(1) The stop signals which control the movement of trains approaching a station is called a home signal.
(2) (a) the home signal is the first stop signal of a station and shall be located at an adequate distance of not less than one hundred eighty meters outside all the connections on the line to which it refers; and Distant Inner Distant Home Starter Advanced Starter
1. To stop at Home Double Yellow Yellow Red -- --
2. To stop at loop Line starter Double Yellow Double Yellow Yellow with route indicator Red --
3. To pass through via loop line Double Yellow Double Yellow Yellow with route indicator Yellow Green
4. To stop at main line starter Green Double Yellow Yellow Red --
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(b) where necessary, more than one home signal can be provided at a station and in that case, the outer most home signal shall be called home signal and subsequent signals shall be called second home, third home and so on.
(3) Whenever there is a need to indicate to the loco pilot which one of the two or more diverging routes is set for him, a route indicator as described in sub-rule (5) below shall be provided on the post of the home signal, which shall work in conjunction with the signal to show the route only when the signal is taken 'OFF', giving no light when there is no diversion as below-
(4) For the purpose of diversion, the signal displaying single yellow aspect with a minimum of three lights out of the five lights of the route indicator lit shall be taken as a signal correctly taken off. If less than three lights are lit, the signal shall be treated as defective.
(5) The route indicator can either be a direction type indicator having five lamp unit arm or an electrically lit box to display the line number to which the train is being diverted.