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Boom gates at LC open unexpectedly 16/12/2011 at 02:12 #25630
maxand
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1637 posts 		Quote:
Investigators are at a loss to understand what went wrong this week when a boom gate at a busy level crossing in Sunshine swung open as a train approached.

A V/Line VLocity train was about to pass through the Anderson Road level crossing about 7.15 on Sunday night when the boom gates opened.

The train passed through the level crossing without harm. Investigators are yet to identify what caused the malfunction.

''Until testing is undertaken this weekend we are unable to speculate on the cause of the issue, but needless to say we are taking this very seriously and await the results early next week,'' a spokeswoman for V/Line said.

In the meantime, Metro has placed staff at all level crossings and pedestrian crossings between Sydenham and Sunshine, who will operate the gates manually to make sure it does not happen again.
Source: The Age, Melbourne, Australia
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Re: Boom gates at LC open unexpectedly 16/12/2011 at 03:35 #25638
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1803 posts 		Uncanny coincidence (see post #75)?!!
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Last edited: 16/12/2011 at 03:49 by UKTrainMan
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Re: Boom gates at LC open unexpectedly 16/12/2011 at 04:45 #25642
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1637 posts 		Thanks, UKTM. I read the RAIB report. Will be interesting to see what conclusions our guys reach, although AFAIK there is no signalbox associated with this particular crossing.
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Re: Boom gates at LC open unexpectedly 16/12/2011 at 11:23 #25650
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521 posts 		Somewhat different having a crossing automatically open to road traffic with a train approaching (a wrong side failure) as opposed to the Lydney occurrence where the signalling system was never designed to revert signals to danger if the barriers were raised by hand.
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