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2018 - March - Whiteside/Moody/Helmus - Data Analytics for Rail Insights into the Digital Transformation | |||
Christopher Whiteside and Heather MoodySiemens LtdDr. Rhena HelmusSiemens AGRail-based systems are exposed to various operational demands brought about either by high mechanical loading or |
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2018 - March - Danton - Delhi Metro Line 7 [Presentation] | |||
Julian DantonBombardier TransportationDelhi Metro is a greenfield development of a 58km heavy metro system with 38 stations and 2 depots, for |
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2018 - March - Danton - Delhi Metro Line 7 | |||
Julian DantonBombardier TransportationDelhi Metro is a greenfield development of a 58km heavy metro system with 38 stations and 2 depots, for |
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2018 - March - Hunter/Joseph - Use of Independent Safety Assessment on Railway Projects [Presentation] | |||
Hugh HunterCertifier AustraliaSerge JosephFrench and Algerian Ministry of TransportRegulation of Australian Railways in standardised across Australia and is administered by the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR). |
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2018 - March - Hunter/Joseph - Use of Independent Safety Assessment on Railway Projects | |||
Hugh HunterCertifier AustraliaSerge JosephFrench and Algerian Ministry of TransportRegulation of Australian Railways in standardised across Australia and is administered by the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR). |
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2018 - March - Ness - MMRA Presentation | |||
David NessMMRA Rail Systems Alliance Package DirectorThe Owners Persepective - details of the complexity of the project |
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2018 - March - Tattersall - Opening Presentation | |||
Evan Tattersall CEOMelbourne Metro Rail AuthorityTransforming Victiorias Rail Network - Presentation |
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2017 - July - Wimberley - Cyber Security in a Heavy Haul Railway | |||
Jeff Wimberley BE, Associate Member IRSEAurizon PTY LTDAs technology changes, modern railway signalling systems are becoming more and more reliant on IP Data networks for both their day to day operation as well as for their supportability. For example we now have processor based interlockings at one end of a yard being connected to object controllers at the other end of the yard using IP based data networks. We also have a need to remotely access interlockings and associated systems such as axle counters as well as the data network elements from a central location or a location remote to the organisation to monitor and maintain service of these systems. Whilst all of this takes a level of discipline and rigour to implement, it can also provide a less than secure pathway for an unauthorised person to gain access to the systems if Cyber Security considerations are ignored. This paper will discuss Aurizon’s recognition of the Cyber Security threat to the company as a whole and the signalling system in particular and what has been done to reduce the risks for both. |
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2017 - July - Nardi and Revell - Migration methodologies for CBTC and ERTMS | |||
Federico Nardi BCompE (Hons), RE(OIGenova)Ansaldo STS Australia Pty LtdHoward Revell BA, CEng, RPE (Elec), RPEQ (Elec), HonFIRSE MIEEEAnsaldo STS Australia Pty LtdThis paper focuses on the differing aspects of the migration processes and methods involved in transforming existing legacy metro and mainline signalling systems over to CBTC or ERTMS based systems. Three of Ansaldo STS’s current European brownfield projects have been selected to provide scenarios, with each scenario offering a specific approach to a migration methodology that satisfies the particular nature of the project and the needs of the customer organisation funding the project. The three scenarios relate to three different customer organisations:
These scenarios provide a useful background concerning the need for effective system planning to support efficient design and implementation tasks, without causing disruption to revenue service traffic. However, despite this approach being very well established and practiced in our industry, it is very costly in terms of time, effort and funds and perhaps there is an alternative migration mitigation approach that could be investigated and adopted. These scenarios raise a number of points that may be usefully heeded by others involved in similar migration projects. |
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2017 - July - Banerjee - Monologue of a Byte by Byte traveller | |||
Somnath Banerjee B. Tech, FIRSE, MIEEE, MIRSTE, RPEQThe history of “Byte by Byte” Railway signalling is also the history of new technology for Railway Signalling. Any discussion on this subject will remain incomplete unless we know how to manage new technology bite by bite. The introduction of new technology in Railway Signalling systems, more often than not, is a challenging exercise. This assumes significant importance because compared to the investment and its physical visibility its impact is very high. This paper discusses how the challenges can be managed in a structured manner. Some important steps can help reduce the labour pains of introduction of new technology in a Railway signalling system. |
