Re: Near miss at Victoria (London)

["Sam Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au>]

<james_shugg@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> This is off topic geographically, but may be of interest to those who
> follow safe-working practices.

>
> Can signallers on the various Australian electric systems cut power to
> trains like that, on the basis of a split second decision?

No, and where I work, as is the case with most Suburban locations, I can't
even call the drivers of the trains in my area easily (of course
Greensborough is nowhere near the size of Victoria :-)).

Sam