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Re: Observing GCOR Rule 6.30 At The El Monte Metrolink Station
Author: BNSF Rail Guy
Date: 05-08-2012 - 21:38
6.30 Receiving or Discharging Passengers
When a passenger train is receiving or discharging traffic, a train, engine, or piece of equipment must not pass between it and the station platform being used unless safeguards are provided.
While it may seem crappy, this rule doesn't apply. Both tracks are adjacent to the platform being used (in this case a center platform). No train can come between a train and the platform. This rule is for stations were there is one platform on the side of two tracks (usually both tracks are paved over in this situation). It is meant to keep a train from taking out passenger unloading and walking across an active track to the platform. The rule says nothing about trains coming between a platform and the station itself or the parking lot. This still doesn't help that a rushed passenger could run into the path of an inbound train.
When a passenger train is receiving or discharging traffic, a train, engine, or piece of equipment must not pass between it and the station platform being used unless safeguards are provided.
While it may seem crappy, this rule doesn't apply. Both tracks are adjacent to the platform being used (in this case a center platform). No train can come between a train and the platform. This rule is for stations were there is one platform on the side of two tracks (usually both tracks are paved over in this situation). It is meant to keep a train from taking out passenger unloading and walking across an active track to the platform. The rule says nothing about trains coming between a platform and the station itself or the parking lot. This still doesn't help that a rushed passenger could run into the path of an inbound train.
