The NSW Rail Safety Act.
Maurie Daly (mauried@commslab.gov.au)
Tue, 29 Apr 1997 23:51:07 GMT
There have been a number of posts recently about issues relating in NSW to the
DOT and the Rail Safety Act.
I am interested in exactly what Railway Lines are covered by this Act.
If as I suspect is the case that all Government Railway Lines in NSW are
covered,then I would like to know how the NSW DOT is able to accredit PTC
drivers who operate trains between Echuca & deniliquin bearing in mind that
this line uses a proprietary PTC safe working system based on proprietary
Radio technology which has never been used elsewhere in NSW.
The obvious question is how are the NSW DOT able to certify foreign drivers in
the use of a foreign safeworking system if they themselves have never used it
Or is as I suspect that the NSW DOT simply turns a blind eye to this operation.
cheers
Maurie Daly