New sanders boost braking on SWR passenger units

Paul Clifton Contributing Writer rail@bauermedia.co.uk

Network NEW equipment to improve braking on slippery rails has been fitted to all 39 Class 158/159 trains at South Western Railway’s Salisbury depot. They are the same type of train involved in October’s crash at Talerddig in Wales (RAIL 1021), and in a crash at the entrance to Salisbury tunnel in 2021 (RAIL 944). In both incidents, trains passed signals set at danger, moving into the path of another service. Poor adhesion in areas known for heavy leaf fall was a major factor in each crash. The new equipment has been developed by Siemens and funded by Network Rail. It pours up to five kilos of sand a minute onto the rails, in front of the wheels, to improve grip. That is double the quantity of earlier systems. The…

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