Instructions for tightening the screw coupling

Implemented

Rail R

Accident

5.5.2011

B1/2010R/S296

Suosituksen perustelu

The current instructions for tightening of the screw coupling, ‘to be tightened sufficiently’, leave too much room for interpretation.

Recommendation

Unambiguous instructions concerning the tightening of the screw coupling in various car types should be drawn up.

Toimenpide-ehdotukset

The current instructions for tightening of the screw coupling, ‘to be tightened sufficiently’, leave too much room for interpretation.

Investigation report

B1/​2010R Col­li­sion of pas­sen­ger cars with a rail bar­rier and even­tu­ally the wall of an of­fice build­ing at the Helsinki Cen­tral Rail­way Sta­tion, Fin­land, on 4 Jan­u­ary 2010