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  • #52
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    But the driver couldn't go cross border unless he/she knew the line, they would have training to TPWS and AWS

    Whose bright idea was it to have two different protection system anyway?


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
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    ardmacha wrote: »
    Whose bright idea was it to have two different protection system anyway?

    As Northern Ireland are part of the UK they're required by law to use TPWS. It's only a recent thing, within the last few years.

    CIÉ on the other hand have been using CAWS since the 1980s and was a far superior system to anything in use in NI at the time.


  • #54
    Losty Dublin
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    Karsini wrote: »
    As Northern Ireland are part of the UK they're required by law to use TPWS. It's only a recent thing, within the last few years.

    CIÉ on the other hand have been using CAWS since the 1980s and was a far superior system to anything in use in NI at the time.

    And it still is superior to TPWS in some ways. It's one failing is that it isn't a dedicated train protection system. This means that it installation is always going to be a voluntary undertaking, it being an in cab signal indicator as distinct from an out and out protection system.

    I gather NIR asked for a derogation on the use of TPWS but were turned down in their request.


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