Condition verification and limit settin for station sidetracks
Implemented
Rail R
Accident
25.11.2010
C3/2009R/S284
Suosituksen perustelu
Knowing the actual condition of station sidetracks is of major importance to traffic control, which directs trains towards sidetracks when the traffic situation so requires.
Recommendation
The Finnish Transport Agency should define the station sidetracks to which trains comprising heavy Russian wagons can be directed. Clear restrictions should be imposed with regard to tracks that are unsuitable for heavy Russian wagons.
Toimenpide-ehdotukset
Knowing the actual condition of station sidetracks is of major importance to traffic control, which directs trains towards sidetracks when the traffic situation so requires.