198904 – Eaton – Perth Urban Rail Electrification Project Train Control Concept

The Perth suburban rail system consists of 3 lines that radiate from the Perth city centre. The Fremantle line runs westward to the port of Fremantle. The Midland line runs eastward to the foothills of the darling scarp while the longest and most heavily patronised line runs south-east to the suburb of Armadale.

As part of the decision to electrify the Perth suburban rail system a control centre will be established on the 4th floor of the Westrail Centre building, which is located 2 km from the Perth city centre on the Midland line.

This Integrated Operations Control Centre will control all aspects of the electrified railway, eliminating all the existing suburban signal boxes.

Due to timing constraints of the project and the expected time required to produce a full control system it was decided to provide a temporary control system from the Operations control Centre.