1977 – July – Detering – CTC Power Signalling Rockhampton – Gladstone – Circuit Design
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2024 – March – Zhu, Lauro & Nardi – Innovative Tablet Solution for Improving Rail Operation
By: Dr Bin Zhu, Gianluigi Lauro & Federico Nardi
Date Presented: March 12th, 2024
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
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2024 – March – Sudholz – Passively Active – Warning systems for passive & occupation level crossings in agricultural settings
By: Thomas Sudholz
Date Presented: March 12th, 2024
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
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2024 – March – Robinson – Barriers to innovation in signalling design, verification, and validation
By: Neil Robinson
Date Presented: March 12th, 2024
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
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2024 – March – Moore – Signalling Principles – What are they and where do they come from?
By: Trevor Moore
Date Presented: March 12th, 2024
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
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2024 – March – Khan & Kamarulzaman – FRMCS – Integrated Migration Strategy
By: Obaid Khan & Khairulzaman Kamarulzaman
Date Presented: March 12th, 2024
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
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2024 – March – Alvarez – Case Study – FRMCS Migration Path in Perth
By: Rodrigo Alvarez
Date Presented: March 13th, 2024
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.
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2024 – August – Burns – Human Factors at Level Crossings
By: Peter Burns
Date Presented: August 21st, 2024
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
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2024 – August – Boss – Human aspects of managing cyber security in delivering ERTMS
By: John Boss
Date Presented: August 21st, 2024
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
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2022 – November – Youle – Qualitative analysis – the more efficient approach to managing risks SFAIRP
By: Patrick Youle
Date Presented: November 1st, 2022
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
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2022 – November – Hunter – Cybersecurity in the Railway Industry
By: Hugh Hunter
Date Presented: November 1st, 2022
Cybersecurity is a hot topic worldwide with regular attacks being performed against multiple domains.
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1989 – Nov – Kennan – Presetroika Comes to Victorian Transport
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Hon Jim Kennan QC Mla
1987 – July – Braund – Adelaide Signalling Project – Power Supply System
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A.S. Braund - JC- M.H.A. B.E. (Electronics), Grad I.E. Aust, Stud. IRSE The power system for the Adelaide Resignalling Project has been designed for high availability ensuring that the train system remains operational. To achieve this the system utilises slight break inverters feeding an independent distribution system. Inverters were selected in preference to diesel generators to reduce maintenance requirements and to provide an effectively break free supply.
1990 – Apr – Hessel – Renewing The Stockholm Train Control Center
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Hakan Hessel and Dag Nordenfors
1967 – Feb – Perry – Level Crossing Protection in NSW Railways
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EC Perry AMIRSE The State Government, recognising the increasing hazards to road users at level crossings diie to the day by day increase in the number of road vehicles, improvements to roads generally, and the consequent increased speed of vehicles, decided that in order to deal with the problem of improving conditions at level crossings in a practical manner and to ensure that any expenditure in connection with improvement was shared equitably with the various interests in the community, set up in February, 1960, a Special Level Crossing Fund for the purpose of financing initially the alteration, improvement or replacement of facilities at railway level crossings, or for the elimination of crossings where justified and an Inter-Departmental Level Crossing Committee comprising of representatives of the Department for Railways, Main Roads, Public Works, Local Government and the Treasury has been set up to recommend to the Minister for Transport, works which it is considered should be carried out,
1967 – April – Summary of Level Crossing Protection Discussion
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Summary of Level Crossing Protection discussion held at the 19th Annual General Meeting of the Australian Section of the IRSE. Brisbane, April 1967.
1982 – March – Sheldon – Communications Aspects of Metrol
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R Sheldon SMIREE Communication Section, VicRail The Melbourne Metropolitan Train Control Centre (METROL) has been established to co-ordinate all signalling and communications for the city loop and the suburban network. The author outlines the design philosophy for the communication system and describes the various sub--systems involved, including the post phone system and the train control telehone system. Emergency services and Maintenance facilities are discussed and the paper concludes by foreshadowing future developments.
2013 – March – Forbes – Solar Power for Railway Signalling and Communications
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Michael Forbes B Tech (Elect) MIRSE MIE(Aust) Australian Rail Track Corporation This paper looks at how solar photovoltaic power systems work, design considerations for stand-alone DC systems, application as used by Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and other railways, including operation in conjunction with Wind generators, and remote monitoring.