Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Tranz Rail
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Introduce a procedure for endorsing Track Warrants with the time and train number associated with radio calls made to establish the whereabouts of opposing trains prior to crossings, and ensure it is audited.
Reply Text
Tranz Rail has introduced mandatory calls approaching all Track Warrant stations, whereby the LE provides Train No., current location and Warrant Limit. Bulletin No. 183 refers. These calls and the additional call required at crossing stations under 116/99 above will be randomly monitored by relocatable recording radio equipment. This approach meets the aim of your recommendation in a manner that we consider will result in a more robust and less easily compromised audit trail. We have adopted this instead of following the procedure in you recommendation.
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