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MA Clare Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co Ltd It is the purpose of this paper to review the development of Train Describer systems, consider how they have become an aid to controlling and regulating the flow of rail traffic and to examine how a present day Train Describer system performs the various functions it is called upon to carry out. The computer based Train Describer has realised that many other ancillary functions, in addition to its primary requirement of train describing, are possible, and therefore, or though necessarily dealt with in brief, the paper looks at some of the ancillary functions in respect to what a computer based Train Describer of the future could possibly comprise of.
Of all the use to which rubber insulated cables are put there is none more irnportant than that of Railway Signalling. The cables formm the nerve centres of electrical signalling on which the safety of the congested rail traffic in City and Suburbs and the high speed Interstate Expresses so largely depends.
F.G. Rayers FIRSE M.L. Engineering, Plymouth, U.K.
GG Wilson ASTC MIRSE AMIE (Aust) Engineer for Communications, Department of Railways NSW We are all familiar with the visible components of transport - the busy terminals, extensive marshalling yards and a variety of rolling stock, including the latest designs in locomotives which never fail to hold the attention of he public and the admiration of the schoolboy. Behind the scenes, there is always another story, not quite so colouful, but not less impressive in its contribution to the transport facilities of the State.
In this paper, we would like to introduce an innovative proposal based on the research conducted by the Hitachi Rail Innovation team to further improve the existing available tablet application, particularly
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Cybersecurity is a hot topic worldwide with regular attacks being performed against multiple domains.