On 10 Sep, 17:23, Roland Perry wrote:


But surely that's what the much-vaunted "route knowledge" (of where the
relevant signals should be) is all about - drivers knowing they are on a
bit of track they shouldn't be.
--
Roland Perry

I think we're rather running on luck here - a lot of the holes in the
Swiss cheese lined up, but crucially the Mark 1 eyeball saved the day
in time. If it had been at night and the driver hadn't realised they
were on the wrong road (as happened at Norton Fitzwarren 1940, where
the driver also had working ATC) then perhaps the Mark 1 eyeball would
have come into play at 40mph 800m closer to the other train, and then
what? Clearly a wrong side failure with one of the fundamental
principles of railway safety since 1889, and thus entirely justifying
a hoo ha. Something's not right at LU these days.

Tom