signal and train problem @ west hampstead

nah a member staff said it was a technical problem with the signal

sounds like a SPAD they do report them as "signalling problems"

at station i work at there was a problem with a signal and trainstop and trains were getting tripped and trains were needing to be giving the right to depart.
as for the train leaving at 10mph this is what is knowing as applying the rule the train travels at this speed until it has passed the next signal which is showing a clear aspect (correct me if i am wrong)
if it was a spad it would not have been csa's that assisted the driver it would have been a supervisor and he would have been set back behind the signal.

Not quite.

After passing a signal at danger, the train should be driven at a speed where the train could stop short of any obstruction. This is until two consecutive stop signals showing a clear or caution aspect have been passed.
As you know the trains are fitted with a slow speed circuit, though this [obviously] does not know the distances involved and goes on time!

If the SPAD involves an automatic signal then a Station Assistant can be involved in a Platform/Train Interface capacity.
The only role that a Station Supervisor or Operating Official would play would be to check that the Train Operator is fit to continue. If a Semi Automatic signal is involved then the only people allowed to authorise the Train Operator are a Station Supervisor or Operating Official under the Instruction of the Service Operator or Service Controller depending on the line and local arrangements.

If the SPAD happened at a signal with plain line, then there is no need to set the train back (via a properly protected Wrong Direction Move of course! )- only if there are points in advance of the signal!

Quick question (and sorry for hijacking the thread).

Would a train op still need to wait for 2 clear signals in an area of 4 aspect signalling? or would the double yellow allow the train op to continue at line speed?