Safety issue

Safety issue description

A design based on using a clearance point at the interface of CA74C and CA74D should not have been implemented until it was established that the clearance between the Up Main line and No.1 Platform Road at the interface of CA74C and CA74D tracks was adequate.

Issue number RO-2009-009-SI-02
Issue owner Australian Rail Track Corporation
Transport function Rail: Infrastructure
Date issue released 20/01/2011
Issue status justification

ARTC's action for RO-2009-009-SAN-024 examined and accepted by ITSR.

Safety action

Action type Safety advisory notice
Action number RO-2009-009-SAN-024
Organisation ARTC
Action date 20/01/2011
Action description

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau advises that the Australian Rail Track Corporation should consider the implications of this safety issue and take action where considered appropriate.

ATSB response

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau advises that the Australian Rail Track Corporation should consider the implications of this safety issue and take action where considered appropriate.

Action status Closed

Organisation response

Date received 08/01/2016
Organisation ARTC correspondence with ITSR
Response status Closed
Response text

ITSR has noted that ARTC's advice on the recommendation, and that ARTC has reviewed the cause of the signalling irregularity and completed remedial work on the clearance between the Up Main line and No: 1 patform at the interface of CA74C and CA74D.