Recommendation: 2023005-04

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Ref # 2023005-04
Status Open / In progress
Occurrence Self-detrainment of passengers between Shankill & Bray, 24th July 2022
Occurrence Date 24 July 2022

Basis for Recommendation

There was crowding at stations on the day of the occurrence, with no staff available at half the stations enroute to Bray, the mitigation may have been for CTC to have direct information from the IÉ Security Room to CTC, to allow for staff to be deployed to unmanned stations; but this was not done. As the incident escalated, it was reported that passengers alighted from the platforms at three stations onto the railway line, likely as a result of no staff being present.

Recommendation

IÉ-RU should conduct a full review of how crowding at outlying stations is managed during major events, including reviews to local crowd control plans, PTI and train dispatch documentation; to ensure that the relevant stations are staffed appropriately to adequately manage the passenger flows.