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51551 Unmarked speed restriction between Carnforth and Settle

March 2013 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Equipment Infrastructure Signalling North East Scotland

A reporter has concerns about an emergency speed restriction between Carnforth station junction and Settle junction which was left unmarked for two days.

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50399 ‘Variable’ coverage of train protection warning system

February 2012 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Equipment Infrastructure Scotland

A reporter raises concerns about the possibility of a collision in areas of Scotland that have not yet had a Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) installed.

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41184 AWS failures distracting Drivers on Inverclyde Line

February 2011 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Infrastructure Scotland

Drivers are being distracted by badly positioned trackside Automatic Warning System (AWS) magnets on the Inverclyde Line.

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41164 Track defect near Aberdeen

December 2010 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Infrastructure Scotland

A reporter has raised awareness about a potential track defect near Cairnrobin level crossing.

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40859 High workload at Green Oak Goit crossing

March 2010 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Level Crossings Infrastructure Scotland

A reporter is concerned that the increase in road traffic over Green Oak Goit crossing, coupled with the current operations system, has increased the workload of both crossing keepers and signallers to the point where an accident is becoming more and more likely.

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40350 Signal EY672 obscured by a mobile phone mast and a building

January 2010 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Signalling Infrastructure Equipment North East Scotland

CIRAS has received a report expressing concern that signal EY672 is no longer visible from the AWS magnet because a mobile phone mast and steel building, housing electronic equipment, have been erected next to the signal.

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40055 Chipper machines grinding through dumped trackside debris

August 2007 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Infrastructure Method of working Rules and procedures Scotland

Track maintenance staff in Scotland discarding the old pandrol clips once removed from the track, in to the vegetation next to the track, is a concern for one reporter.  

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