Creating routes with the VHP command in areas reserved for railway work
Implemented
Rail R
Accident
6.8.2009
C5/2008R/S262
Suosituksen perustelu
Just before the unit consisting locomotives and tamping machine collided, the traffic controller prepared a route for the locomotives through a turnout adjacent to the work area reserved for the tamping machine, using the VHP command. The collision would have been avoided if the location of the tamping machine had been verified before the command was issued.
Recommendation
Before executing the VHP command, the traffic controller should ensure that there are no other units at or within the vinicity of the turnout for which the command is given.
Toimenpide-ehdotukset
Just before the unit consisting locomotives and tamping machine collided, the traffic controller prepared a route for the locomotives through a turnout adjacent to the work area reserved for the tamping machine, using the VHP command. The collision would have been avoided if the location of the tamping machine had been verified before the command was issued.