Clear instructions on when and how the operation of a turnout should be checked
Implemented
Rail R
Accident
10.8.2015
2015-S18
Suosituksen perustelu
There are currently no instructions for a situation where a train has run through a switch at high speed and the switch has not become trailed.
Recommendation
The Finnish Transport Agency should include in the turnout inspection instructions the situations where a train has or is suspected to have been driven onto a switch guided to the diverging track at a speed that is clearly higher than allowed for the switch type in question.
Suosituksen tarkennus
Railway operators (engine drivers) should notify the railway traffic control of any incidents of over-speed.
Toimenpide-ehdotukset
There are currently no instructions for a situation where a train has run through a switch at high speed and the switch has not become trailed.
Investigation report
R2015-03 Incident in train traffic in Hyvinkää, Finland, on 18 March 2015