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WHAT DOES TPWS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of TPWS in the English dictionary

The definition of TPWS in the dictionary is train protection warning system: a rail safety system fitted to track signals.


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WORDS THAT END LIKE TPWS

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Translation of «TPWS» into 25 languages

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The translations of TPWS from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «TPWS» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

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510 millions of speakers

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380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers

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180 millions of speakers

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Translator English - Javanese

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80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

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75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

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75 millions of speakers

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70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

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Trends of use of TPWS

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TPWS»

The term «TPWS» is normally little used and occupies the 123.559 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TPWS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about TPWS

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TPWS»

Discover the use of TPWS in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to TPWS and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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People and Rail Systems: Human Factors at the Heart of the ...
The current and new TPWS driver interfaces The original interface design is termed variant 1 in this chapter and the two new designs variant 2 and variant 3. The weaknesses in the current design, which were considered likely contributors to ...
John R. Wilson, 2007
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Systems engineering--a key to competitive advantage for all ...
The TPWS(E) system is designed to be retrofitted to existing trains, some as much as 40 years old. To reduce the amount of re-fit work, it was decided to integrate the new TPWS(E) technology with the existing Automatic Warning System (AWS) ...
Herbert Negele, 2000
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Ellis' British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia
TPS Traction Power Supply. TPT Train Positioning and Tracking. TPWS See Train Protection and Warning System. Also TPWS+, TPWS-A, TPWS-E. TPWS Loop See Train Protection and Warning System Loop. TPWS+ Train Protection and ...
‎2006
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The Eagle in the Desert: Looking Back on U.S. Involvement in ...
The TPWs supported package A with F-4G aircraft from the 35 TFW and EF-111 aircraft from the 366 TFW.15 The F-111 aircraft from the 48 TFW were called package D. In both drafts of the MAP (the initial pencil copy and the 9:00 P.M. version) ...
William P. Head, Earl H. Tilford, 1996
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Rail Human Factors around the World: Impacts on and of ...
A HUMAN FACTORS TRIAL OF A UK TRAIN SAFETY SYSTEM DRIVER- MACHINE INTERFACE Anita Scott & Huw Gibson Rail Safety and Standards Board, London, UK Abstract: The Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) is a primary ...
John R Wilson, Ann Mills, Theresa Clarke, 2012
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FST TCS 2003: Foundations of Software Technology and ...
All the TPWs of the form ψ1 ⊗ψ 2 are entries in the vector difference of two consecutive T-vectors; these can be output. All of the other O(log(N)) TPWs that involve these two consecutive T-vectors depend only on the vector sum of the T- vectors, ...
Paritosh K Pandya, Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, 2003
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Government Policy on the Management of Risk: 5th Report of ...
14 February 2006 introducing TPWS and reducing accidents which presumably justify it? Professor Evans: One needs to distinguish between TPWS as implemented and TPWS as originally proposed. I drew attention to that distinction by ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Economic Affairs, House of Lords Parliament Select Committee on Economic Affairs Great Britain, 2006
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Rail Human Factors: Supporting reliability, safety and cost ...
Risks and benefits of integration of AWS/I'PWS with the ETCS DMI The evaluation of the risks and benefits of integrating AWS/TPWS with the ETCS DMI considered three levels of integration: 1. Fully integrated solution: All AWS/TPWS controls ...
Nastaran Dadashi, Anita Scott, John R Wilson, 2013
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The Blame Machine: Why Human Error Causes Accidents
An advantage of TPWS is that it uses existing AWS equipment reducing not only the cost of installation, but also the time required to install the system across the network. In addition it is easier to retrofit to existing rolling stock and infrastructure .
Robert B. Whittingham, 2004
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Off the Rails: The Crisis on Britain's Railways
They are not satisfied with TPWS. They believe that Britain should never have gone down the road of TPWS with its dead-end technology. Instead, a system capable of being, as it is called, migrated to ETCS should have been installed .
Andrew Murray, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TPWS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term TPWS is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dangerous Occurrence – Signal Passed at Danger
34067 is now a preserved heritage steam locomotive and is fitted with AWS (Automatic Warning System) and TPWS (Train Protection & Warning System) for ... «Rail Engineer, Jun 15»
2
What US can learn from European train safety systems
The Amtrak train was traveling at 106 mph as it entered a curve with a speed limit of 50 mph, according to preliminary information from the NTSB. The TPWS ... «CNN, May 15»
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Southern Railway runs 194 summer special trains
Other developments include introduction of TPWS (Train Protection Warning System) in 81 EMU / MEMU motor coaches that prevents motormen from violating ... «Times of India, May 15»
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Railways to install new signalling equipment
... install train protection warning system (TPWS), an advanced equipment for signalling system, on all crowded routes to ensure foolproof safety to passengers. «Times of India, Apr 15»
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West Coast ban after serious SPAD near Swindon
The Rail Accident Investigation Board said it had evidence that the AWS and TPWS equipment on the locomotive had been reset so that the normal automatic ... «Railnews, Apr 15»
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Rail budget: Technology to prevent rail accidents
Inside the train a TPWS panel is placed which is linked to the loops placed on the track. This is considered to be a fool proof system which would go a long way ... «Oneindia, Feb 15»
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Railways to step up modernization plan
According to an ECR official, railways urgently needs introduction of train protection warning system (TPWS) on Jhajha-Patna Junction-Mughalsarai-Delhi route ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
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Jail sentence for driver who passed red signal
However, Mr Walford reset the TPWS and continued without first seeking the authorisation which a driver must have after causing a TPWS 'trip', for any reason. «Railnews, Nov 14»
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Railways to install warning system to stop high-speed trains in 20 secs
In a move to prevent accidents, Indian Railways is all set to start a new chapter by introducing Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) which is based on ... «Times of India, Oct 14»
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Railways fast-tracks construction of Talcher-Bimalgarh and Barkot …
We are working on high speed rail corridors, on new designs of more efficient wagons, on the most efficient anti-collision devices like TCAS and TPWS, on new ... «domain-B, Oct 14»

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