Technical Meeting Papers

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200707 – McCluskey – WestNet Rail – Building Resilience and Redundancy Into a Centralised Train Control System

By: Phil McCluskey
Date Presented: July 30th, 2007

Phil McCluskey B App Sc (Eng)Project Manager Train Cont


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200707 – Weerakody – Innovative Project Delivery Solutions

By: Don Weerakody
Date Presented: July 30th, 2007

Don Weerakody MIRSE, MIEAust, MIETPublic Transport Auth


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200703 – Godber – Fundamentals of Signalling a Heavy Haul Railway

By: Anthony Godber
Date Presented: March 29th, 2007

Anthony Godber BSc(Eng), CEng, MIET, MIRSEPilbara IronS


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200703 – Gifford, Moore & Borg – Axle Counters For Heavy Rail Traffic Applications

By: John Gifford, Trevor Moore & Joe Borg
Date Presented: March 23rd, 2007

John Gifford, Trevor Moore & Joe BorgTrack Circuits


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200703 – Bolster – QR Network Access Master Planning

By: Patrick Bolster
Date Presented: March 14th, 2007

Patrick Bolster BA ACA (ICAEW)QR Network AccessUntil 20


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200703 – Page – Windah-Grantleigh – Coal Line Capacity Improvements

By: Charles Page
Date Presented: March 1st, 2007

Charles Page BSc. Elec/Electron, MBA, FIRSEDirector of


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200703 – Baayens – Asset Protection for Heavy Haul Railway

By: A Baayens
Date Presented: January 22nd, 2007

Written by A.Baayens Technical OfficerUnion Switch & Si


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200611 – Hickson & Dimos – TransAdelaide’s CTC and PI System Upgrade

By: David Hickson & Nik Dimos
Date Presented: November 30th, 2006

David Hickson & Nik Dimos TransAdelaide’s Centralise


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200611 – Erdos – The Transadelaide CTC Replacement Project

By: George Erdos
Date Presented: November 3rd, 2006

George D ErdosThis paper is the final in a series to be


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200611 – Furniss – The In Cab Activated Points System Enhancement for Trans Australia Railway

By: Paul Furniss
Date Presented: November 3rd, 2006

Paul Furniss BEng (Hons) CEng MIETAustralian Rail Track


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202503 – Afshar – CBTC Signalling System & Emerging Technologies

Author(s): Parisa Afshar

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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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2004 – July – Modernisation of KTMB’s Signalling & Telecommunication Systems

Author(s):

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.

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2003 – July – Lowe – Technical Issues for City Rail Project

Author(s): Robert Lowe

Robert Lowe This paper describes the technical configuration of the Perth City Section of the South West Metropolitan Railway as defined in the Project Master Plan and subsequent Tender documentation. The form of construction contract is a Relationship based Design and Construct so detailed design is still to be complete. Consequently parts of the completed project may be different from that described herein.

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2003 – July – Lauder – Train Control Systems – Time for a Paradigm Shift!

Author(s): Malcolm Lauder

Malcolm Lauder The time for a wholistic approach to delivery of Train Control Systems is nigh !  

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2001 – March – Garrett – Brisbane Airport Rail Link Project – Overview

Author(s): Mike Garrett

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.

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