This board is valid for all passenger trains without dependancy of their length.
6		Genuine french stopping marker board for TGV which is also used in Switzerland.

Annotation to the boards shown in line 4 and 5 in the above table:

This boards have been introduced in 1989, first on the Zürcher S-Bahn. They show the length of a train in steps of 100 metres (the standard Zürich S-Bahn unit - Re 450 + 3 coaches - measures 99.9 m).

Trains which do not fit into the 100 metre-scheme have to »interpolate«: for example if a train is 150 m long it has to stop between the boards »1« and »2«.

In new or reconstructed stations only this new boards shall be used (at least on the Swiss Federal Railways).

Some private railways use this boards with different meanings:

On the SZU the boards show the number of coaches.

RhB see next paragraph.

Rhb (and FO?)

The RhB uses the board ''H'' to show the outmost limit where halting trains have to stop (end of entry route). There can be an additional board for short entries (see below).

	The board labeled »Fb 6« means, that trains have to stop here, if the entry signal shows proceed aspect 6 (short entry).

RBS: Wait for SBB connecting trains

In the narrow gauge station of Solothurn there is an indicator beneath the group exit signal that informs the drivers of RBS trains if there are SBB standard gauge connecting trains to await.

(RBS = Regionalverkehr Bern - Solothurn)

	Wait for SBB connecting train.

(Last Update: 17.11.2002)

Signal descriptions  Miscellaneous signals 1

Cab signalling