Major rail crash training exercise in Phoenix Park Tunnel Dublin

Rashers72

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0410/780777-civil-defence-exercise/
Any photos? Comments? Seems like a really good idea, so hope all went well

Captain Chaos

That's no big news really, they do that same exercise a few times a year. A good friend of mine is involved with it, I get asked to volunteer to be a casualty for various ones now and again. They do them at Docklands station too.

Just a slow news day for RTE, most times they don't bother reporting these mass casualty training exercises.

Rashers72

But do they do inside the tunnel every year? I thought it was just out in the yard/in sidings around the country. Completely different scenario inside a tunnel I would imagine.

GM228

Rashers72 wrote: »

But do they do inside the tunnel every year? I thought it was just out in the yard/in sidings around the country. Completely different scenario inside a tunnel I would imagine.

Usually there are three exercises on the network annually, one is always in the tunnel, the second is usually between Bray and Greystones and the third could be anywhere on the network.

Some interesting pictures here from the 2011 exercise inside the tunnel.

https://transportsceneireland.smugmug.com/RailSceneIreland/260212/i-MqNdMsw

Shannon757

GM228 wrote: »

Usually there are three exercises on the network annually, one is always in the tunnel, the second is usually between Bray and Greystones and the third could be anywhere on the network.

Some interesting pictures here from the 2011 exercise inside the tunnel.

https://transportsceneireland.smugmug.com/RailSceneIreland/260212/i-MqNdMsw

I skimmed over the title and had quite the scare

Rashers72

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwOy4XBooFE

amdublin

Shannon757 wrote: »

I skimmed over the title and had quite the scare

I found the photo of the pen abandoned on the floor very shocking/quite upsetting