page_title: Japanese railway signals
section_title: Home signal
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese railway signals / Fixed signals / Main signals / Home signal
caption_attribution_description: English: [Nankai Electric Railway Series 2000 EMUs日本語: 南海2000系電車
context_page_description: Japanese railway signals, according to the ministerial decree defining technical standards of railways, are defined as indicating operational conditions for railway staff driving trains.
  Japanese signalling was initially based on British railway signalling, and Japanese railway signalling continues to be based on the UK route signalling system. However, as signalling has advanced to meet the requirements of the system, the Japanese signalling system is a mixture of route signalling and American speed signalling.
context_section_description: A home signal (場内信号機, jōnai shingōki) permits trains to enter the station. A home signal is absolute (絶対信号機, zettai shingōki); therefore, non-blocking operation is always prohibited. Some stations have multiple home signals, due to station layout. In these cases, each home signal has an identification number which is counted from the outside of the station. In high-traffic areas, some operators install home signals in the center of a platform track to divide the block section. Some operators treat such signals as block signals. In non-interlocking stations, there may be a No.0 block signal (in some operations, a No.1 block signal or home-signal equivalent block signal) which alternates with the home signal.
caption: Home signals and Nankai Electric Railway Series 2000 EMUs
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