passengers one of which was ejected from their wheelchair. The service crew administered first aid to those passengers that requested some assistance. When the was at Seymour, there was no communication between conductors (those joining and leaving the service), the RDS and V/Line NCC regarding passenger welfare or any further medical assessment or assistance. Once the service had departed Seymour, the new conductor (now on the service) was approached by concerned passengers that were caring for high dependency person(s) with concerns. Rolling stock fit to continue The over-speed at Wallan over the points would have placed excessive lateral loads on the track and rolling stock. The excessive lateral load could have damaged the rolling stock or track (points). At the time, the driver considered the train safe to continue because in the driver’s opinion the train felt normal after the event. Similarly, once the RDS and V/Line operations became aware of the excessive speed that the train traversed the points there was no consideration given to the state of the rolling stock to continue. It was not until the next day that the rolling stock was examined.
passengers one of which was ejected from their wheelchair. The service crew administered first aid to those passengers that requested some assistance. When the was at Seymour, there was no communication between conductors (those joining and leaving the service), the RDS and V/Line NCC regarding passenger welfare or any further medical assessment or assistance. Once the service had departed Seymour, the new conductor (now on the service) was approached by concerned passengers that were caring for high dependency person(s) with concerns. Rolling stock fit to continue The over-speed at Wallan over the points would have placed excessive lateral loads on the track and rolling stock. The excessive lateral load could have damaged the rolling stock or track (points). At the time, the driver considered the train safe to continue because in the driver’s opinion the train felt normal after the event. Similarly, once the RDS and V/Line operations became aware of the excessive speed that the train traversed the points there was no consideration given to the state of the rolling stock to continue. It was not until the next day that the rolling stock was examined.
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