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An estimated 150 passengers were kept on board
a stalled suburban train for an hour yesterday after
an overhead wire fell on its roof in the latest mishap
to befall the beleaguered CityRail system.. . .
In the more serious incident, at Concord West, a
train travelling from Hornsby to Strathfield went
past a red signal, set up to protect a group of rail
maintenance workers, at an estimated 80km/h.Official reports revealed that standard trackside
safety equipment failed to trip the train's brakes. It
took the train driver, with passengers aboard,
almost 300 metres to pull up.Sydney Morning Herald
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), August 08, 2000