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pdf0 2014 - March - Blakeley-Smith - Forty Years of 25 kV Electrification in Australia

Andrew Blakeley-Smith BSc (Hons), MIEAust, MIRSE


Director, Andrew Blakeley-Smith & Associates

The first 25kV system planning in Australia started in 1974 for Adelaide but the

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Size 1.87 MB
pdf1 2009 - April - Bartlett - Port River Expressway Road and Rail Bridges Project Overview and its Challenges

David Bartlett B.E, B.Ec

Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure

The Port River Expressway (PRExy) opening bridges are the centre piece of a significant upgrading

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Size 628.79 KB
pdf2 2010 - Oct - McCarthy - Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel Project : Preferred Station Locations

Adele McCarthy Deputy Project Leader, Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel Project

Victorian Department of Transport

The Victorian Government has a plan to move Melbourne's rail

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Size 3.09 MB
pdf3 1993 - April - McDonald - Westect : Responsive ATP for QR

Wayne McDonald, BE(Elec), MlRSE

Manager, Research & Development Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. (Aust.) Ltd.

This paper reviews the particular requirements of an ATP system

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Size 652.61 KB
pdf4 1993 - Nov - Taylor - Alternative Safe Working (ASW) Development & Operations

Maurice Taylor

Project Safeworking Officer A.S.W.

A large part of our responsibility as Train Controllers has been to influence the design of the system to suit the operator.

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Size 199.33 KB
pdf5 1991 - Aug - Balck - Graphic Presentation of Timetable - A Way to Control Traffic

Raymond Balck A.I.R.C.E

EB Signals Pty. Ltd.

For some types of information, people seem to prefer analog presentation compared to digital presentation. This is so particularly

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Size 311.51 KB
pdf6 2009 - April - Forbes - Port River Expressway Dry Creek to Outer Harbor ReSignalling

Michael Forbes B. Tech. (Elect.), MIRSE, MIEAust, CPEng

ARTC Services Company

The Port River Expressway project (PRExy) involved upgrading the road and rail transport

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Size 698.11 KB
pdf7 2011 - July - Szacsvay - The Elephant and the Flea - Living with Traction Return

Paul Szacsvay BE (Elec) M Admin FIRSE

Rail Corporation NSW

Traction supply and distribution systems, electromagnetic interference from AC traction supply systems, electrolysis

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Size 474.3 KB
pdf8 1992 - Nov - Wang - SMRT Training of Staff for the New Railway

Yip Seck Wang

The idea to build a rail transit system first surfaced In Singapore In the early 70's. A comprehensive study to examine land use and transportation needs in the light of

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Size 592.13 KB
pdf9 1987 - March - Small - Overview of North Island Main Truck Electrification

A.F. SMALL, M.E. Ph.D C. Eng., M.LC.E, M.NZ.LR, F.C.I.T.

GROUP MANAGER (PREIGET BUSINESS GROUP) NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS CORPOMTION

The electrification of the North island Main

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Size 853.5 KB
pdf10 2002 - August - Riedel - QR Maintenance : A New Direction

Scott Riedel B Eng (Hons) R. P. Eng

Manager Trackside Systems, Regional and Systems Support, QR.

In response to customer expectations of reduced costs and increased safety and

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Size 2.82 MB
pdf11 2014 - March - Mariapon - Safe and Reliable Signalling Power Supplies

Johnson Mariapon MIEAust, CPEng, RPEQ, Assoc.MIRSE

Aurizon

As contemporary railway signalling adopts more and more sophisticated electronics, incorporating communication

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Size 1.37 MB
pdf12 2007 - July - Samaan -A Position Paper on Software Validation and Dependability for Safety Critical Systems

Noel Samaan, PhD Senior Member IEEE (USA), Member IEE (UK), CPEng

R&D Software Systems Group Ansaldo STS

As the reliance on software is significantly increasing in railway

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Size 130.95 KB
pdf13 1989 - Nov - Stepniewski - An Application of SSI to Epping

R.T. A. STEPNIEWSKI MIRSE

GEC ALSTHOM AUSTRALIA LTD.

Many papers have been published on the subject of the British Railways Solid State Interlocking (SSI). It is, therefore,

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Size 693.84 KB
pdf14 1989 - July - Hurford - Centralised Control on the London Underground

N . HURFORD F. I. R. S. E.

LONDON TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL

Centralised control and allied supervisory and monitoring systems have been an essential part of the operational

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Size 542.7 KB
pdf15 1998 - Nov - Grady - Jolimont Rationalisation Project

Norm Grady

Project Manager, JRP

The Jolimont Rationalisation Project (JRP) is a multi-element project which has permanently changed the operational characteristics of the

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Size 315.85 KB
pdf16 1996 - July - Thornton - Australian Submarine Corporation - Logistic Support in a Commercial Environment

Jock Thornton

Australian Submarine Corporation

In June 1987, the Royal Australian Navy let a contract to the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) to design and build six

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Size 871.34 KB
pdf17 2000 - March - Detering - Transport Reform in Victoria

R.H.Detering FIRSE

Rahden Pty Ltd

The provision of government owned rail transport facilities within Victoria has undergone significant reform during the last decade. The pace

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Size 569.75 KB
pdf18 2005 - Oct - Halinaty, Whitwam & Chui - Challenges of Implementing CBTC on an Existing Railway ( SelTrac Comes to the London Underground )

Mark Halinaty, Managing Director, Alcatel TAS UK

Firth Whitwam, Director, Product Strategy, Alcatel TAS CIT

P.L. Chiu,

Business Development Manager, Alcatel Canada

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Size 166.79 KB
pdf19 1998 - March - Deveney - Overview of the AWARE Communications System

Tom Deveney Dip. Communications Engineering RMIT FIRSE

National Rail Corporation

This paper provides an overview of the "Australia Wide Augmented Radio Environment" (AWARE)

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Size 687.48 KB