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London's DLR trains too speedy so engineers slow them down (www.bbc.com)

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[–] javasux@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the trains never went over the recommended track speed.

So what's the issue here

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[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The speed limits were brought in after Transport for London (Tfl) engineers found there wasn't enough of a safety margin between the speed of the trains and the maximum recommended speed.

Literally the second paragraph

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