Is usually mounted below a platform roof, when
the next signal is not visible when passing the platform.
When lit the station exit signal shows a proceed aspect.
Marks the box on the platform containing the activation switch for Zp 9 departure
signal.
Hektometertafel (Hectometer board): This is not a signal but an indicator giving your
position on the line. These boards are placed every 200 m. On multiple-track lines
the boards are to the right of the lines and every 1000 m the board is placed on both
sides. This one reads 136.8 km.
The orange boards inform the driver that he is approaching a tunnel.
Should the passenger emergency brake be operated, the driver must override it and proceed
with no more than 160 km/h until the end of the tunnel.
This board is mounted to the boxes containing the signal telephones. (Fernsprecher
- German for 'telephone')
Zugfunktafel (train radio board). Tune into given train radio channel.
LZB-Blockkennzeichen / Cab Signalling Block Marker. Marks the block boundaries for cab
signalling. A train stopped by an LZB (non-emergency) halt will stop here.
LZB-Bereichskennzeichen / Cab Signalling Section Marker. Marks the begin of an
LZB-enabled line or the begin of a different section.
This cross fixed at or over a colour light signal, semaphore signal, or any other
signal device marks this as temporarily void.