"Mr Thant" wrote in message
ups.com...

There's an actual description of what happenned he
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/...wn_station.cfm

It implies the driver tried to go southbound when they were meant to
continue north to High Barnet.

Interesting that an incident which had no direct consequences should appear
so instantly on the RAIB website.

It led me to peruse the rules they publish about what they need to be
notified of, and how quickly (all nicely linked from the website). I
pondered long on what category this incident fell into (which apparently
required immediate notification).. I couldn't find any relevant category
(no derailment, no long-term blockage, no injuries, no expensive damage) ..
until I noticed that Category 1(9) (the last category requiring immediate
notification) reads:

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1(9) Accidents or incidents which could have lead to deaths or serious
injuries or 2m euros worth of damage to trains, infrastructure or
environment, but did not do so. If in doubt notify.

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I find it difficult to think of any incident which wouldn't fall into such a
category - pretty much rendering all the other categories irrelevant. I
wonder how it's supposed to be interpreted in practice..

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Walter Mann