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
| 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 |