Re: Near miss at Victoria (London)

[Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org>]

james_shugg@my-deja.com wrote:

> trains in the vicinity, and cut power to the trains (they were both
> sparks), averted a collision. According to media reports, the trains
> had reached about 15mph, but ended stopping about 15 metres apart.
> 
> Can signallers on the various Australian electric systems cut power to
> trains like that

No, and I'm very surprised to find that British signallers can!
Traction power routing control is a non-trivial excecise at the best
of times.

Cheers,

Bill


Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia