In November, Metrolink announced that it would be shutting down service systemwide near the end of the year to allow for essential cleaning, repairs and upgrades along its nearly 550 miles of tracks. Among those upgrades is a modernization project at Los Angeles Union Station that will replace Depression-era technology with new, state-of-the-art equipment. Currently, […]
CHICAGO — The operator of a CTA Yellow Line train hit the brakes in the moments before the rail cars struck a snowplow on the tracks in mid-November, a preliminary report issued by federal investigators shows. The operator also tried to use the train’s emergency brakes. A system that is designed to reduce sliding by the train’s wheels while braking had activated, according to the report, .
The operator of a Yellow Line train hit the brakes in the moments before the train struck a snow plow on the tracks in mid-November, a preliminary report issued by federal investigators shows. The operator also tried to use the train’s emergency brakes. A system designed to reduce sliding by the train’s wheels while braking activated, according to the report, issued Tuesday. Still, the train .
is probability of some kind of signalling, i won t even call it a failure, of signalling interference. the driver of the train survived the crash. he told officials he did notjump a red signal. as hope fades for those families still searching for love ones, attention will now turn to just why this disaster happened. archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha. i caught up with archana a short time ago and she told me the latest on what we know so far. well, the preliminary investigation has revealed, according to railway officials and the railway minister, that it could have been a fault in the electronic signal system which are installed to avoid direct head on collisions. that s essentially if the train is running on one track, it doesn t divert on the other track where some other train is already stationed.
earlier i spoke to the journalist anisha dutta, who s been reporting on the indian railways. she gave her assessment on what had gone wrong. firstly there was initial probe conducted by the senior supervisors. the assessment was a similar assessment the minister said also about a potential failure assessment the minister said also about a potentialfailure in assessment the minister said also about a potential failure in the signal system. what s more shocking however is that there were red flags that were raised months before. there was warnings issued by rail officials mentioning categorically and scathing letters there was a flaw in the system. there has do have some heads rolling wide maintenance wasn t up to the mark. officials also warned in these letters about a serious failure in even maintaining the technical