Hello all,
First off I appreciate some may be sensitive about this posting. I am happy to respect any MOD decisions, but reflecting on what happened this morning I see it as an interesting operational event in my daily commute!
I wonder if anyone can confirm what happened as we ran into P10 at CLJ? I was in the third carriage and noticed a heavy brake application and sure enough we came grinding to a rapid halt with only a few carriages on the platform.
It seemed like a TPWS over-speed or other TPWS unsolicited brake demand. Felt sorry for the crew as at the height of the rush the driver had to reset and get clearance to proceed from the signaler while people on the platform stared on. Took about 10 mins in total to sort as real traintimes shows. The guard did a good job and while the description clearly did not refer to the possibility of TPWS over-speed, she did use the phrase unsolicited break application and the need for the driver to contact the signaler - of course most on the train could not understand why this should be so.
Anyhow - well done to all concerned and in particular the guard for tactfully managing to convey what was going while waiting clearance to proceed without worrying passengers with any mention of safety systems, etc.
EAD
First off I appreciate some may be sensitive about this posting. I am happy to respect any MOD decisions, but reflecting on what happened this morning I see it as an interesting operational event in my daily commute!
I wonder if anyone can confirm what happened as we ran into P10 at CLJ? I was in the third carriage and noticed a heavy brake application and sure enough we came grinding to a rapid halt with only a few carriages on the platform.
It seemed like a TPWS over-speed or other TPWS unsolicited brake demand. Felt sorry for the crew as at the height of the rush the driver had to reset and get clearance to proceed from the signaler while people on the platform stared on. Took about 10 mins in total to sort as real traintimes shows. The guard did a good job and while the description clearly did not refer to the possibility of TPWS over-speed, she did use the phrase unsolicited break application and the need for the driver to contact the signaler - of course most on the train could not understand why this should be so.
Anyhow - well done to all concerned and in particular the guard for tactfully managing to convey what was going while waiting clearance to proceed without worrying passengers with any mention of safety systems, etc.
EAD
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