Avoiding a train crash with Eurostar safety system

Passengers on the Eurostar can feel secure in the knowledge that a system to prevent a train crash is in use along the high-speed run between the UK and France.

This system is known as the TVM 430, after the French phrase Transmission Voie-Machine, which refers to the fact that the system transmits signals (la transmission) between the track (la voie) and the train (la machine).

It is a system in which many monitoring units break down the track into smaller 'chunks' of rail, and each unit transmits information about its 'chunk' to the trains that are approaching that control whether the train takes that section of track at full speed, reduced speed, or begins to brake. Each 'chunk' is small enough that the braking distance could be up to four of these sections, so transmissions can broadcast relevant information for quite a way.

The system is supplied with several redundancies, which means that even if one part of the transmission circuit breaks, another can take its place so that safety can be maintained for the driver and his or her passengers.

Once the signal reaches the train, onboard computers convert this into a display that the driver can understand using a key that involves colour-coding as well as numerical instructions for speed.

This is one of the reasons why Eurostar has a good safety record, barely smirched by train accidents beyond a well-known 2000 derailment. Even in that incident, only six people suffered personal injury, none serious.

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