Safety of the Railways.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4047, 3 May 1932, Page 3

Safety of the Railways.

It is very seldom realised to what a great extent the public is protected by the railways In comparison with any other type ol transport or ■other public service, and it is probable that nowhere has such protection been carried through to a greater extent or 'more successfully than upon the railways of this country. Certainly the figures beat this out. There are no records available which indicate such an exiraoulin ary success in the transport ol that achieved by the railways of this country in the last six years _ in carrying 150,000 000 passengers without one fatality, in order to convey to the public mind some general idea of the many factors ami _ personal safeguards provided in achieving this result, it may be well to run over some of the main features. In the first place, all equipment is under constant inspection—something which is not to be lound in any'other form of land transport—and all trains are under immediate control, both with in themselves and I) v means of a highly developed signalling and safety device system. Tablets, signals, brakes, train eon--11 01, are all brought to hear upon the problem of securing safety firs) for passengers. The driver and fireman, the guard, the train exami-

ner, the Woistinglibuso brake . and tire Wes tin giro use brake inspector, the ganger* ami surfaceman, the bridge inspector and the signalman, all contribute to the quota of care and 'Service of safe conveyance provided to the multitudes, in one way and another travelling upon the iron Way.