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Railway Fundamentals Questions And Answers
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what happens when you refuse a drug/alcohol test? ANS✔✔ will be treated as positive and stood down
when can you be tested for drugs and alcohol? ANS✔✔ randomly, show cause, within 3 hours of incident
where is the rail corridor? ANS✔✔ fence to fence or 15m from outer rail
where is danger zone? ANS✔✔ 3m horizontally from outer rail in all directions, unless a POS exists
what is the platform danger zone? ANS✔✔ yellow lines to platform edge or 1.5m to platform edge
who may enter danger zone? ANS✔✔ ttsa WHEN ADVISED BY SENIORS NOT ALONE, rtarf
is an emergency refuge a position of safety? ANS✔✔ no. these include viaducts, MURL and bridges.
what is a restricted location? ANS✔✔ access to a pos cannot be achieved within 10 sec of approaching rail
what is a POS? ANS✔✔ position of safety where workers and equiptment cannot be struck by railway traffic. Drivers
need to identify and allocate POS and make sure it is available at all times.
what is 4 ft gauge? ANS✔✔ standard gauge used for interstate and freight trains
what is 5 ft gauge? ANS✔✔ metro or broad gauge
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what is 6 ft mean? ANS✔✔ the distance between oppposing rails
what is dual gauge? ANS✔✔ tracks that have 3 rails with 4 and 5 ft gauge
what is up and what is down ANS✔✔ up is toward fss and down is away from fss
what is a kilometer post? ANS✔✔ kms away from SSS
what is overhead structure number ANS✔✔ feat away from FFS. add 00 at end of number (sometimes)
what is a single line? ANS✔✔ bi directional, trains can run up and down on it
what is a double line? ANS✔✔ one line for up and one line for down
what is a point, turn out and cross over? ANS✔✔ alters train routes, operated mechanically or power by signaller
what are the colours of signals ANS✔✔ red, green, yellow and blue
what is a ATS ANS✔✔ fitted at signal to trip (trip arm should be raised to stop the train)
what is maximum speed for each area? ANS✔✔ inner suburban - 65 km/h
suburban - 95 km/h
country - 130 km/h
regional - 160 km/h
what are the sighting distances for each area? ANS✔✔ inner suburban - 460 m
suburban - 660 m
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