Changes to stop 'Voyager'slides

摘要

Virgin Trains is to fit automatic sanding equipment to its fleet of Class 220s and 221 s as a result of a bufferstop accident at Chester in November 2013. The recommendation that such equipment replace the driver-operated 'one-shot' sanders currently fitted to VT's DEMUs came from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, which found that the driver of the Class 221 involved in the Chester accident released sand too late to prevent his train sliding along greasy rails and mounting the top of the platform.