Application: Trainborne Trainstop Control System

Installation Area: Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, UK

Client: Nexus / Metro

Contract Value: £1m



The current Train Stop system is based on the European Indusi signalling system, this works with beacons on the track which oscillate at 1 KHz or 2 KHz depending on the condition of the signal, red or green.

The trainborne trainstop electronics detect the presence of these 1 KHz or 2 KHz signals and bring the train to automatic stop if the driver fails to manually bring the train to a stop. The trainborne electronics were designed in the 1970’s and had become life expired and increasingly difficult to maintain. Hima-Sella has designed a new trainborne control stop system which functionally is the same as the old system but has improved diagnostics and a safer and improved method of tuning the electronics to the trainborne magnets. The new system also incorporates a datalogger.