2024 – March – Zhu, Lauro & Nardi – Innovative Tablet Solution for Improving Rail Operation
Author(s): Dr Bin Zhu, Gianluigi Lauro & Federico Nardi
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1987 – Nov – Wright – Overview of Optical Fibre Technology World Wide
Date Presented: January 11th, 2016
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1994 – Aug – Brearley – A National Approach to Rail Safety Regulation
Date Presented: January 11th, 2016
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1987 – Nov – Pretorious – Aberdeen – Werris Creek CTC – A Small system
Date Presented: January 11th, 2016
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1992 – Nov – Perry – State Railway of Thailand – Resignalling Provisi
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1992 – July – Milton – Concrete Sleepering Project South Line
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
Peter R. Milton Southern District Manager Australian National This paper reviews the concrete sleeper project being carried out on the Adeiaide to Melbourne Broad Gauge line between KiKi and Wolseley, and inciudes details of the processes involved and problems encountered in manufacture and installation.
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1977 – July – Thomas – CTC Power Signalling Rockhampton Gladstone –
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1991 – March – Kelly – The Trans Australian Railway Communications System
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
G. K. Kelly, B.Sc, B.E.Hons Project Manager, Railway Communications, Applied Technology Systems, Telecom Australia This paper describes the Trans Australian Railway Communications System, which provides the backbone infrastructure for the Austrac Train Control System, as well as mobile voice communications and wayside communications requirements. The system is based on optical fibre transmission, and covers a 1700 km track through some of the most remote areas of Australia. Most of the system is solar powered.
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1991 – Nov – Smith – Electronic Flagman Vehicle Approach Warning System
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
J. Smith Teknis Systems Australia Pty. Ltd. This paper describes an advance warning system to protect both personnel and equipment at railway maintenance work sites. A brief history of the system is given, followed by a technical overview of its operation and use. The paper concludes with a discussion of the system in a working environment, and a description of recent developments.
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1981 – July – Johnson – Queensland Railways – Signal Communications Se
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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2024 – March – Sudholz – Passively Active – Warning systems for passive & occupation level crossings in agricultural settings
Author(s): Thomas Sudholz
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This Paper investigates the issues regarding use of passive level crossings for livestock movements in the agricultural industry. This unavoidable practice presents a different risk profile to the typical user, with livestock movement being
2024 – March – Robinson – Barriers to innovation in signalling design, verification, and validation
Author(s): Neil Robinson
Date presented:
I started in signalling more than 30 years ago at British Rail, where I learnt how to design interlockings, initially in relay circuits, and then by programming Solid State Interlockings. This work sparked my interest in safety critical syste
2024 – March – Moore – Signalling Principles – What are they and where do they come from?
Author(s): Trevor Moore
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The term signalling principles is often referenced with regards to the design of a signalling system. It is also used as part of the title of a person ‘Principles Verifier’ or ‘Principles Tester’. Some rail managers also reference signalling p
2024 – March – Khan & Kamarulzaman – FRMCS – Integrated Migration Strategy
Author(s): Obaid Khan & Khairulzaman Kamarulzaman
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This paper offers a detailed FRMCS integrated migration strategy as a preparatory guide for current GSM-R users, particularly Rail Transport Operators (RTOs), as well as for projects in the planning and developmen
2024 – March – Alvarez – Case Study – FRMCS Migration Path in Perth
Author(s): Rodrigo Alvarez
Date presented:
The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia (PTA) is currently building a new mobile radio and backhaul transmission communications network across the Perth metropolitan electrified railway network.
2024 – August – Burns – Human Factors at Level Crossings
Author(s): Peter Burns
Date presented:
Today’s railway fatalities are arguably more likely to occur at level crossings than in the train collisions we tend to focus most attention on controlling. Designing for level crossing safety can be messy and grey, especially when the dependen
2024 – August – Boss – Human aspects of managing cyber security in delivering ERTMS
Author(s): John Boss
Date presented:
The Netherlands is rolling out the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) across the national network. The government created a Programme Directorate to manage the rollout. Cyber security for both ERTMS as well as the transportation syst
2022 – November – Youle – Qualitative analysis – the more efficient approach to managing risks SFAIRP
Author(s): Patrick Youle
Date presented:
To support the acceptance of safety risk for configuration changes to railways, systems engineering recognises both qualitative and quantitative hazard and risk assessment methods. Quantitative analysis can be perceived as objective and quali
2022 – November – Hunter – Cybersecurity in the Railway Industry
Author(s): Hugh Hunter
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Cybersecurity is a hot topic worldwide with regular attacks being performed against multiple domains.