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6. ERTMS operation
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Standardized rules of conduct
When driving a train, as when driving a car, a number of rules need to be observed, if only to know the meaning of the indications displayed. ERTMS distinguishes itself from other signalling systems by :
the use of the same screen and displays for traffic on several different networks, on lines with very different characteristics (high-speed and conventional lines) and for the different ERTMS levels;
the possibility of superimposing ERTMS on existing ground-based signalling ;
the possibility, in the same mission, of running both ERTMS track sections and others with other signalling systems.
It was therefore essential to have a single set of rules that could be...
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