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How Space Storms Can Disrupt Train Signals and Lead to Serious Accidents
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Powerful solar flares can cause malfunctions of electrical circuits on railway tracks, switching prohibitive traffic light signals to permissive ones and provoking fatal train collisions.
How Space Storms Can Disrupt Train Signals and Lead to Serious Accidents
Trains entering and exiting Clapham Junction station in London Jack Taylor/Getty Images Electrical systems on railways worldwide, including the UK, are vulnerable to solar weather events. In extreme cases, faults in the system could result in a red signal mistakenly displaying green, raising the risk of serious train accidents. Cameron Patterson, an expert from Lancaster [...] The post How Space Storms Can Disrupt Train Signals and Lead to Serio…
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