Post emergency debrief and findings
Date issue released
Safety Issue Description

The Queensland Rail internal emergency debrief following the Cleveland station collision identified issues related to working with external agencies but did not address critical communication shortfalls within train control and between train control and the staff located at the Cleveland station accident site.

Issue number
RO-2013-005-SI-12
Transport Function
Rail: Other
Issue Owner
Queensland Rail Limited
Mode of Transport
Rail
Recommendation
Action number
RO-2013-005-SR-023
Organisation
Queensland Rail
Action date
Action Status
Monitor
Action description

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that Queensland Rail undertake further work to address this safety issue.