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Michael R N Dolbear · February 23rd 11, 08:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london

d wrote
john b wrote:
On Feb 22, 1:05=A0am, wrote:

Does a week go by anymore when there isn't a serious train failure
on it?
And I think we all know which type of train.

Bathtub much?

Eh?

Higher failure rate at the begining and close to the end of service
life

http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/EResnews/0402/rd/rd_3.html

The bathtub curve is widely used in reliability engineering.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve

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Mike D