Press Release – Rail And Maritime Transport Union The union representing rail workers is calling for action to a make a notorious Wellington rail bottleneck safer. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) released a report today into an incident in November 2019 at the Wellington …
The union representing rail workers is calling for action to a make a notorious Wellington rail bottleneck safer.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) released a report today into an incident in November 2019 at the ‘Wellington Throat’, the convergence point of tracks coming into and out of the Wellington Railway Station.
A train failed to stop at a red light and potentially could have collided with another train, known as a ‘signal passed at danger’ event.
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A near-collision between two passenger trains at Wellington Station in November 2019 was found to have been caused when a driver was distracted by a radio call, resulting in him running a red light.
Urgent safety improvements are needed at Wellington train station, the Transport Accident Investigation Commission says, after an inexperienced train driver narrowly avoided a collision with an oncoming train last year. The near-miss followed another in 2016, while there had also been 23 incidents of trains failing to stop for a red light when approaching or departing Wellington station in the past decade, the Commission said in a report published on Monday.
Press Release – Rail And Maritime Transport Union The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a public benefit entity so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand. The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRails …
The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a ‘public benefit entity’ so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand.
The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRail’s “entity form” as the current State-owned Enterprise (SOE) model is not working.
Press Release – Rail And Maritime Transport Union The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a public benefit entity so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand. The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRails …
The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a ‘public benefit entity’ so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand.
The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRail’s “entity form” as the current State-owned Enterprise (SOE) model is not working.