communications based train control conference london march 12 2014
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THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE FOR FUTURE RAIL
12th of March 2014 - The Hatton London
Thales Canada, David Dimmer, Technical Project Leader NGTC project Unife
London Overground and Crossrail, Duncan Cross, Deputy Operations Director
GTT Metro, Alberto Forchino, Technological project innovation manager
London Underground, Hugh Bridge, SUP ATC Engineering Manager
London Underground, George Clarke, Engineering Director
DB Netz AG, Klaus Rudiger Hase, Project Leader open ETCS
SNCF, Said El Fassi, Head of the Technical Direction IG-T & IG-sys
SNCF, Dr. Pierre Messulam, Director of Technology, Strategy and Regulation
Coventry University, Dr Alexeis Garcia-Perez, Lecturer in Business Information Systems
Mott Macdonald, Elaine Thompson, Principal Human Factors Engineer, Karl King, Head of Rail Control Systems
TPD Technologies, Paul Cheeseman, Director
ITCertifer, Gino Di Mambro, International Business Manager
B.C. Rapid Transit Company, Ian Graham, Manager, Operations Planning, Expo/Millennium Lines, Operations Planning
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Duncan Cross, Deputy Operations Director, London Overground and Crossrail
George Clarke, Engineering Director, London Underground
David Dimmer, Technical Project Leader NGTC project Unife, Thales Canada
Dr. Pierre Messulam, Director of Technology, Strategy and Regulation, SNCF
DAY ONE MARCH 12TH
8:35 Chairman’s Opening remarks
8.45 Increasing Railway efficiency: Next generation of train control systems for urban and main line European railway systems• Introduction of new technologies in the ERTMS• Further development of Urban train control systems, onboard and
and wayside equipment and associated standard interfaces.• Technical and operational synergies between the control systems
of the two domains• Expected impact, delivery, development and harmonizations Technical leader of the UNIFE coordinated project NGTC, David Dimmer, Thales Canada
9.15 Challenges of implementing Communications Based Train Control• Trial operations due to commence for Crossrail in 2018; three
stages during 2018-19 • How to interface ETCS Level 2 signalling• Migrating from CBTC to ETCS Level 3, when expected and what
to consider in design and implementation phase now• Trial and errors of managing interoperability• Procurement challenges and supplier relationshipsLondon Overground and Crossrail, Duncan Cross, Deputy Operations Director
9.45 Planning for the railway of the future • Strategic planning: an holistic approach to upgrading the railway• Meeting the growth in demand• Providing for a 24 hour metro• The constraints of an ageing infrastructure• Seeking to deliver demanding performance targets• The role of CBTC in the future railway system & what price
standardisation?London Underground, George Clark, Capital Programmes Directorate, Engineering Director
10.15 Coffee and Networking
10.45 Undertaking major signalling upgrades without impacting on the travelling customers: London Underground case study • Implementation strategies (overlay/dual fit) • Technical solutions• Migration approaches• Minimising service impact• Lessons learnt from existing LU upgradesLondon Underground, Hugh Bridge, SUP ATC Engineering Manager
11.15 How could openETCS help to integrate modern CBTC technology into the European Train Control System• More and more regions in Germany are looking for combined
mass transit, suburban,and regional traffic solutions• CBTC could be considered just as another “Class B System”• Integrate those functions on a mainly software bases with far
less additional hardware than conventional “Dual Mode” or “Bi-Standard” solutions
• open CBCT as an open Class B solution for openETCS?DB Netz AG, Dr. Klaus-Rüdiger Hase, Project Leader open ETCS
11.45 System modeling and holistic simulation • Optimising the design in interface with existing infrastructure
systems• Identifying and confirming performance targets• Optimisng cutover plan• Mitigating project risksSNCF, Said El Fassi, Head of the technical direction IG-T & IG-sys
12.15 ERTMS, the SNCF experience • The tuning of the system
• Operational feedback• Driving ergonomic
• Return of experience in cross border traffic• Thalys trains• Paris-Barcelona trains
SNCF, Dr Pierre Messulam, Director of Strategy, Innovation, Research and Regulation
12.45 Networking Lunch
13.45 Risk, Requirements and development: GTT case study• Risks in implementation and development• Data communication systems • Human integration and development• Communications failures• Safety and securityGTT Turin Metro, Alberto Forchino, Technological Innovation Project Manager
14.15 CBTC from the start, 28 years of Unattended Train Operation at SkyTrain in Vancouver (needs updating this below is correct) • Brief orientation and context of Vancouver (location, size, growth);• The 1980 decision to build an automated line (very daring!); some
of the basis for that decision;• Reference to the technology (Thales CBTC SelTrac inductive loop;
linear motor propulsion, etc.);• Initial opening in 1986 for Expo 86 (21 km, 15 stations);• Extensions through today, including Canada Line (separate P3
operation, but still UTO/CBTC), and Evergreen extension (11 km to open in 2016);
• Implications of UTO – more than the obvious; the positive and the negative;
• Public perception and acceptance (people don’t complain directly about the automation and UTO, but they still complain about service);
