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AUSTRALIA NSW: British safety expert to examine State Rail Safety 20 Dec 1999 Signal failure implicated in fatal Glenbrook collision 02 Dec 1999 Australia's worst rail accidents
Seven days . . . . . . web focus on rail safety and accidents in the last week | |||
Australia NSW:
Monday, December 21, 1999
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express driver misses station stop Daily Telegraph 22 Dec 1999 AN InterCity express train driver yesterday "forgot" to stop at a major station as State Rail confirmed its growing incidence of trains running late. The train missed Blacktown station – annoying to commuters rather than dangerous. |
The Cityrail Tangara train, which was not in service was being transferred
to the Lavender Bay siding when it apparently passed a red light. It became
derailed after passing through trap points. These points are intended to
ensure that a train which fails to stop at a stop signal does not enter
a track where it would encounter a train coming form the opposite direction.
The incident occurred at 08:31 yesterday during the height of the morning rush hour causing disruption to service on the North Shore line. A crowd of more than 1000 people built up a Waveton station.
State Rail has announced that it has ordered an enquiry into the recent spate of incidents in the Sydney area, including the Glenbrook disaster in which 7 people died. This is to be undertaken by a British rail safety expert.
- Web sources:
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light system puts train off tracks
Daily Telegraph 21 Dec 1999
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This file last updated: Tuesday, 21-Dec-1999 17:37:26 EST