Dispatching in Zentralstellwerk Karlsruhe Hbf

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Before you get your approval to run the service on a signal box, you need to find out about the local characteristics. After training as a general trainee signalman, dispatchers were always paired with a person skilled in the signal box. This chapter is the brief introduction to the area. Read it carefully. It contains very important information.

The text is "peer to peer" written as if you are in the signal box, the first day after training.

Have a more detailed look at the Sp Dr S 60-Zentralstellwerk karlsruhe Hbf panel here.

Zentralstellwerk Karlsruhe Hbf

Introduction

Welcome to Zentralstellwerk Karlsruhe Hbf (Kf)!

My name is Andreas and will be giving you a personal tour of the Karlsruhe dispatching panel. I will also give you a brief overview of the different areas that you will be responsible for while dispatching traffic here.

The SpDrS60 interlocking system was first put into operation on xx.xx.19xx. It replaced the previous system which had been in use since 1913, where there were signal boxes 1, 2 and 3 on the East side of the station, and signal boxes 4, 5 and 6 were on the West side. These were all the old system of interlocking - E43. BEtween tracks 7 and 8 there was a command post which was replaced. It was here that two dispatchers sat, as well as the track occupancy detectors for the platform tracks.

The switch-over took place in two stages. First, R1 near the factories was possessed and then two to three weeks later, the panel was partially ready Saturday night. The signal box was then fully ready on Sunday morning. Over the years there were further modifications to the train station and the panel. For example, tracks 15 and 16 were taken out but tracks 13 and 14 were added. Also the buffer-end tracks were dismantled in the area of ​​tracks 1/2 and 3/4, as were tracks 104 and 196. The connection to Albtalbahnhof also took place later. Track 241 was not built until later, which is why for example the route from Karlsruhe West to Track 1 (121/021) still leads through the sections 142 and 122 and you have to go with UFGT via 241/220 to track 2 so as to not block things.

There's usually always something going on here. At night, it's less busy but then again, there's all the freight traffic between Dammerstock and Brunnenstück (controlled via the Fax system).

Lines

We are dealing with a total of 6 lines. They are:

• Line 700: Mannheim - Karlsruhe
• Line 702: Karlsruhe - Rastatt || This includes the routes Karlsruhe-Rastatt via Ettlingen West and Forchheim.
• Line 676: Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße - Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe neighbouring West)
• Line 701: Heidelberg - Karlsruhe (Northern route to Karlsruhe Durlach)
• Line 770: Pforzheim - Karlsruhe (Southern route to Karlsruhe Durlach)
• Add to that the route from Albtalbahnhof to 702

Overview Offering Trains via ZNP801

More Information : ZNP801

Track	Offering field	Neighbour [F-Key]	Example
339	A 339	KDU [F3]	123456 KDU 339 ANB
352	A 352	KDU [F3]	456789 KDU 352 ANB
345	A 345	KDU [F3]	123456 KDU 345 ANB
348	A 348	KDU [F3]	456789 KDU 348 ANB
354	A 360	BAN [F4]	123456 BAN 360 ANB
355	A 353	BAN [F4]	456789 BAN 353 ANB
361	A 361	KW [F8]	123456 KW 361 ANB
362	A 362	KW [F8]	456789 KW 362 ANB
377	A 377	FM [F7]	123456 FM 377 ANB
378	A 378	FM [F7]	456789 FM 378 ANB
373	A 373	RKR [F5]	123456 RKR 373 ANB
374	A 374	RKR [F5]	456789 RKR 374 ANB
383	A 383	RKR [F5]	123456 RKR 383 ANB
384	A 384	RKR [F5]	456789 RKR 384 ANB
389	A 391	ETL [F6]	123456 ETL 391 ANB
390	A 392	ETL [F6]	456789 ETL 392 ANB
165	-	Stw 6	Tel.
186	-	Stw 6	Tel.
206	-	Stw 6	Tel.
261	-	AVG	Tel.
262	-	AVG	Tel.

Abbreviations

Karlsruhe Hbf : Destinations used in the timetable

Short Name	Full Name
RBRU	Abzw. Karlsruhe Brunnenstück
RDA	Abzw. Karlsruhe-Dammerstock
RETL	Ettlingen West
RFM	Forchheim (b Karlsruhe)
RK	Karlsruhe Hbf
RK W	Karlsruhe Abstellgruppe West
RKDU	Karlsruhe-Durlach
RKAB	Karlsruhe Albtalbahnhof
RKHA	Karlsruhe-Hagsfeld
RKR	Karlsruhe Gbf
RKW	Karlsruhe West
RRA	Rastatt

Track Lengths / Speed Limits

Karlsruhe Hbf

Track	Length (m)
Karlsruhe Hbf 1	485
Karlsruhe Hbf 2	441
Karlsruhe Hbf 3	448
Karlsruhe Hbf 4	445
Karlsruhe Hbf 5	459
Karlsruhe Hbf 6	371
Karlsruhe Hbf 7	492
Karlsruhe Hbf 8	472
Karlsruhe Hbf 9	412
Karlsruhe Hbf 10	470
Karlsruhe Hbf 11	490
Karlsruhe Hbf 12	582
Karlsruhe Hbf 13	492
Karlsruhe Hbf 14	676
Karlsruhe Hbf 101	112
Karlsruhe Hbf 102	219
Abstellgleise Hbf
Karlsruhe Hbf 191	101
Karlsruhe Hbf 192	40
Karlsruhe Hbf 195	173
Karlsruhe Hbf 440	91
Karlsruhe Hbf 442	136
Karlsruhe Hbf 445	110
Karlsruhe Hbf 446	50
Karlsruhe Hbf 447	82
Karlsruhe Hbf 488	287
Karlsruhe Hbf 489	142
Wendegleise Hbf
Karlsruhe Hbf 026	46
Karlsruhe Hbf 027	155
Karlsruhe Hbf 048	87
Karlsruhe Hbf 068	55
Karlsruhe Hbf 075	133
Karlsruhe Hbf 127	107
Karlsruhe Hbf 128	50
Karlsruhe Hbf 145	80
Karlsruhe Hbf 163	95
Karlsruhe Hbf 166	50
Karlsruhe Hbf 167	100
Karlsruhe Hbf 168	100
Abstellgruppe Ost
Karlsruhe Hbf 450	137
Karlsruhe Hbf 453	270
Karlsruhe Hbf 454	303
Karlsruhe Hbf 455	265
Karlsruhe Hbf 456	264
Karlsruhe Hbf 457	367
Karlsruhe Hbf 458	343
Karlsruhe Hbf 459	274
Karlsruhe Hbf 460	360
Karlsruhe Hbf 461	354
Karlsruhe Hbf 462	294
Karlsruhe Hbf 463	284
Karlsruhe Hbf 464	168
Karlsruhe Hbf 465	134
Karlsruhe Hbf 468	84
Karlsruhe Hbf 476	109
Karlsruhe Hbf 470	210
Karlsruhe Hbf 471	193
Karlsruhe Hbf 472	253

Signal	Type	Target
Bf Karlsruhe
Sig 371	SB-D	n.Fo
Sig 373	SB-D	n.Fo
Sig P225	SB-D	Sig 227
Sig 390	SB-R	1 : Sig H382 2 : n.RKR
Sig 383	SB-D	n.Etl.
Sig 381	SB-D	n.Etl.
Sig 378	SB-R	1 : Sig G372 2 : n.Gbf

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