Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Connex
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develop training procedures to strengthen the focus to Mis 60 and wrong line running procedures.
Reply Text
Connex Auckland agrees with the Commission’s safety recommendation, and has already extended the training of Locomotive Engineer Multiple Units (LEMU) in respect of the use of Mis. 60 Track and Time Permit, and Mis. 59 Authority to pass Departure Signals at Stop and Proceed Through Block Sections Procedures.
In particular, Connex Auckland Ltd has extended the practical field training in the use of the procedures by running a special train on a Sunday to enable LEMUs to practice their use. The scenarios covered are:
- Wrong Line Running (in double line areas)
- Disabled diesel multiple unit in front of a Stop and Stay signal – being assisted by a following train
- Disabled diesel multiple unit in front of a Stop and Stay signal – giving assistance to a train in advance
- Failed signal – seeking and acting upon a Mis. 59
- Setting back – there are two relevant scenarios for Connex Auckland LEMUs: one is the termination of a service at Ranui, with subsequent setting back to Henderson; and the other is the setting back to a platform in a double line automatic signalling area after having passed the first intermediate signal.
In particular, Connex Auckland Ltd has extended the practical field training in the use of the procedures by running a special train on a Sunday to enable LEMUs to practice their use. The scenarios covered are:
- Wrong Line Running (in double line areas)
- Disabled diesel multiple unit in front of a Stop and Stay signal – being assisted by a following train
- Disabled diesel multiple unit in front of a Stop and Stay signal – giving assistance to a train in advance
- Failed signal – seeking and acting upon a Mis. 59
- Setting back – there are two relevant scenarios for Connex Auckland LEMUs: one is the termination of a service at Ranui, with subsequent setting back to Henderson; and the other is the setting back to a platform in a double line automatic signalling area after having passed the first intermediate signal.
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