Autumn Adhesion Incidents

Part One - Esher

Report name:
070108_R252006_Adhesion_Part1
Incident date:
25 November 2005
Category:
Heavy Rail
Summary:
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released a report today with three sections into adhesion-related incidents. The first section covers signals passed at danger at Esher on 25 November 2005. The RAIB made three recommendations relating to issues that were specific to the incident at Esher.
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PDF icon 070108_R252006_Part 1 Autumn Adhesion.pdf (1,379.49 kb)

Part Two - Lewes

Report name:
070108_R252006_Adhesion_Part2
Incident date:
30 November 2005
Category:
Heavy Rail
Summary:
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released a report today with three sections into adhesion-related incidents. The second section covers a signal passed at danger at Lewes on 30 November 2005. The RAIB made three recommendations relating to issues that were specific to the incident at Lewes.
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PDF icon 070108_R252006_Part 2 Lewes.pdf (1,221.21 kb)

Part Three - Adhesion

Report name:
070108_R252006_Adhesion_Part3
Category:
Heavy Rail
Summary:
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released a report today with three sections into adhesion-related incidents. The third section is a review of adhesion related incidents during the Autumn of 2005. The broader investigation into the adhesion performance during autumn 2005, part 3 of the report, resulted in the RAIB making 19 recommendations.
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PDF icon 070108_R252006_Part 3-1.pdf (2,378.76 kb)


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