Deepgreen
Established Member
I saw this at Redhill today. It is an information sign at a Network Rail gated access point and shows the three tracks beyond the gate and their direction of travel and speed limits. The top line is shown as down direction only, whereas the other two as reversible. However, the top line is also reversible, as trains can, and sometimes do, leave platform 3 at Redhill northbound (i.e. reverse) and cross over. This is a fully-signalled passenger-carrying routeing option. My question is; who provides the information for signs like this and, assuming it is there to tell staff which way they should be looking for trains, is this a significant safety issue or are these signs simply ignored by those entering the railway anyway?