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Graham Russell Chief Operating Officer

Ansaldo STS

Our industry is experiencing unprecedented investment and expansion driven by years of under investment in certain sectors

Warwick Allison FIRSE

RailCorp

When I was first approached to present a signalling paper to celebrate the 150th anniversary of railways in NSW, it was thought that an

Dr. Holger M Becht PhD, BInfTech(Hons)

Safety & RAM Manager; Ansaldo STS, Brisbane

In virtually all safety-critical industries the operators of systems have to demonstrate a

Luis Sanchez Bach of Electronic Eng (HON), MIEAUST

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia

The PTAWA (Public Transport Authority of Western Australia) introduced the

Wayne Walsh

Network Manager, National Express Group (Australia) Pty Ltd

Richard M Robinson, BE BA FIEAust MSFPE

Director, R2A Pty Ltd

statutory, regulatory and common law obligations have been met. It is primarily a demonstration that all sensible

Paul Eyre Project Manager

Ansaldo STS / Union Switch & Signal Pty Ltd

The 71 km extension of the Perth electrified rail network from Perth through to Mandurah, commonly

Brian Luber Sales Manager

Transportation Systems Siemens Ltd Australia

Robert E Piper, REA, MIRSE, ONTRACK
Ken K Ashman, AMIRSE, ONTRACK
Myles A Radford, ONTRACK

The Auckland Electrification Project (AEP) and Develop Auckland Rail Transport

Brenton Atchison BSc (Hons), PhD

Siemens Rail Automation

Dirk Klokman BE, MBA

Siemens Rail Automation

David Baker DipPM

TasRail
This paper

Maurice Taylor

Project Safeworking Officer A.S.W.

A large part of our responsibility as Train Controllers has been to influence the design of the system to suit the operator.

Noel Samaan, PhD Senior Member IEEE (USA), Member IEE (UK), CPEng

R&D Software Systems Group Ansaldo STS

As the reliance on software is significantly increasing in railway

FC Cockram Corporate Relations Manager

Tranz Rail Ltd

Stephen Burrows CEng MICE

Adelaide Rail Leader, Aurecon

Peter Stringer FIRSE

Signalling Accreditation Manager, Aurecon

Since time immemorial, signalling

Tony Vaz, F.I.R.S.E.

Project Manager Signal Renewal & Modernisation Programme North State Rail Authority of N.S. W.

Peter Symons, F.I.R.S.E.

Manager N.S. W.

Anthony Godber BSc(Eng), CEng, MIET, MIRSE

Pilbara Iron

Signalling of any railway aims to meet the often conflicting demands of safety and operational efficiency in the most

George Nikandros BE CPEng RPEQ FIRSE MIEAust MACS

Chairman aSCSa1

In Australia, both the model rail safety legislation and the model workplace health and safety legislation

Klaus Altehage MSc, MIRSE

SelectRail (Australia) Pty Ltd

Railway infrastructure data is essential for different stages of an interlocking application; not only directly for

Georgina Hartwell MEng (Hons) AMIRSE MIET

Network Rail Consulting

The aim of this paper is to provide a project description and update to Network Rail’s Thameslink Programme