The Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) South Australia Chapter invites you to join them for a local joint meeting (along with IRSE/PWI/RTAA) in person on 1 September 2022 from 5:45 pm to 9:00 pm.

Programme

• Train Order Working System Rationalisation (TOWSR) Project
  In NSW and Victoria, ARTC currently has four sections on the rail network that use train order working systems to manage movement of rail traffic. These operate using both PTOS – Phoenix Train Order System, and the TMACS – Train Management And Control System. This project fulfils a key strategic item in the ARTC Digital Strategy to consider rationalisation of legacy train control interfaces. This presentation will provide an outline of the TOWSR Project. Review how it will deliver in terms of system consolidation, and operational efficiencies. It will explain the staged implementation aligned with Network Control Centres, and how it achieves the projects objectives leveraging the platform of existing technology and industry capability.
• Completion of the Gawler Rail Electrification Signalling project
  This presentation will focus on the signalling aspects of the project.
• Complimentary Cocktail Food and Refreshments will be provided after the presentations

Register to attend here.

(Please note this is a “Face-to-Face” meeting – No webinar is provided)

Speakers

Paul Furniss FIET FIEAust, Operational Technology Project Consultant, Australian Rail Track Corporation
Paul is a Chartered Professional Engineer with experience in the UK and Australia spanning three decades. He has held influential roles with a focus on technology, engineering, and asset management primarily in the rail signalling and communications, and train control disciplines. His skills target the application of innovative solutions across a range of integrated technologies and systems, within a business context, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. The current role for ARTC, Paul is leading 2 priority projects for the Operational Technology Team. These are the Telemetry Obsolescence Project upgrading telemetry at hundreds of locations across the ARTC network, and the Train Order Working System Rationalisation Project which is the topic for this presentation.

Connor McDonnell, Signalling Work Package Manager Siemens Mobility Pty Ltd
Connor McDonnell, before starting within the rail industry, completed a Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering at RMIT University. To begin his journey into rail he started with Siemens Mobility under secondment from the Graduate Program at Rail Projects Victoria. At Siemens, Connor started as a Signalling Design Engineer working within Melbourne Metro projects such as Hurstbridge Line Upgrade Stage 2 and various Level Crossing Removals. More recently he has taken on the role of Signalling Work Package Manager within the Adelaide Gawler Rail Electrification Project for all the post commissioning works.