自动控制文献翻译——利用机械、电气自动控制和远程控制的技术和设备，使车站范围内的信号机、进路和进路上的道岔相互具有制约关系，这种关系称为铁路车站联锁。

概述铁路车站联锁是铁路信号的重要组成部分。1843年英国首先采用机械集中联锁；1887年日本研制成功联锁箱设备；1904年美国开始采用电气集中联锁；1929年美国开始使用继电集中联锁。随着电子计算机的发展和普及，目前有些国家已开始使用计算机联锁。

集中联锁是指道岔集中在车站信号楼内操纵，常见的有机械集中联锁、电气集中联锁等。

机械集中联锁是道岔和信号机的操纵握柄集中在信号楼内，这些操纵握柄连有机械杆件，杆件间用锁簧实施联锁。机械集中联锁不需要扳道员在现场扳道，因而提高作业效率，并且可防止由于车站人员同扳道员之间的联系错误所造成的行车事故。但是，由于导线和导管的传动动程在受力后拱起或拉抻会造成损失，因而控制距离受到限制。此外，机械杆件和锁簧磨损，会降低联锁的安全性，所以机械集中联锁在20世纪50年代以后逐渐被电气集中联锁取代。

电气集中联锁通过信号楼内的控制台操纵车站内的色灯信号机和电动转辙机实现联锁和监督列车运行。

早期的电气集中联锁在操纵握柄间采用机械锁和电磁锁，信号机和道岔的操纵按区域集中在车部咽喉区的信号楼里......

Using the machinery, he electrical automatic control and remote control's technology and the equipment, cause in the station scope on the semaphore, the admission passage and the admission passage rail switch have the restriction relations mutually, this kind of relations are called the railroad station interconnection.

The outline railroad station interconnection is the railway signal important component. In 1843 Britain first used the mechanical interlocking interconnection, in 1887 Japan developed successfully the interconnection box equipment, in 1904 the US started to use all-electric interlocking interconnection, in 1929 the US started to use following the electricity centralized interconnection. Along with electronic accounting machine's development and the popularization, some countries started to use the computer interconnection at present.

The centralized interconnection rail switch concentrates in the station signal tower inside control, common has the mechanical interlocking interconnection, all-electric interlocking interconnection and so on.

The mechanical interlocking interconnection rail switch and semaphore's operation handle concentrates in the signal tower, these operation handle company has the mechanical member, between the member implements the interconnection with the lock. The mechanical interlocking interconnection does not need the railroad switch operator to switch in the scene, thus raises the work efficiency, and may prevent, because the station personnel's wrong creates with railroad switch operator between relation auto accident. But, because wire and drive pipe's transmission range of movement after the stress will haunch up or pulls stretches will cause the losses, thus the control distance will be restricted. In addition, the mechanical member and the lock wear, will reduce the interconnection the security, therefore mechanical interlocking interconnection in the 1950s later gradually by all-electric interlocking interconnection substitution.

All-electric interlocking interconnection operates in the station through the signal tower in control bench the light signal and the electrically operated railroad switch realizes the interconnection and the inspector general train movement.

The early all-electric interlocking interconnection in operates between the handle to use the machinery to lock with the electromagnetism lock, the semaphore and rail switch's operation concentrates according to the region......