 On-Sight working on Manchester Metrolink
"Charlie Hulme" <info@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote in message
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> In the Metrolink supplement issued in the recent 'Tramways and Urban
> Transit' magazine, it says that Stagecoach propose to remove all the
> signals and associated safety devices on the Bury and Altrincham lines and
> use 'on-sight' working at line speed throughout the system, as they do
> already in the
> City Centre.
>
> This surprises me slightly, since they do run quite
> fast (40 - 50 mph?) between some of the wider-spaced stations such as
> Stretford and Dane Road. Is this sort of thing common elsewhere?
>
There are no conventional "safety signals" on the Sheffield system except
for single line sections. There are signals for level crossings and junction
indicators. Running is normally "on sight".
Peter Fox |