absolute stop meaning

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[Civil engineering]
A railway signal which indicates that the train must make a full stop and not proceed until there is a change in the signal. Also known as stop and stay.

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  1. absolute stop marker
  2. Some types of signal display separate permissive and absolute stop aspects.
  3. ACSES also enforces a positive stop at signals displaying an absolute Stop indication.
  4. But, so far, only these two teams have succeeded in bringing light to an absolute stop.
  5. The system will stop the train in a Positive Stop Zone, extending up to 1000 feet from the absolute stop signal.

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