Mizter T wrote:
On 5 Apr, 12:00, "Richard J." wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
Variously described by the DLR staff I asked as a derailment, a
power problem, a failed train and "just an incident, I don't know
anything more than that".

The TfL website says that the DLR is suspended between Greenwich and
Lewisham "due to an ongoing incident". If it was in fact a
derailment, it should have been immediately reported to the Rail
Accident Investigation Branch, but it's not (yet) shown in the list
of current investigations on the RAIB site.


RAIB were there - I saw a 4x4 vehicle carrying the RAIB logo at
Deptford Bridge on Friday morning.

The RAIB have confirmed this morning (13/4) that they are investigating a
derailment.

"The RAIB is carrying out an investigation into a derailment of a Docklands
Light Railway train near Deptford Bridge station on 4 April 2008.

At 05:27 hrs on 4 April the 05:19 hrs service from Lewisham had just left
Deptford Bridge station, and was travelling towards Greenwich, when it
struck an object on the track and was derailed by the second axle of the
first bogie. The front of the train came to a rest 88 metres after hitting
the object. There were no injuries to the 59 persons on board the train and
all were evacuated safely back to Deptford Bridge station.
The train, which was the first train of the day from Lewisham, was under
automatic operation. The object on the track was found to be a steel
drilling template that had been in use during engineering activities the
previous night."

While it might be thought that manual operation would have been better for
the first train after an overnight possession, it would still have been dark
at the time of the derailment (sunrise that day in London was at 06:28 BST),
so the object might not have been visible anyway.

Are there any special precautions taken on the Tube for the first train
after overnight engineering work, especially on the lines with ATO (Central,
Victoria)?
--
Richard J.
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