Two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided south of Madrid. Spain's transport minister said one of the trains was told to continue its journey despite a "red signal" being in effect.
I agree with you. This is the same system that causes a lot of delays in Germany. I don’t understand why trains aren’t tracked by GPS in addition to the rail signals. It shouldn’t be that hard to upgrade if the willing to do so exists
But how does a control system like that fail?
It seems like a pretty simple system, and one that wouldn’t be very expensive to harden/have redundancy/battery back up/etc.
I agree with you. This is the same system that causes a lot of delays in Germany. I don’t understand why trains aren’t tracked by GPS in addition to the rail signals. It shouldn’t be that hard to upgrade if the willing to do so exists
It’s not the will, it’s the money.