Linienzugbeeinflussung (or LZB) is a cab signalling and train protection system used on selected German and Austrian railway lines as well as on the AVE and some commuter rail lines in Spain. The system was mandatory where trains were allowed to exceed speeds of 160 km/h (99 mph) in Germany and 220 km/h (140 mph) in Spain. It is also used on some slower railway and urban rapid transit lines to increase capacity. The German Linienzugbeeinflussung translates to continuous train control, literally: linear train influencing. It is also called linienförmige Zugbeeinflussung.
LZB is deprecated and will be replaced with European Train Control System (ETCS) between 2023 and 2030. It is referenced by European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) as a Class B train protection system in National Train Control (NTC).[1] Driving cars mostly have to replace classical control logic to ETCS Onboard Units (OBU) with common Driver Machine Interface (DMI).[2] Because high performance trains are often not scrapped or reused on second order lines, special Specific Transmission Modules (STM) for LZB were developed for further support of LZB installation.[3]
- ^ "LIST OF CLASS B SYSTEMS" (PDF, 234 kB). European Union Agency for Railways. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ "New Approach for ETCS Onboard Units Based on Open Source Principles" (PDF; 553 MB). UIC, the worldwide railway organisation. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ "Implementing the European Train Control System ETCS - Opportunities for European Rail Corridors" (PDF). UIC, the worldwide railway organisation. 2003-12-31. Archived from the original (PDF; 1,6 MB) on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-04.