Choose the CORRECT statement for the reception signal.

Concept:

Classification of the signal based on location characteristics:

(1) Reception signal: 

Signals which control the reception of trains into a station.

These signals are related to the station section (station section is that section that comes under the direct control of that station and it is this particular section in which trains remain stationed at that platform).

Here, also we have two types of signals:

• Outer signal
• Home signal

​Outer signal:

The outer signal is the first stop signal before the train enters from the block section to the station section.

Home signal:

The home signal is just provided at the door of the station (signal just before reaching the platform).

(2) Departure signal:

When the train standing on the platform and has to depart, at that location the signal provided to dispatch the train from the station is known as the departure signal.

Departure signals can be subdivided into two types:

• Starter signal
• Advance signal

(3) Routing signals:

It is a group of semaphore signals placed at the facing point of a cone or a number of turnouts.

(4) Shunting signal:

Used for shunting operations (It is the slow operations which take place in station yard) in station yards.