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Re: Sydney train travelled 1km in wrong direction: SRA
- Subject: Re: Sydney train travelled 1km in wrong direction: SRA
- From: Sam Eades <eadess@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:38:04 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Melbourne PC User Group Inc, Australia
- References: <b4FB4.53266$3b6.215649@ozemail.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:4228
Gnome 412 wrote:
> A Sydney passenger train travelled one kilometre down the wrong track
> because a signal was possibly obscured, State Rail said today.
>
> "There is anecdotal evidence that the signal post at Lidcombe station may
> have been partly obscured.
>
> "It may have to be moved further down the line to make it more visible to
> drivers."
If the train passed the signal at danger, why didn't it trip and therefore stop
and alert the driver?