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Technical Meeting Papers

Technical Meetings are held three times per year.  Papers are available here for download.  You must be logged in to be able to download content.

Nathan Loriente

This paper discusses the strong points & areas of improvement for the signalling industry in Australasia, as perceived by this Track & Civil specialist. As a Track

Katherine Eastaughffe & Gary Foster

This paper provides an overview of the Australian development of an innovative low-cost solution for the provision of active signage at rural and

H Zhu, H Li, A Al-Juboori, D Wexler, C Lu, A McCusker, J McLeod, S Pannila & J Barnes

A comprehensive approach has been implemented in Sydney Trains railway network to control and

Zdenka Wright

In an age of ever increasing capacity demands and increased operational time pressures, so too we see an increased risk of Category ‘A’ SPADs associated with traditional

Richard Roberts

Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) is established with many suppliers providing systems compliant to international CBTC standards. The key principles are familiar

Neil Popplewell

Safe communication of information between railway signalling systems has always been an essential part of signalling system design. This has primarily been driven by the

Hugh Hunter

We have all suffered railway services being delayed or cancelled, and read about railway systems and operational services being criticised for being unreliable. In his paper,

Peter Burns

The train queue in its most familiar form – the timetable – has been around since the dawn of railways. From time to time rail authorities have sought to use it as the basis

Robert Baird and Alistair McWhirter

Most CBTC implementations are typically on high throughput metros or rapid transit lines where an at grade road rail interface (level crossing) would

Ian Hume

This paper examines the development of the SigView Train Control System (TCS) that has been deployed for VLine under the Regional Rail Link (RRL) Project.

Marcus Chadwick

Construction of the Regional Rail Link, a new regional rail line from Melbourne’s West to the City, has been completed. The Regional Rail Link project has been Victoria’s

Chris Wilkins, Chris Truscott & Keith Walker

One of the most dangerous areas in the Australasian Network are level crossings. Maintenance activities in this area add to this risk and

Mischa Nugent

Rail capacity and the lack thereof is currently an omnipresent issue discussed in the rail industry, government and society. The number of services that can be reliably

Kevin Davey

The Department of Infrastructure has used a systems engineering approach to develop a strategy and architecture for overhauling the various public transport technology

Duncan Bryce

This paper* will provide an overview of Victoria’s New Ticketing Solution (NTS) and includes the major components of the NTS, an introduction to NTS devices, an explanation

John Gifford, Trevor Moore & Joe Borg

Track Circuits have been an essential tool for signal engineers to implement signalling control systems for many years. Although jointless track

David Hickson & Nik Dimos

TransAdelaide’s Centralised Traffic Control & Passenger Information systems have recently been upgraded. The new system was commissioned in June 2006 by

George D Erdos

This paper is the final in a series to be made to the IRSE regarding TransAdelaide’s Centralised Train Control (CTC) replacement project. In this paper I will review the

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

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