The current NSW state government is committed to the delivery of fast and high-speed railways in the state, with the short to medium-term focus on upgrading and optimising existing routes with target train speed of 200 km/hour, and the medium to long-term focus on building new routes with train speed over 250 km/hour. While it […]
Come and join us to see firsthand the latest rail network operations control facility in Sydney! The NSW Government has invested in a state-of-the-art Rail Operations Centre (ROC) which will minimise delays and ensure when incidents do occur on the Sydney Trains rail network, customers receive better and faster information. The Sydney Trains ROC will […]
Come and join us to see firsthand the latest rail network operations control facility in Sydney! The NSW Government has invested in a state-of-the-art Rail Operations Centre (ROC) which will minimise delays and ensure when incidents do occur on the Sydney Trains rail network, customers receive better and faster information. The Sydney Trains ROC will […]
The RTSA’s biennial Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE) has firmly established itself in recent years as the premier technical event in the Australasian rail conference market, with a reputation for high quality papers covering a wide range of rail engineering, operations, planning and management topics. The RTSA is proud of CORE’s reputation for high quality […]
The Metro Tunnel Project is a major Enhancement to Melbourne’s Rail Network, it is being procured through a number of separate procurement packages the largest of which is the Tunnels and Stations Works Package. The Tunnels and Stations Works Package includes 9km of new rail tunnels, five underground stations, station fit-out, mechanical and electrical systems […]
Monash Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) 2020 Stephen Marich Annual Lecture in Railway Engineering The Stephen Marich Annual Lecture in Railway Engineering honours the contribution of Dr Stephen Marich to the railway industry over a period of 40 years. This is the 7th annual lecture as part of this series and is a key forum […]
The conference theme for 2020 is: ‘20/20 Vision for Rail’. Abstracts and papers will be reviewed by members of the AusRAIL Steering Committee which is compromised of the key members from the Australasian Railway Association (ARA); Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE); Railway Technical Society Australasia (RTSA); and the Rail Track Association Australia (RTAA). Key […]
Using The LCSIA Process To Improve Our Understanding And Better Manage Level Crossing Safety The New Zealand Government has adopted Visions Zero (crashes). While relatively rare, crashes between trains and motor-vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists are often severe, with a high probability of death. To achieve Vision Zero the current risk of crashes at level crossings […]
Signalling engineering can be bewildering. It is known as the ‘dark art’ of rail or the ‘special discipline’ that doesn’t follow the same rules as other types of engineering. It might seem like there is a fundamental discordance or dispute over basic objectives between signalling engineers and others in the rail engineering and construction communities. […]
The Newcastle Light Rail project is part of the Revitalising Newcastle program, with the NSW Government investing $510 million into Newcastle, through a coordinated program of planning, urban renewal and transport initiatives designed to draw people back to the city centre and reinvigorate the CBD. The project is designed to drive economic and job growth, […]
As a provider of rail services across a network that extends the length and breadth of New Zealand, KiwiRail has a significant physical and operational footprint. Social responsibility and environmental accountability are core to how KiwiRail does business. It’s commitment to good practice in these areas is driven by the KiwiRail value to 'Care and […]
Planning and engineering for the Christmas Block of Line KiwiRail frequently make use of reduced freight tonnage and passenger counts to complete major works following Christmas, they call this their Christmas Block of Line. This will typically entail 10 days with significantly reduced train movements, sometimes with no train movements depending on duration and time. […]
In the last 5 years, railway operators around the world have started to deploy new radio networks based on advanced radio mobile (LTE). Some of these implementations have followed the Mission-Critical Services (MCX) standards defined by 3GPP Releases 13 and 14; these are currently supporting railway operational voice services and Automatic Train Control applications. At […]
The Draft New Zealand Rail Plan has signalled a significant increase of financial investment in the rail sector and sets out high level proposals for a new planning and funding framework. Whilst very welcome, the challenge is to produce tactical and operational strategies to give effect to the strategic intent of the draft Plan. The […]
The handling of long heavy trains on track gradients is dependent on the performance of the brake and traction systems, and the train handling experience and route knowledge of the driver. The purpose of this presentation is to provide some understanding of the factors affecting the safe operation of heavy trains descending long track gradients. […]
