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Deckungssignal

English translation: protective signal


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21:40 Oct 13, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Rail tunnels
German term or phrase: Deckungssignal
In a presentation about health & safety in a new rail tunnel:

Bei den Gleisen inkl. des Wannenbereichs handelt es sich nicht mehr um Neubaugleise, sondern um Baugleise in welchen die V2 (Dienstvorschrift der ÖBB – Signalvorschrift) gültig und auch zu beachten ist!

Signale (welcher Art auch immer) sind daher unbedingt einzuhalten!

Fahrten in den Wannen dürfen ab den **Deckungssignalen** somit nur mehr mit einer eigenen Bau- und Betriebsanweisung (Betra) durchgeführt werden!

I'm assuming these Wannen are tanked areas though high groundwater levels, but I can't find any clues for Deckungssignal. Has anyone any ideas?

Many thanks
Claire Cox
Local time: 09:52
English translation:protective signal
Explanation:
This is what it's called according to the reliable multilingual Lexique des termes ferroviaires published by the UIC, and also given in these online glossaries http://www.worldrailfans.info/Articles/Europe/Ger-EngDiction... and http://ob121.com/dict_train_de.html

Lexique:
Deckungssignal (vor einer gefährlichen Zone, einem Gefahrpunkt) FR=signal de protection (d'une zone dangereuse)

Operations
www.rssb.co.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/pdf/.../T758_app1_fi...
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b) an increase in capacity over the affected line(s) once trains had started ..... Signaller does not place or maintain the protective signal at danger ...

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MoiraB
Local time: 10:52
Grading comment
Thanks Moira - looks like this is it then! Don't know why nothing came up when I searched....
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2protective signalMoiraB
3overhead signalWilliam Phelps
3danger zone sign/warning sign/sign indicating danger zone
David Hollywood
Summary of reference entries provided
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deckungssignalpolyglot45

  

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danger zone sign/warning sign/sign indicating danger zone


Explanation:
couple of ideas ...

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-10-13 22:08:48 GMT)
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maybe "signal"

das Deckungssignal: signal protecting point of danger ... die Kreuztafel: sign warning of entrance signal without distant signal or a .

David Hollywood
Local time: 05:52
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
overhead signal


Explanation:
As they are discussing various types of railroad signals, this seems a reasonable explanation.

William Phelps
Local time: 04:52
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
protective signal


Explanation:
This is what it's called according to the reliable multilingual Lexique des termes ferroviaires published by the UIC, and also given in these online glossaries http://www.worldrailfans.info/Articles/Europe/Ger-EngDiction... and http://ob121.com/dict_train_de.html

Lexique:
Deckungssignal (vor einer gefährlichen Zone, einem Gefahrpunkt) FR=signal de protection (d'une zone dangereuse)

Operations
www.rssb.co.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/pdf/.../T758_app1_fi...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
b) an increase in capacity over the affected line(s) once trains had started ..... Signaller does not place or maintain the protective signal at danger ...



MoiraB
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Moira - looks like this is it then! Don't know why nothing came up when I searched....

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  polyglot45: I sort of agree, except with your comment about the reliability of the UIC dico. It is a real curate's egg that old thing- it is not unreliable but most of the data is 40 years old with some abject horrors! RailLexic is only the same stuff++ on line
4 mins
  -> thanks (I think;-)) Dico compiled by people in the know so I always thought it was reliable! But perhaps it's ageing a bit. 1988 my edition, though the electronic version has the same term.
agree  Malina Alexandra Pricop: Yup. This is the one. And the RailLexic 4.0 also agrees.
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Reference comments


8 hrs
Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deckungssignal

Reference information:
explains it

polyglot45
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