Re: Near miss at Victoria (London)

["Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@on-the-train.demon.co.uk>]

In article <3a54256a@news.iprolink.co.nz>, David McLoughlin <davemcl@NO*
**damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> writes
>AFAIK, electric trains in (at least) Sydney and Melbourne can be stopped
>if they go through a red  by a "train stop arm" beside the track which
>applies the brakes.
>
>From what I recall about the various UK crashes, the train tracks around
>London don't have these "train stop arms,"

These systems are only practical in certain situations; for example,
they can't be used with high speed trains. They are used on the London
Underground, but not on most main lines.

The TPWS being rolled out at the moment is an electronic equivalent.

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