2023 train collision in Gdynia, the absolute state of train driver work conditions in Polandthe final report on the train collision that occurred on the Gdynia Główna station on October 5th, 2023
the cause of the crash has been determined to be one of the train drivers failing to act on a shunting signal with the "Stop" aspect, due to fatigue in the 12th hour of a night shift, and time pressure caused by an unplanned need to refuel the diesel train
"the authorities are in agreement on the causes of the crash. that's why we're prosecuting the train driver responsible"
yet again the industry is in denial about systemic factors, because proper fixes would require systemic changes they cannot afford. but they can afford to be in denial about this. they have a scapegoat, you see
re: 2023 train collision in Gdynia, the absolute state of train driver work conditions in Poland@rynek_kolejowy_bot oh, and another wonderful thing. the Polish railways have the Radio-Stop system, which, when activated, automatically stops all trains listening to the radio channel
apparently, however, there are no regulations on how this should be deployed, and as such, due to some kind of "remote control of radio communications" setup on the station, the procedure for the dispatcher to actually activate it when they noticed the train failing to stop in front of the signal... proved too time-consuming to have been of any use
at least there weren't any fatalities because jesus christ
re: 2023 train collision in Gdynia, the absolute state of train driver work conditions in Poland@mei@rynek_kolejowy_bot let's not forget about 6 (six) fucking mice on signallers desk
re: 2023 train collision in Gdynia, the absolute state of train driver work conditions in Poland@mei@rynek_kolejowy_bot and that's kind of why it's been too time consuming because they have no fast way of just enacting the said radiostop, I've heard that before all the modernisations they just had a "nuke button" for this
