202503 – Afshar – CBTC Signalling System & Emerging Technologies; AI, Machine Learning & Crowd Computing for Adaptive Real-Time Train Timetables
Author(s): Parisa Afshar
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1994 – Nov – Payne Erdos – Solid State Interlocking Adelaide Disaste
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1995 – July – Davis – Open Discussion – Trusted Suppliers
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
Ken Davis Recent cl.ianges to customer focussed orgaliisational structures has resulted in engineering, including railway signal and telecommuriications engineering, as being regarded as "services" to the owners and operators of railways. Ilow can we (railway engineering departments and industry suppliers) as "service" providers demonstrate to our customers that wc can be "trusted" to deliver safe and appropriately functional railway signalling and telecommunications systems. Currently, goverllmellt owned railways have their own engineering departments which specify, approve, certify etc the deliverablcs from industry suppliers, and by default, are "trusted" by the owners and operators. With railways focussing more on the bottom line, more and more engineering services are being outsourced, either resulting in staff rationalisations or resistance to staff increases to compensate for increased workload. This consequently impacts on the ability of engineering departments to perform these functions and therefore has an impact on this "trust". Reliance on past performance as the only evidence is not necessarily a reliable indicator if the service offered involves some novelty eg unusual requirements, high technology etc. How can we as suppliers of safety-related services demonstrate to our customer that they can "trust" us?
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1992 – Nov – Smith – Royal State Railway of Thailand – Centralised Traf
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1969 – March – Thomas – Power Signalling Construction Practices Queensland R
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
KW Thomas Queensland Railways
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1991 – March – Felstead – The Parrot and the Frog
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
Mark Felstead Austrac Project Team The title for this talk is some what misleading. The parrot is in fact a hand puppet and the frog is an oven glove.These are used to indicate which of the VAX computer backup tapes are the most current. The daily activity of stuffing the parrot and the irregular activity of croaking the frog form a small, but important part, of the Independent Validation and Verification (N&V) task that AN will perform. THE INDEPENDENT VALIDATION & VERIFICATION TASK. The task is to demonstrate (through the combined use of computer tools and human skills) that the software that will control the running of trains on the TAR and part of the CAR is correct ( ie bug free).
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1984 – March – Leclercq – South West Communications
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
G LeClercq Westrail The scope of the South West project was, in order of importance, to provide communications circuits for:- the signalling train control systems based at Picton: Picton to Coolup and Picton to Collie. the emergency telephones installed along the tracks and at the road crossings. Those circuits are all connected to the controller at Picton. the station masters to Picton Control (direct link). the connection of the controllers at Midland and Picton (direct link) the 2 VHF radio bases at Picton and Collie (later Cookernup) PAX phones installed as extensions on Bunbury and Collie exchanges. The existing overhead bearers in the area were inadequate to fulfil the new conmunications requirements and needed extensive upgrading. A cost study showed that, in the long term, a cable carrier system would be the most economical solution, and, furthermore would provide the base for a future upgrading of our communications network between Perth and Bunbury.
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1996 – July – Bell – The Australian Rail Safety Standards The Signall
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1983 – Aug – Pratten – A Railway Passenger Information System
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
Jon RD Pratten BSc BE Divisional Manager, GEC Digital, GEC Australia Limited This paper covers the passenger information display system at Sydney Terminal (Central) Station. The system was provided by the Digital division of GEC Australia Limited under a contract with the State Rail Authority of New South Wales. The system provides television monitor displays of train arrival and departure information for the public at various locations around the station complex. Displays are grouped according to the type of information they present and consist of: 15 platform displays (one per platform) each summarising on one monitor the service information of the train currently a1located to the platform. 10 concourse displays, each split into upper and lower portions on separate monitors and fully describing one of the next 10 departures. 2 sumnary displays, summarising separately the next 10 departures and the next 10 arrivals, repeated on a total of 8 monitors at appropriate locations around the station.
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1989 – Nov – Watkinson – Implementation of the Route Setting Equipment
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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1995 – March – ORourke – Change Management in Both the Public Private
Date Presented: December 28th, 2015
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202503 – Li – Competency Management in the Australian Railway Signalling Industry
Author(s): Daniel 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.
1998 – July – Skilton – Tranz Rail’s National Train Control Centre
Author(s): JT Skilton
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JT Skilton Signalling systems within Tranz Rail which require control from a remote location can be classified into three types, Centralised Traffic Control (CTC), remote controlled interlockings in Track Warrant (TW) territory and remote controlled interlockings embedded in Double Line Automatic (DLA) signalling. The CTC systems control the movement of trains in both directions over a single line section divided up into block sections and crossing loops. A field unit is installed at each crossing loop for the purpose of communicating with the control centre. TW control requires all trains to hold a warrant for the section of line being traversed. This warrant is issued to the locomotive engineer verbally over the train radio system and checked for correct reception by reading back over the radio system to the control centre. A selected number of crossing loops within TW territory are fully interlocked and equipped with a field unit which allows the Train Control Operator (TCO) to have full control over motor points and signals. Centralised control of interlockings in DLA territory is used where junctions between main and branch lines occur. Central control is used for movements to and from the branch line and, although it can also be used for signalling along the main lines, the interlocking can be switched to automatic for main line movements.
1998 – July – McDonald – Today’s Interlocking – A World of Applications
Author(s): Wayne McDonald
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Wayne McDonald Computer based interlockings today must be adaptable to the vastly different environments found in the many rail networks throughout the world. This paper overviews some of these environments where one such system, WESTRACE, has been installed and it highlights some of the special requirements essential to suit those locations.
1997 – November – Brock, Ebzery & McMurtrie – Homebush Bay Rail Link – Signalling Design and Management
Author(s): Peter Brock, Frank Ebzery & Bruce McMurtrie
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Peter Brock, Frank Ebzery & Bruce McMurtrie The construction of the Year 2000 Olympic facilities and the relocation of the Royal Agricultural Show Grounds Homebush Bay requires the construction of a high capacity transport link. Heavy rail is the only transport system that will supply the required capacity. The new Homebush Bay rail Loop will connect Olympic Park and the new Homebush Bay Showgrounds with the rest of the Sydney metropolitan rail networkTrail loop is nearing completion and will be commissioned on the 22/23 November 1997.