Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains

[Rob McDonald <robert.mcdonald@nepean.uws.edu.au>]

This morning the same commuter train service involved in the Glenbrook
disaster was yet again running close behind the yet again late-running
Indian Pacific. On leaving Hazelbrook it was travelling less than 5 minutes
behind the IP. Many of us commuters who were on the train that crashed were
understandably concerned.

One of the newspapers which reported the Glenbrook disaster claimed there
should be a 7-minute interval between trains. I've heard elsewhere that the
interval should be 9 minutes.

Can anyone in this group inform me whether there is a regulation
stipulating a time interval between the trains on the Blue Mountains Line?
Or is there just a regulation stipulating distance?

 

Rob McDonald
112 Talbot Rd
Hazelbrook NSW 2779
Australia

Phone (home): (02) 4758-8205
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E-mail: robert.mcdonald@uws.edu.au
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