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.