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2017 - July - Burns - Electronic virtual trainstops | |||
Peter Burns MBA, BAppSci (Elect), FIRSE, CPEng, FIEAustPYB ConsultingAs signalling technology moves from the world of the fixed signal to the world of Communication Based systems, one major issue which arises is how to deal with the legacy unfitted train. In a world where the signal engineer has involvement in defining the train’s on-board systems, this paper will explore three specific subsystems and the interfaces between them needed to achieve operability. One subsystem is part of the infrastructure, associated with the communications based signalling itself. The second is conceptually portable, but operationally part of the equipment taken on board the train. The third is the electronic virtual trainstop itself – the core on-board system. The issue with defining an on-board system for an unfitted train seems apparent just looking at the terms. In reality, “lack of fitment” covers a range of possibilities, ranging from no fitment whatsoever, through a very basic system-independent facility (here we find the Electronic Virtual Trainstop) to a train fully fitted with somebody else’s Communication Based signalling. Each possibility will be discussed. By defining the intermediate system and some basic open interfaces, the paper will show how the issue of interoperability can be managed for the full range of possible trains. |
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2017 - July - Gash - An engineer’s journey to achieving conscious competence | |||
Cassandra Gash MIRSE, MIEAust, MAIPM, BEng(Hons), GDSignalling & Telecommunications,CPPM Melbourne Metro Rail Authority, Senior Signalling Project ManagerThis paper highlights the requirements and likely challenges a graduate engineer will encounter in their professional formative years, and provides recommendations on how to fast-track a career in the rail signalling industry. The gap in professional engineering competence is assessed through comparison of the competence of a graduate en- gineer from university compared to that required for the rail signalling industry. The commonly used 70:20:10 learning and development model is reviewed, in the context of the industry, so that graduate engineer learning, development, and experience can be tailored to address these gaps and support career advancement. The paper concludes with an examination of competence related Australian legislation and Rail Transport Operator’s requirements that an engineer must comply with to progress from a state of unconscious incompetence to conscious competence. This paper draws upon numerous sources and highlights the commonalities and some of the inconsisten- cies in approach to achieving competence. |
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2017 - July - Motky et al - BYTING RAILWAY INTERLOCKING REQUIREMENTS | |||
Jacek Mocki PhD, MSc, BEng CPEng MIRSE NPERMOTZKYShane Curtin MBA, BEngAURIZONYulan Liu MSc, BEng MIRSE, RPEQAURIZONThis paper is focused on one of the strategies that could be undertaken when approaching innovative areas in rail engineering. It describes an adoption of developing rail standards e.g. EULYNX and railML. Authors aim to look into an example of engineering process, describing ways to improve the process by applying some predictable innovation (innovation that delivers an expected outcome) techniques. An improved outcome from such development could be applied more efficiently to the benefit of reducing uncertainty of a designer, optimising asset usage, reducing the operational cost and many more. |
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2017 - July - Baker - Queensland Rail: AWS to ETCS | |||
Brett Baker BE, MBA, MIRSE, MRTSAQueensland RailThe principle form of train protection for the metropolitan rail region of Queensland has been the Automatic Warning system. In 1988 the ERICAB 700 Automatic Train Control system was introduced onto the regional North Coast Line of the Queensland Rail network. It was followed in 1994 by the WESTECT Automatic Train Protection system, which now provides train protection for over 2500 route kilometres on the regional rail network within Queensland. The Automatic Warning System remains the train protection system stalwart for the metropolitan rail network, ERICAB is no longer in use and the WESTECT Automatic Train Protection system is all but life-expired, so Queensland Rail now looks beyond these systems for the future application of train protection for the rail network – European Train Control System. |
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2017 - March - Moore - Signalling system safety is NOT an absolute | |||
Trevor Moore Hon FIRSE FIEA AustAustralian Rail Track CorporationWe often design a signalling system and continue its operation even though there are significant changes in train operating conditions. Do we assume that is still as safe as the day it was commissioned into service? Some cases are self-evident that safety has changed. If we increase the train speed over a level crossing we know that the approach warnings have to be reviewed and updated. Do we check and update if they have changed the road traffic classification to B double trucks? When and how should we review the signalling system for safety of operations? What should be the catalyst to undertaking a review? Should this be part of the standard practice for signal engineers managing infrastructure and for signal designers on new works?
