Australian Train Crashes: Safety Breaches and Risk Management Analysis

This report analyzes the Granville rail disaster of 1977 in Australia, caused by a crowded commuter train derailing. It details the incident, including safety breaches like worn wheels and inadequate bridge design, leading to a high death toll. The report outlines the resulting changes to policy and practice, such as bridge reconstruction and improved track maintenance, as well as the establishment of safety improvement campaigns. It also discusses the failures in urban planning and the impact of bureaucratic shortcomings. The report concludes with a discussion of the importance of speed restrictions and the implementation of safety measures to prevent future incidents and improve passenger safety. This report is a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of safety and risk management in the rail industry.

Safety and Risk Management

Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Incident for the train crashes in Australia as a result of safety breaches.........................................2
Detail any changes to policy or practice that resulted from the incident and how this was
implemented....................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
Reference.........................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
The incident is related to Granville rail disaster that occurred in 1977, which is at the western
suburb of Sydney Australia, when there was a crowded commuter train which derailed mainly
running into the support of the bridge on the road. The train collapsed and the people died, as a
result of this. The crowded carrier with the hauling by New South Wales include how the support
of the overhead is constructed of the steel and concrete. There is a derailed engine with the
passage that includes the bridging where the first carriage broke free from the other carriage.
(Baysari et al., 2008). There has been constant travelling of the passengers and half of them were
dead. The rescuers also faced the difficulty in handling the bridge weight as it was crushing that
affected the carriage with the reduced spacing to work for the survivors to get out. The other
damage came from the gas cylinders. The leakage of the gas was under the use of the powered
rescue tools. The NSW Fire Brigade also provided with the ventilation to dispel the gas and then
the constant film of water.
Incident for the train crashes in Australia as a result of safety breaches
There have been issues related to the safety breach which include the dedicated improvement of
the rail safety and then campaigning for the establishment with the independent forms of the
railway safety ombudsman.(Reason, 2016). There are different factors which led to the breach of
the security policy:
a. The driver who was on duty at that time is the primary cause with the worn wheel on the
worn rail. The locomotives could simply climb out, where speed was not a significant
factor.
b. The attempt to cover and handle the tracking of the maintenance group is mainly to
measure the tracking of the gauge in points.

c. The high death toll leads to the concrete deck of the Bold street bridge that tends to
collapse on the train. One of the inadequacies of the bridge designing was made public as
well after the smash.
d. The Wran government has been elected for handling the mismanagement and then
underspending any of the corrupt Askin Lewis.
e. The appointments have been a total cut cost, where there are no major differences to the
losses and the speed of maintenance is considered to be the primary concern of the
Granville smash. The net result of the cuts to the rail led to some of the unending road
deaths which was caused by the trucks. (Salmon et al., 2012).The external costs in the
soaring road are found to be spending and paying for the truck smashes which are
ignored. There are different lists of the report which relate to the maintenance problems
and how the network needs to maintain the reliability with the cleanliness and safety. The
inadequacy of the tracking of the inspection and the maintenance is also about being
systematic.
Detail any changes to policy or practice that resulted from the incident and how this was
implemented.
With this, there was a complete rebuilt of the structure with the single span that is without any of
the intermediate supporting pier. With this, the bridges were also constructed similar to the
destroyed bridge that has the reinforcement. The major focus of the incident is the cause of the
crash that was mainly due to the unsatisfactory conditions, which leads to the poor fastening of
the track. It also led to the cause of the track to spread and then allow the left front wheel of the
locomotive to come off the rail. (Baysari et al., 2009).The related higher turnover is combined
with the lack of the standardised procedures for properly tracking the inspections. Hence, for

this, the check is also on the limits of how the inspection and the maintenance has been
occurring. There are other factors which include the structure of the bridge which has been built.
With this, there is another function where the concrete is set with the other factors. This includes
the structure of the bridge and when it is set at the lower parameter than the road. There are other
additional weights which are added to the destruction of the wooden train carriage, where the
disaster is mainly due to the substantial increase in the maintenance of the rail expenditure. The
train driver is expected to set the proper establishment with the commemorate of the victims and
the campaigning of proper improvement of the safety of the rail.
For handling the issues, it has been seen that there are establishment of the safety improvement
campaigns. The focus of the Trust has been for the handling of the tracks with the number of the
passengers who were killed. (Salmon et al., 2012). With this, the trust is also about making the
submissions on the safety issues which include the fines related to the safety breach which
include the establishment of the better documentary to explain how to handle the situations. For
the safety breach, there have been no major significance of the risks related to the derailment
with the excursion that relates to the posted limits. The engineering practices for the long-term
reasons are related to limit all the heavy trains to lower their speed limits. To properly maintain
the standards, there are some of the obsolescent patterns which are then compared with the use of
the equipment and working on the facilities like the lighting, riding quality and handling the
suppression of noise. The heating and the cooling systems with the political agitation is set at the
time of upgradation which is mainly about comfort than safety. The carriages are on the wood of
the steel underframes with the practical matters where the vehicle travelling is set at the speed to
hit the stanchions with the solid concrete structure. Some of the recommended changes for
handling the issues in the later part are to track all the unfit tracks with the suggestion of the

substantial tolerances where there is a need to build in or else there is a possibility of placing the
restrictions. (Dorrain et al., 2011). No political issues were the lack of the maintenance or the
upgrades. This was mainly due to the cowardly act where there were senior bureaucrats who
were bullying the politicians and then other unsophisticated electorates. The links are related to
work on the delayed effects with the parts that handle the relevant about the commuting of the
long distances.
Conclusion
The failure of the urban planning with the cowardly senior bureaucrats, rested on the vested
interests. If the speed boards are used for the calculation of the level crossing warning times, then
the signals overlaps. With this, there is a possibility that a grief is there with the driver speed.
The arrival is at the level with a lower boom and the overrunning of the overlaps. Here, the
driver will not be requiring the speed restrictions with the imposed, curves or the turnouts which
are related to the care driving over the different limits. The factors where the government is also
able to handle the responsive pressures is mainly based on involving all the specific moves
which are mainly to make sure of the journey patterns. The commuters travel and work on the
safe operations, with the concern related to avoid any delays.

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