In practice, the distant, protection and departure signals of a station may be encountered by trains showing a green aspect ( if some conditions are met ), even if the train is scheduled to stop there, and thus is not subjected to speed restrictions imposed by the system.
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An accident occurred at Hines Hill in 1996 where a train entered the mainline from the East at high speed on a slow speed shunt signal indication and due to the driver not maintaining control of the train it collided with an Eastbound Westrail ( see Hines Hill train collision ) freight train after it had passed Departure Signal at Danger.
