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A safety net when all else fails

41092 Broken screws and derailment risk at Brentwood bridge

November 2010 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Infrastructure Station and platform East Anglia

A reporter is concerned by the potential risk of derailment on a 90mph curved stretch of line over Kavanaghs Road bridge, Brentwood.

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41032 Missing AWS cancelling indicators (Colchester-Chelmsford)

September 2010 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Equipment Infrastructure East Anglia

A reporter is concerned that Automatic Warning System (AWS) cancelling indicators are not being set up correctly as per Rule Book requirements on the stretch of line between Colchester and Chelmsford.

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40821 Condition, positioning and use of speed restriction boards

March 2010 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Infrastructure Equipment Method of working East Anglia Central

A reporter has contacted CIRAS with concerns about the condition and positioning of temporary speed restriction (TSR) boards and the use of limited clearance speed restriction boards throughout the Ipswich and Felixstowe areas.

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40750 & 40753 Use of flank protection on junctions in the Anglia region

August 2009 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Infrastructure Equipment East Anglia

Concerns have been raised by more than one reporter about possession planning and protection of track workers in the Anglia region.

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40725 Lack of clear instructions in Beckingham signal box

August 2009 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Signalling Method of working Equipment Training and briefing Level Crossings Infrastructure East Midlands East Anglia

A reporter is concerned that the instructions in Beckingham signal box were not changed after emergency regulation was re-introduced about six months ago.

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40744 Right side failure at Brundall Junction will lead to ‘complacency SPAD’

August 2009 in Network Rail and Suppliers

tagged Infrastructure Equipment Signalling East Midlands East Anglia

A reporter has noted that over the past few weeks there appears to be a right side failure occurring with the distant signal on the approach to Brundall Junction, in the up direction from the Yarmouth branch line and the Lowestoft main line.

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