Date Issue Released
Issue number
Issue Owner
Australian Rail Track Corporation
Safety issue title
Sighting Distance
Safety Issue Description

There was insufficient sighting distance of the Down distant signal and insufficient distance between the Down distant signal and Down outer home signal at Gloucester to allow train 2WB3 to stop at the Down outer home signal from the permitted track speed of 70 km/h.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Rail
Transport Function
Rail: Other
Issue number
Issue Owner
NSW Trains
Safety issue title
Safety information for passengers of XPT
Safety Issue Description

NSW Trains’ methods of providing safety information to passengers (including verbal safety briefings, onboard guides and signage) did not provide reasonable opportunity for all passengers to have knowledge of what to do in an emergency.

Issue Status
Open – Safety action pending
Mode of Transport
Rail
Transport Function
Rail: Passenger - regional
Issue number
Issue Owner
Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
Safety issue title
Ultrasonic testing
Safety Issue Description
A single extra pulse echo was recorded during the last ultrasonic inspection of the rail, nine months before the derailment, in the vicinity of the failure. An examination with handheld ultrasonic testing equipment at the time concluded there was no sizable defect in the rail, even though the evidence suggests that the fatigue cracks existed (to some degree) at the time.
Mode of Transport
Rail
Issue number
Issue Owner
NSW Trains
Safety issue title
Safety information for passengers of XPT
Safety Issue Description

NSW Trains’ methods of providing safety information to passengers (including verbal safety briefings, onboard guides and signage) did not provide reasonable opportunity for all passengers to have knowledge of what to do in an emergency.

Issue Status
Open – Safety action pending
Mode of Transport
Rail
Transport Function
Rail: Passenger - regional