Working between stations.)[citation needed] In South Africa, a local rail signaller named Jack achieved some fame for the unique distinction of being a...
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As a result, the signaller set a route which would stop the HST and allow the freight train to cross in front of it. If the signaller had known that the...
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The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London...
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TRUST (category United Kingdom rail transport stubs)
the Rail Delivery Group. Rail signaller "Trust | Safety Central". safety.networkrail.co.uk. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2018. "Network Rail Catalogue...
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a shift system. In the mornings, a night-shift signaller would be relieved by the early-shift signaller at 6.00 am. On the day of the disaster, George...
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Track circuit (redirect from Rail circuits)
an electrical device used to prove the absence of a train on rail tracks to signallers and control relevant signals. An alternative to track circuits...
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A rail operating centre (ROC) is a building that houses all signallers, signalling equipment, ancillaries and operators for a specific region or route...
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due to an equipment failure or signaller error and the train was unable to stop before passing the signal. A Signaller SPAR (formerly Category C SPAD)...
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Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured. Second worst, and the worst in England, was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash...
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Train reporting number (redirect from British Rail Headcode)
for track recording trains, such as the Network Rail New Measurement Train. This emphasises to signallers that the train is to run its booked route as it...
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