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Isn’t this exactly what the press release states? “ if there is an incident somewhere, the system adjusts itself accordingly. This was not possible due to the failure.”



No, it’s talking about crew scheduling/allocation , not signaling.

The signaling system is totally fail safe. Even if that system totally went out, drivers are required to know where all the signals are, and to treat an unlit signal as a red.


What if the failure lit all the signals in green?


It can’t, they’re not wired like that. They’re engineered so any fault shows either red or nothing.




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