Joel Kontinen
Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents. Space storms can wreak havoc in some UK train stations.
A number of
electrical systems in the railways of many countries, including the UK, are
vulnerable to space weather. In the worst case, a red signal could be turned
green, potentially causing a deadly train crash, says Cameron Patterson at Lancaster University in the
UK.
“You could
have disruptions to signalling systems, which are crucial to railway safety,”
he says. “We have to prepare for these things now, and getting that message
across, I think, is really important.”
A number of
electrical systems in the railways of many countries, including the UK, are
vulnerable to space weather. In the worst case, a red signal could be turned
green, potentially causing a deadly train crash, says Cameron Patterson at Lancaster University in the
UK.
“You could
have disruptions to signalling systems, which are crucial to railway safety,”
he says. “We have to prepare for these things now, and getting that message
across, I think, is really important.”
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