202503 – Afshar – CBTC Signalling System & Emerging Technologies
Author(s): Parisa Afshar
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201911 – Terry – Why Brownfield Re-signalling Projects Always Require a Transition State
By: Nick Terry
Date Presented: November 1st, 2019
This paper delivers a process of changing the signallin
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201911 – Headifen – Kaikoura Earthquake and Resilience on the Main North Line
By: Daniel Headifen
Date Presented: November 1st, 2019
The November 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake was the largest d
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201911 – Stamm – Using Global Satellite Navigation Services in Safety Critical Rail Applications
By: Bernhard Stamm
Date Presented: November 1st, 2019
Applications of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNS
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201911 – Calcott – Design Standardisation
By: Ben Calcott
Date Presented: November 1st, 2019
With an aging signal asset and increasing capital works
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201807 – Chan – Managing Complex Railways: Dynamic Timetabling and Remote Equipment Diagnostics
By: Chee Hoe Chan
Date Presented: July 20th, 2018
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201907 – Kandelaars, Belcher & Watts – Wholistic Assessment of Long-term Asset Condition in the Brown Field Public Transport Environment
By: Katie Kandelaars, Nicola Belcher & Julian Watts
Date Presented: July 18th, 2019
The Victorian tram and train networks operate on a Fran
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201907 – Triverdi – Introduction of Selective Door Opening on the Sydney Trains Network
By: Ronak Triverdi
Date Presented: July 18th, 2019
Automatic Selective Door Operation system automatically
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201907 – Roberts – Human Factors – We’re All Programmed
By: Richard Roberts
Date Presented: July 18th, 2019
The mode selection function allows switching between th
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201907 – Pham – Delivering Ballarat Line Upgrade Through the Eyes of Signalling
By: Logan-Kai Pham
Date Presented: July 18th, 2019
Ballarat Line Upgrade (BLU) is the first project in the
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201907 – McInerney – HMI: The Safety Risk Hiding in Plain Sight
By: Ronan McInerney
Date Presented: July 18th, 2019
Any change to an operational system in the railway indu
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202503 – Li – Competency Management in the Australian Railway Signalling Industry
Author(s): Danie Li
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202503 – Moore – Signal Design Report: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?
Author(s): Trevor Moore
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202503 – Sudholz – Break of Gauge: Competencies in the Australian Signalling Project Environment
Author(s): Thomas Sudholz
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202503 – Turner – Growing Graduates in the Sun: 30 Years of Signalling Graduate Development in Queensland Rail
Author(s): Blake Turner
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202503 – Villegas – The Importance of Operation and Maintenance Concepts in the Delivery and Operation of Rail Networks
Author(s): Selena Villegas
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2004 – July – Modernisation of KTMB’s Signalling & Telecommunication Systems
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The total route length of KTMB’s network amounts to approximately 1670 km and is mainly single track except for about 150 km of electrified double track sections around the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, for commuter services.
2001 – March – Garrett – Brisbane Airport Rail Link Project – Overview
Author(s): Mike Garrett
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Mike Garrett Airtrain Citylink is a Queensland company formed specifically to undertake the development and operation of a rail link between Brisbane Airport and the city of Brisbane on a build, own, operate, transfer (BOOT) basis. See attached Figure 1. Airtrain's shareholders are Colonial Group Staff Superannuation Scheme, Airtrain Trust (4 superannuation funds), Hyder Investments, GIO Australia, CDC Projects, Transfield & 26 smaller investers.
2001 – July – Stepniewski – Blacktown’s VDU Signalling Control System “Sigview”
Author(s): Richard Stepniewski
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Richard Stepniewski Alstom's VDU Control System, called SigView, was successfully commissioned at Blacktown, in two stages as part of the Blacktown Resignalling Project: - Stage 1: control of Blacktown and Quakers Hill in December 1999. - Stage 2: control of Richmond Line and Quakers Hill in March 2000.
2000 – March – Furness & Clarke – Maintaining for Reliability
Author(s): John Furness & John Clarke
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John Furness & John Clarke ABB Engineering Construction are responsible for maintaining various components of the Victorian Rail system on behalf of the newly franchised businesses. The transition from publicly owned railway authority to private industry, specialist maintenance provider has required considerable change at both the organisational and individual staff levels. The process has also uncovered a number of deficiencies in the pre-existing maintenance structure and practices that do not meet the needs and performance requirements of the new Operators. ABB are currently developing and planning for new procedures and practices, etc ,where necessary, to meet our client's expectations for continuos improvements in the overall railway system reliability to achieve and exceed the new performance benchmarks