• Canada Line – different but the same;• Recent and future upgrades – sustaining a technologically
dependent systemB.C. Rapid Transit Company, Ian Graham, Manager, Operations Planning (Expo/Millennium Lines)
14.45 ERTMS Bridging the gap between technology and adoption: a Human Factors case study• Establishing the operational requirements for the transition
between ETCS Level 2 and the Class B train control systems• Establishing the technology requirements for the ERTMS/ETCS DMI
and investigated technology options and the factors that would need to be considered when choosing specific technology
• Identifying the risks and benefits for the integration of AWS/TPWS with the ERTMS/ETCS DMI
Mott Macdonald, Elaine Thompson, Principal Human Factors Engineer
15.15 Coffee and Networking
15.45 Challenges and successes of Independent Safety Assessment of new CBTC railways • Cost and time effective roll out of multiple CBTC metros – the
Chinese experience• Effective cross acceptance of existing systems• Using the iESM guidance for roll out on a “reference system”
approach • Identifying appropriate safety-related constraints TPD Technologies, Paul Cheeseman, Director
16.15 Reserved
16.45 The new European railway world• Liberalization and interoperability concepts • Reasons and the expected benefits • The new process to certify components and systems for ETCS • Situation several years after the first Directives ITALCertifer, Gino Di Mambro, International Business Manager
17.15 Reserved
17.45 Roundtable networking
Table 1Interoperability led by Karl King, Headof Rail Control Systems, Mott MacDonald
Table 2Human Factors - RSSB (to be confirmed)
Table 3Fall back systems - TPD Technologies, Director, Paul Cheeseman
18.30 End of conference closing remarks
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SPEAKERS
David Dimmer, Technical Project Leader NGTC project Unife, Thales Canada
David Dimmer holds a B.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Science from University of Toronto. He has been working in urban train control systems for 25 years, and has been a major contributor to the design of Thales’ SelTrac Communication Based Train Control system. He has had over 10 years experience in standardisation activities, participating in IEEE and IEC working groups. He was the lead representative for Thales in the MODURBAN (FP6) project.
Dr. Pierre Messulam, Director of Technology, Strategy and Regulation, SNCF
Pierre Messulam graduated in 1983 from « Ecole Normale Supérieure ». He holds a doctorate in the control of systems and a research masters in applied mathematics. He is an engineer within the « Corps des Mines ». Member of the national nuclear safety authority, he was in charge of safety inspection systems and security doctrine. He joined SNCF in 1989 and held progressively different positions of management within the group: director of the TGV workshop Chatillon, Director for infrastructure “Paris Rive Gauche”, Director of the Region Paris South-East. He then became Deputy Director General of the freight wagon Group “ERMEWA” in Geneva. Following to this, he was nominated Director of the High Speed Line Project “Rhine-Rhône” while being in charge at the same time of the rail signalling system ERTMS. Since the 1st of December 2010, Pierre Messulam is Director for Strategy, Innovation, Research and Regulation of SNCF Group.
Said El Fassi, Head of the Technical Direction IG-T & IG-sys, SNCF
He is graduated from ENSEEIHT INP Toulouse, France, in 1977. After working in radiowave link data communication system he joined design teams to develop driverless automatic train control system. He worked in particular on vital equipment and defined the vital computer and software technology. Frol 2007 to 2011 he was, head of the advanced studies department of Siemens Transportation Systems, he was in charge to develop innovative solutions among them the onboard energy storage system. Since 2011 he is head of the technical direction IG-T & IG-sys of SNCF, French Railway company.
Elaine Thompson, Principal Human Factors Engineer, Mott Macdonald
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist with over ten years experience as a Human Factors consultant in safety critical industries, specialising in rail. Skilled in leading projects and managing teams to deliver robust and practical solutions. Experience of working in a client role as intelligent customer, building consensus on HF issues and managing HF integration through the engineering design and build lifecycle.
Paul Cheeseman, Director, TPD Technologies
PAUL CHEESEMAN BSc (Hons), MIET, FIRSE, MSaRS is a career railwayman and Railway Systems Engineer specialising in engineering & safety management, and in particular the development and assessment of safety critical systems.He has more than 30 years experience of working on international railway projects including the development and application of computer-based technology. Paul enjoys playing a key role in system safety and independent assurance, especially in cross cultural environments. Previously he was the Global Technical Director of the Lloyd’s Register Rail business where he developed certification scheme against the requirements of the CENELEC family of railway application standards.He is now a director of the Technical Programme Delivery Group who are based in the UK and Hong Kong and operate worldwide. TPD provides technical consulting services on high profile, technically challenging projects involving complex safety critical signalling, communications and rolling stock technologies including CBTC, ERTMS, ETCS & GSM-R.
