Section 29 in The Bangalore Metro Railway (Opening of Public Carriage for Passengers) Rules, 2011
29. Signals.
(1)The signals to be provided for controlling the movements of trains on the Bangalore metro railway shall be, -(a)Cab Signals;(b)Fixed Signals (where provided);(c)Hand signals.(2)The signaling and train control systems shall permit different modes of train operation depending upon its design, namely:-(a)automatic mode;(b)cooled manual mode;(c)run on sight mode;(d)restricted manual mode; and(e)cut-out mode.(3)The train services on Bangalore metro railway may, under special circumstances or during initial stages, be run in accordance with the Approved Special Instruction by any of the following systems of working; namely:-(a)automatic block system;(b)absolute block system.(4)the requirements of the various modes of train operations referred in sub-rule (3) shall be in accordance with provisions laid down in the Bangalore Metro Railway (General) Rules, 2011 and the Bangalore Metro Signal Engineering Manual.(5)The signaling and train control systems provided on the section shall be optimum for the planned level of safety and requirement of traffic.(6)The design of signaling and train control system shall be such as to enable the driver to easily distinguish between various modes of train operation.(7)The locations of trains running on the section and aspects of the signals where provided and in use shall be displayed in the operation control center and station control rooms.(8)The cab signal and fixed signals where provided but not in use shall have specific indication to that effect.(9)The standard of safety of signaling and train control system provided shall generally be in accordance with the recommendations of the European Committee for Electro technical Standardisation or its equivalent national standards or international standards.
