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NZTA
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During this incident, 2 successive train control handovers were conducted in a fashion that did not detect the presence of all train movements, and on each occasion the trainee, then the incoming controller, assumed the responsibility for the desk before they had acquired full situational awareness of the status of all movements within their area. The area of train control would benefit from some form of external review of processes to identify if these practices were confined to this one event or symptomatic of a wider systemic issue.
Reply Text
We intend to work closely with KiwiRail with an aim to implementing and closing these recommendations as soon as practicable.
Discussion on them will commence on the publication of the report and will be ongoing. Any outstanding Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) recommendations also form an integral part of our annual safety assessments of the rail industry.
When these discussions are concluded and the appropriate evidence has been gathered, we will be liaising with TAIC with a view to closing these safety recommendations.
Discussion on them will commence on the publication of the report and will be ongoing. Any outstanding Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) recommendations also form an integral part of our annual safety assessments of the rail industry.
When these discussions are concluded and the appropriate evidence has been gathered, we will be liaising with TAIC with a view to closing these safety recommendations.
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