Gino Di Mambro, International Business Manager, ITCertifer
Born in 1949, degree in Electronics Engineering, I started my career in 1970 at FS (Italian Railways) as Trains Traffic Manager; afterwards I moved to the FS Information Centre as Responsible for user requirements of different projects, i.e. Automatic Timetable, Inno-vative Traffic Control Systems, Vehicle tracing & tracking, Fleet Management.Since 2001, I have participated to the Safety Assessment activities regarding the ETCS-ERTMS implementation on the high speed network in Italy and to the EU Group in charge to review the ETCS operational rules.In 2005 have joined Italcertifer, the European Notified Body where I am still working: this Company perfors certification activities of components, subsystems and systems for railway use, in Europe and mainly in non-European Countries (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, India, China, Australia, Arabian United Emirates,….)Since 1990 I have been also continuously involved, as Manager or Responsible, in working groups and projects regarding the railway sector within the UIC (Union International des Chemins de Fer), the European Commission, the ERRI (European Rail Research Institute) and the ESA (European Space Agency)All the above mentioned activities have allowed me to know deeply all technological systems used in the rail sector, the relative utilization norms (included TSI and CENELEC) and the applications in different Countries.
George Clarke, Engineering Director, London Underground
Responsible for the engineering across all disciplines within the Capital Programme of London Underground and the technical assurance as defined in the ROGS legislation, he has undertaken rail engineering roles in both the public and private sector during a career of over 30 years.In his early years he designed, tested and commissioned central control systems for mass transit railways before leading the acceptance of modern processor-based signalling interlocking systems into the Tube and leading an international standards initiative to harmonise signalling interlockings and principles. More recently responsible for the Engineering and Delivery management of major Line Upgrades with modern Communication based Train Control Systems at their heart.He has published many technical papers on the deployment of modern train control systems and the lessons to be learnt. Currently a member of the IET Railway Knowledge Network and an IRSE Council Member.
Dr. Hase is working for Deutsche Bahn since 2002, currently at DB Netz AG in charge of the “openETCS” project. Until 2007 he was managing DB’s regional EMU/DMU engineering group. Between 1987 and 1998 he used to work for AEG Transportation in Berlin and Pittsburgh, PA, (USA) before he became head of R&D for on-board electronics at Knorr-Bremse AG, Munich. In 2008 he launched DB’s international openETCS initiative, which has resulted in an ITEA2 project within EU’s EUREKA R&D program.
Hugh Bridge MBA CEng FIMechE has over twenty years of rail experience working for Interfleet Technology on major railway programmes, in the UK and overseas. For the last 8 years he has been working with London Underground in senior engineering management roles for the line upgrade programmes, including the Victoria Line, Deep Tube and Sub-Surface ATC upgrades.
Duncan is a railway operations professional, with over 25 year’s expertise in the safe operation of freight and passenger rail systems. He is currently leading the development of passenger train services for Crossrail and the creation of a World Class railway. He is also responsible for the safe operation of London Overground’s East London Line and for the operational expansion of the London Overground network.
Duncan Cross, Deputy Operations Director, London Overground and Crossrail
Klaus Rudiger Hase, Project Leader open ETCS, DB Netz AG
Tom is an experienced railway signalling engineer with a demonstrable successful track record in maintenance, projects, specification development, engineering safety management, national and international standards and business leadership.Tom is a UK Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) and a Fellow of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (FIRSE).
Tom Lee, Head of New Systems, RSSB Ian Graham is Manager, Operations Planning
(Expo / Millennium Lines) for B.C. Rapid Transit Co. Ltd., the TransLink subsidiary responsible for the operation and maintenance of the SkyTrain automated metro system in Greater Vancouver, Canada. With a B.A. in Urban Geography, and further studies in Business Administration at the University of British Columbia, Ian has been involved with operational planning for SkyTrain since early project design in 1982, continuing in the Operations department since opening for revenue service in 1986, when it became the first full scale driverless metro in North America, and one of the early pioneers globally. Responsibilities include planning and timetabling for regular and special event service, analysis of service delivery, operational documentation of ATC functionality, involvement in the specification and acceptance of several stages of ATC upgrades, and planning liaison with the regional transit authority (TransLink).
Ian Graham, Manager, Operations Planning, B.C. Rapid Transit Company, Operations Planning, Expo/Millennium Lines
PROJECT MANAGER GTT – Gruppo Torinese Trasporti S.p.A. 2004 – Present (9 years) Technological Innovation Project Manager for the group as a whole. Responsibilities cover all projects in the areas of Talacommunications, Video Surveillance, Security, Infomobility and R&D, such as EU funded projact as CARETAKER (FP6), VANAHEIM (FP7), SMART-WAY(FP7).
Alberto Forchino, Technological project innovation manager, GTT Metro
Hugh Bridge, SUP ATC Engineering Manager, London Underground
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