Two passenger trains, SPAD and potential conflict, Penrose, Auckland, 17 June 2023
Status
Current
Occurrence Date
Jurisdiction
NZ
The reported circumstances are that the Te Huia passenger service was enroute from Hamilton to Auckland when it went past a red signal (SPAD – Signal Passed At Danger) near Penrose Station. The train continued, damaging a set of points and stopped in the fouling zone of a junction (the area on a pair of converging tracks where two trains can collide side-on). This set up a potential conflict with a metropolitan train that had authorisation to occupy that section of track.