Radio Electronic Token Block

A Stop Board marking the start of a radio token section at Rannoch railway station on the West Highland Line. The blue light is a TPWS status indicator.
Portable equipment is available for visiting locomotives. Here Bradley Manor of the former GWR is prepared for service on the Cambrian Line, Wales.

Radio Electronic Token Block is a system of railway signalling used in the United Kingdom. It is a development of the physical token system for controlling traffic on single lines. The system is slightly similar to North American direct traffic control, which unlike RETB does not have a cab display unit.