Morningside Report and Summary Here - KiwiRail

Undertaking the Work
What do the Codes and Standards require in terms of undertaking works?
The information from M125/6 Track Inspection report prepared by Track Inspectors which
identifies work required is sighted by the Area Manager, then assessed by the Field
Engineer and is then logged into the Asset Data Base (ADB). A summary report (which lists
the work required) is then created from ADB for review by line management (Field Engineer
and/or Area Manager) who then schedule the work for the appropriate ganger (being the
person responsible for the team carrying out the work).
Once work is completed, the completed job list is then returned to the Field Engineer who
reviews the list, which is then entered as complete, with the completed date in the relevant
record.
This process is set out in a training document and is customary practice but is not codified.
What happened in relation to the works on the Crossing?
The information from the relevant M125/6 Inspection Report was entered into the ADB, but
without review by the Field Engineer. When entered into the ADB system, the P4
prioritisation was accorded a six month repair timeframe, not the 90 days as it would have
been in accordance with the initial intention of the Track Inspector or if it had been assessed
as P4 in accordance with CSP22.
A Block of Line was in place during the Christmas 2012 – New Year 2013 period for the
entire Auckland Metropolitan Area for the purposes of continuing major project work in the
absence of trains. The outstanding work listed on the M125/6 Track Inspection Summary
Report dated 21 December 2012 which included the work required at the Morningside
crossing was to be accommodated within the project-related Block of Line program.
The summary report still showed the work at Morningside crossing as a P4 with a 6 month
maximum completion date from initial inspection date of 5 September 2012.
Over the Christmas period the Track Inspector in charge of the maintenance gang (not the
Inspector who had identified the uneven surface) had concentrated his efforts on repairing
EM80 (Track Recording Car) track geometry exceedances recorded on the M125/6 Track
Inspection Summary Report dated 21 December 2012 and, although he had rectified a fault
at the first pedestrian crossing at Morningside, he was not equipped or resourced to respond
to the issues raised in the 5 September 2012 M125/6 Inspection Report in relation to the
second pedestrian crossing and the original 6 months for completion had not yet expired.
The copy of the M125/6 Track Inspection Summary Report was subsequently endorsed with
the date “29/12/12” signifying that the work had been completed. It was possible that the
Track Inspector had signed off the work on both pedestrian crossings as having been
completed, even though the work had only been completed on one, by mistake. The close
physical proximity of the pedestrian crossings, separated only by the vehicle level crossing,
and their proximity on the Summary Report would tend to support this.
That information was entered into the ADB on 4 January 2013. At that time the TID
reference was transferred as completed from the M125/6 Track Inspection Summary Report
to the ADB Archive (Complete).
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