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2017 - March - McDonald - Is RAMS all BULL for Electromechanical Equipment? | |||
Wayne McDonald BE (Elec) FIRSESiemens LimitedRailways are required to operate safely and one of the methods to demonstrate this is type approval of signalling equipment. That approval must include documentation of high RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) when applied in vital and even non-vital applications. Suppliers have provided such values, in some form or another, for electrical, electronic and programmable electronic equipment for many years. The limitations and applicability of these values have not always been well understood and they have often been misapplied. The decisions for product comparison or maintenance plans could therefore be compromised or invalid. More recently, purchasers, and personnel assessing type approval are demanding values such as SIL (Safety Integrity Level) and MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) for electromechanical equipment and systems. The standards currently used for programmable electronic systems clearly state that using them to derive values for electromechanical is inappropriate. This paper delves into the importance of understanding and applying meaningful RAMS values for signalling equipment and addresses the inappropriateness of SIL and MTBF for Electromechanical Equipment. It continues to offer some suggestions for how RAMS can be used for Electromechanical Equipment. |
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2017 - March - Boshier - Technology based asset management | |||
Steve Boshier FIRSE, FCILTAAuckland TransportAsset Management is an area that continues to develop through innovation, technical developments and through new ways of looking at whole of life management. In tough economic times, businesses often take short cuts with asset management in a bid to remain profitable. Its usually one of the first areas whose budget gets cut back for a whole range of reasons. Such a decision only provides a short term solution to a problem that ultimately gets worse and comes back to bite even greater. Technologies such as BIM, Mobility, Analytics, and a suite of ISO standards represents a coming of age for rail systems asset management. They are transforming the rail sector and are helping to drive a long term approach to maintenance with benefits. One that is now allowing staff to do more with less whilst allowing them to improve the asset reliability, availability and system safety. |
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2017 - March - Leveque - Advanced features over ETCS for suburban railway operation | |||
Dr Olivier LevequeAlstom Signalling – Australia New ZealandThe advanced features over ETCS detailed in this paper are Virtual Block Sectioning and scalable Automatic Train Operation. These features can be incrementally implemented to meet the current and future business requirements of a suburban railway operation. A case study is presented to illustrate the performance benefits of a scalable ATO overlaid onto an ETCS solution for a suburban application. |
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2017 - March - D'Cruz - Do we have the backbone to support emerging technologies? | |||
Malcolm D’Cruz M.E. MechatronicsPublic Transport Authority of Western AustraliaDavid Lim MSc. Telecommunication ManagementUXC Ltd – A CSC CompanyRailways are always increasing the number of network services to cope with emerging technologies. The success of Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) depends on the ability of the backbone communication system to guarantee high bandwidths and reliability. Thus the traditional railway communication network is gradually moving towards a carrier grade network servicing both internal as well as external clients. The aim of this paper is to show how Software Defined Networks (SDN) adopted by telecom service providers as a common platform for all network services can benefit the railway networking environment to cope with constantly emerging technologies. |
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2017 - March - Gillespie - Are CAD drawings the best way to design signalling systems | |||
Rob Gillespie NTD Elec Eng.I&E Systems Pty LtdModern railway signalling systems now incorporate computer-based interlocking, and the wiring is predominantly simple input/output functions, so, is CAD really the best way to design these high integrity systems? |
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