The configuration of the dual-gauge points assembly led to a truncated broad-gauge rail in one of the turnout directions.
Addition of an on-screen warning prompt to NCO, changes made to the Caution Order issuing process, label instruction afixed to point machines.
Australian Rail Track Corporation is aware of the hazard posed by the cessation of the broad-gauge rail and will include consideration of it in future risk assessments as well as the option for additional controls (such as [1] the installation of indicators at dual-gauge turnouts to indicate track gauge configuration on both the straight and turnout routes; and, [2] the application of white, reflectorised branding to the top of the rail head near the end of the broad-gauge rail, and/or the welding of short lengths of thin steel to the head of the broad-gauge rail at such regular intervals as to create a ‘rumble-strip’ effect).
