Dispatching in Streckenzentralstellwerk Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
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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 Wuppertal-Oberbarmen panel here.
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Lines
Red Line = Fernverkehr / Long Distance traffic
Line 2550 : (Wuppertal Hbf) - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Gruiten - (Solingen Hbf)
Green Line = S-Bahn to/from Düsseldorf
Line 2525 / 2423 : (Wuppertal-Wuppertal Hbf) - W-Steinbeck - W-Zool.Garten - W-Sonnborn - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Gruiten - (Düsseldorf Hbf)
Wuppertal-Sonnborn Hp
Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten Hp
Gruiten
Hochdahl - Milrath Hp
Yellow Line = S-Bahn to/from Essen
Blue Line = Freight line
Die blaue Strecke hat heute keine besondere Bedeutung mehr. Sie dient einfach dazu die braune und rote Strecke der Regional- und Fernverkehrszüge zu entlasten. Wenn z.B. aus Gerresheim ein RE kommt und gleichzeitig ein Güterzug aus Solingen, wird der Güterzug entweder am Abzweig Linden angehalten, oder man versucht das ganze möglichst energiefreundlich zu lösen, in dem man den Güterzug über das blaue Gleis nach Vohwinkel schickt. So können beide Züge erstmal fahren und in Vohwinkel werden die Karten dann neu gemischt.
Auf der blauen Strecke gilt allerdings eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 80 km/h. Das Gleis hatte zu Zeiten als es den großen Rbf in Vohwinkel gab die wichtige Bedeutung dass von dort aus Züge im Bahnhof Gruiten nach Solingen eingefädelt werden konnten. Da der Rbf heute nicht mehr existiert, aber man sich diese Möglichkeit eines dritten Gleises nicht kaputt machen wollte, wird es weiterhin genutzt.
In die Gegenrichtung ist das ganze ähnlich. Kommt z.B. ein Güterzug von KW vor einem RE oder ICE, kann man den Güterzug über die blaue Strecke fahren und so dem schnelleren Zug dahinter Platz machen. Wenn solche Situationen nicht auftreten, fahren die Güterzüge wie alle anderen Züge auch über die rote Strecke.
Die Gleise 505 und 508 in Gruiten werden auch öfters mal für Überholungen genutzt.
Brown Line = Regional Bahn to/from Düsseldorf Hbf
Die braune Strecke wird von den Zügen der Linie RE4 und 13 (ERB) genutzt. Diese ist von Gruiten bis Düsseldorf-Gerresheim eingleisig.
Peculiarities in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
The station of Wuppertal-Vohwinkel is forseen with Sp Dr S59 interlocking logic, instead of Sp Dr S 60. There are some specific differences between Sp Dr S59 and Sp Dr S60. On the panel we can see that particullary for the following items:
- main signals : the main signals of a Sp Dr S59 system do not have a square Route Locked indicator and Overlap route indicator
- route indicators : in the station tracks three indicators show the state of the routes being set
Main signals
Main signals of a Sp Dr S59 system do not have a square Route Locked indicator and Overlap route indicator. An example panel tile of a main signal of a Sp Dr S59 system is shown below.
The main difference, compared to Sp Dr S60, is that the round indicator near the signal will be lit if route setting starting at the signal is not possible. This can happen when for example a switch behind the signal has been locked into a position that does not meet the required position to set the route starting at this signal.
Again, do not confuse this round indicator with the 'regluar' Overlap route indicator as we know it from the Sp Dr S60 systems Another difference compared to Sp Dr S60 is, that Sp Dr S59 does not automatically release the overlap route when the train is occupying the track section in front of the signal for a certain amount of time. Revoking the Overlap route always has to be done manually, either by applying DRGT + FRT + Signal button or DHT + Signal button, depending on the situation
Route indicators
On each station track of Wuppertal-Vohwinkel we have three indicators which show the state of the routes being set. They look like the example below:
The meaning of the three indicators depends on how a route has been set, so either from left to right, or from right to left.
Route indicators - Route Left to Right
Route indicators - Route Right to Left
- [A] = Entry route properly set and locked/secured
- [B] = Overlap route (D-Weg) set and locked/secured
- [C] = Exit route properly set and locked/secured
The following examples, all for routes from left to route, show the various states that can be shown:
The system indicates that an exit route has been set, and that it has been properly set and secured. The exit signal will show the Proceed aspect in this situation.
The system indicates that both an entry route and an exit route have been set, and that those have been properly set and secured. The overlap route indicator is not lit, which could mean that the start signal of the entry route will not change to Proceed.
The system indicates that both an entry route, an overlap route and an exit route have been set, and that all have been properly set and secured. Both the entry signal as well as the exit signal will show a Proceed aspect.
The system indicates that both an entry route, an overlap route and an exit route have been set, and that all have been properly set and secured.
The system indicates that only an entry route has been set, and that it has been properly set and secured. As an overlap route is not properly set for some reason, the indicator in the middle will not be lit, and the entry signal will stay at Stop.
Zugnummerreihen
Verwendung Zuglenkziffer
Um bestimmte technische Abläufe zu steuern, ist es notwendig den Zugnummer in der Zunummernmeldeanlage Kennziffern nach folgender Übersicht vorzuwählen:
- Kennziffer 1: <TBD>
- Kennziffer 2: <TBD>
- Kennziffer 3: <TBD>
- Kennziffer 4: <TBD>
- Kennziffer 5: <TBD>
- Kennziffer 6: <TBD>
- Kennziffer 7: <TBD>
- Kennziffer 8: S-Bahn S8 Wuppertal Hbf - Hagen Hbf
- Kennziffer 9: S-Bahn S9 Wuppertal Hbf - Haltern am See / Bottrop Hbf
- Kennziffer 0: <TBD>
Trains from Wuppertal Hbf to/from Remscheid Hbf do not have a steering number assigned'
Abbreviations
| Short Name | Full Name |
| EE | Essen Hbf |
| ENV | Velbert-Neviges |
| EVLB | Velbert Hbf |
| EVLR | Velbert Rosenhügel |
| EWAP | Wülfrath-Aprath |
| KD | Düsseldorf Hbf |
| KDGE | Düsseldorf-Gerresheim |
| KGUA | Gruiten (Abzw) |
| KGUI | Gruiten (Bf) |
| KGUH | Gruiten (Hp) |
| KGVK | Gevelsberg-Kipp |
| KGVW | Gevelsberg West |
| KHAN | Haan |
| KHOL | Hochdahl (Abzw) |
| KHOM | Hochdahl-Millrath |
| KS | Solingen Hbf |
| KW | Wuppertal Hbf |
| KWO | Wuppertal-Oberbarmen |
| KWS | Wuppertal-Steinbeck |
| KWSO | Wuppertal-Sonnborn |
| KWV | Wuppertal-Vohwinkel |
| KWZ | Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten |
Track Lengths
Track lengths Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
| Track | Length (m) |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 1 | 330 |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 2 | 380 |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 3 | 480 |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 4 | 220 |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 5 | 210 |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 6 | 230 |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 11 | 155 |
| Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 12 | 150 |
Track lengths Gruiten
| Track | Length (m) |
| Gruiten 3 | 2700 * |
| Gruiten 4 | 2200 * |
| Gruiten 5 | 750 |
| Gruiten 6 | 700 |
| Gruiten 7 | 690 |
| Gruiten 8 | 750 |
This simulation is part of the Wuppertal series | Wuppertal-Oberbarmen | Wuppertal Hbf | Wuppertal-Vohwinkel | Düsseldorf-Gerresheim