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 – Holland – Aberdeen – Werris Creek CTC – Communications
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
N. Holland Westinghouse Systems The Muswellbrook to Werris Creek rail section is an important link in the total SRA upgrade of country rail routes. The section is located approximately i45km north west of Newcastle and extends approximately 125km northwards (see fig l). This particular section carries important coal and wheat traffic to Newcastle and is a major route of the SRh flagship - XPT. The need to upgrade this area called for CTC operation, resignalling, communications facilities, increased length crossing loops and overall speed upgrade of the turnouts. The CTC area is defined by the boundaries of hberdeen section to the south end of Werris Creek shunting yard. The CTC control centre is located at Broadmeadow, a suburb approximately 5km north west of Newcastle. The CTC complex also houses control facilities to service the suburban area and the north coast system from Newcastle to Casino.
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1983 – April – Turner – Dry Creek Bogie Exchange
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
CR Turner MIRSE Australian National This paper offers and overview of the concept, facilities provided, exchange operaiton and special features of the Dry Creek Bogie Exchange and a more detailed descriptoin of the methods employed to progress rakes of wagons to and from the storage tracks and the bogie exchange building. The main emphasis of the paper is on the interfacing of conventional route setting and route locking practices with a remotely controlled unmanned shunting unit.
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1969 – March – Graham – Power Signalling Construction Practices Victorian Ra
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1994 – Nov – Longney Menadue – Australian National South Western L
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1975 – March – Harvey – Signalling Developments on the Victorian Railways
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1977 – March – Dawkins – Midland Control Centre
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
WH Dawkins Westrail The recent commissioning of the above signalling project represented the final stage of Midland power signalling which began with the opening of the Midland Terminal on the 6th October, 1968. The power signalling at Midland Terminal at that time was operated from a small control panel in the Midland Station building whilst electro-mechanical signalling was operated from Box 'A' and mechanical signalling from Box 'B'.
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1949 – April – Woolley – Testing Maintenance of A.C. Relays
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1982 – July – Both – Communications to THE CENTRE – An Introduction – Ta
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1991 – Aug – Moore – Risk Management – Introduction of New Technology
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
Trevor Moore, P.Eng. FIRSE The introduction of new technology for railway signalling must be a partnership between the contractors and the SRA. It requires a rigourous approach by both sides to identify the problems, the requirements and the solution. A detailed approach to implementation must encompass agreed quality standards and transfer of technology. Management of the risk associated with new technology does not rely on some glorified formulae for trouble free implementation. Risk will be minimised by a rigourous attention to detail from the concept of the project through to bringing into use and the life of the system.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.