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Croyden Tramlink Train Incident

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 3:00 PM

John Liebson

A newsfeed I read earlier today said that the tram went through a 12mph-limied switch at some four times that speed. (I don't recall the site of the feed, and a Google news search did not turn up the specifc URL)

   Try this from BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=croydon%20rail%20accident

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Posted by John Liebson on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 12:19 PM

A newsfeed I read earlier today said that the tram went through a 12mph-limied switch at some four times that speed. (I don't recall the site of the feed, and a Google news search did not turn up the specifc URL)

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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, November 10, 2016 4:22 AM

From the arial photo, looks like the operator went into the curve at a far  higher speed than allowed.  Note that this happened on completely private-right-of-way, and this system does include some streetcar operation on lanes shared with general traffic.

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 10:51 AM

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In the U.K. a Croyden Tramlink tram has overturned resulting in a number of passenger injuries a fatalities.

http://www.itv.com/news/london/story/2016-11-09/british-transport-police-driver-of-derailed-croydon-tram-arrested/

Guess there was a need for PTC and ECP and inward facing cameras.

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Croyden Tramlink Train Incident
Posted by Buslist on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 10:05 AM

In the U.K. a Croyden Tramlink tram has overturned resulting in a number of passenger injuries a fatalities.

 

http://www.itv.com/news/london/story/2016-11-09/british-transport-police-driver-of-derailed-croydon-tram-arrested/

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