Platform Train Interfaces: Improving Accessibility and Performance

Name: Platform Train Interfaces: Improving Accessibility and Performance
Start: 2018-10-30T08:30:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

30 October 2018
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Overview

As reported by the RSSB, incidents at the platform train interface (PTI) account for almost half of the total passenger fatality risk on the mainline railway network.

Attend the Platform Train Interfaces seminar to improve safety, accessibility and performance across your network. With increasing focus on accessibility for all passengers, learn about the latest engineering tools to improve this including gap fillers and platform extensions. Gain insight into the latest developments in door and rolling stock design to reduce the risk of accidents.

Meet with platform train interface experts from rail operators, rolling stock manufacturers and solution providers.

Attend this seminar to:

Hear case studies from rail organisations including Crossrail, High Speed Two (HS2), Network Rail, Heathrow Express and Transport for London
Find out how new development projects have improved passenger safety whilst reducing dwell time
Gain insight on innovations helping passengers “mind the gap” between the train and the platform
Improve the management of accessibility challenges posed by legacy infrastructure combined with modern train designs
Meet and discuss solutions with your peers and industry leaders including design engineers, fleet performance engineers and heads of safety and human factors

Key programme highlights:

Heathrow Express highlight lessons learnt from the application of lighting at the platform train interface
High Speed Two (HS2) reveal their plans for the passenger journey to be “step-free from street to seat”
South Western Railway give insights into their accessibility projects implemented
Transport for London discuss their recent project on reducing the length of door chimes to reduce risk of rushing passengers having accidents
RSSB share findings from recent research carried out on crossfall and platform markings

Seminar speakers include:

Andrew McNaughton, Chief Engineer and Technical Director, High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
Clive Jackson, Interim Operations Standards Manager, Heathrow Express
Dave Thomas, Lead Development Manager, Thameslink Programme, Network Rail
Frank Foley, Lead PSD Engineer, Crossrail Ltd
Justin Willett, Professional Lead, Operation and Performance, RSSB
Zoe Dobell, Project Engineer, Transport for London
David Polhill, Senior Rolling Stock Engineer – Interfaces, Rail Delivery Group

Technical Advisory Committee:
Frazer Scott, Systems Safety Manager, Govia Thameslink Railway
Robin Groth, Deputy Director, High Speed Two Interface, Department for Transport
Emma Bassey, Programme Manager, RSSB
Esther Olorunfemi, Head of Engineering – London Trams, Transport for London

With thanks to:
Railway Division, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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Day 1

08:30 - Seminar Programme

	TUESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2018
08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS Frazer Scott, Systems Safety Manager, Govia Thameslink Railway
	PLATFORM TRAIN INTERFACE (PTI) STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE
09:10	MANAGING SAFETY ON THE PLATFORM: AN INDUSTRY APPROACH Paul Leach, Lead Human Factors Specialist, RSSB Overview and rationale for the Rail Industry Standard “Passenger Train Dispatch and Platform Safety Measures” What these changes mean for the rail industry How RSSB supports its members apply the standard and enhance platform safety
09:35	INNOVATIONS FOR THE PLATFORM TRAIN INTERFACE Tamara Gordillo Carballo, Senior Business Engineer, Transport for London Toby Goodwin, Human Factors & Train Systems Performance Engineer, Transport for London Overview of Transport for London infrastructure Understanding human factor and engineering psychology Short and long term approach to improve the PTI, whilst improving performances
	IMPROVING PERFORMANCE WHILST MAINTAINING SAFETY
10:00	DELIVERING LEVEL ACCESS FOR THE THAMESLINK CORE David Thomas, Lead Development Manager, Thameslink Programme,* Network Rail* Reducing the dwell time and the need for level access Closing the gap: The engineering challenge Measuring the success
10:25	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
10:40	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:10 KEYNOTE	HS2: STEP-FREE FROM STREET TO SEAT Andrew McNaughton, Strategic Technical Advisor, High Speed Two (HS2) Why it makes such a difference to all passengers Why it’s equally vital for operation of HS2 What new technical and standards challenges it will bring
11:40	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
	DOOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FOR A SAFER PTI
11:45	PLATFORM SCREEN DOORS AND PTI ON CROSSRAIL CENTRAL SECTION Frank Foley, Lead PSD Engineer, Crossrail Introduction to Crossrail and system context Platform Screen Doors and the PTI Complexities and Challenges of delivering the system
12:10	THE BALANCE OF DOOR CLOSURE SAFETY RISKS ON AN ACCESSIBLE METRO Zoe Dobell, Senior Engineer, Transport for London Identification of the risks associated with door closure at the platform train interface Comparison of these risks by a six month trial on the Victoria line Deriving conclusions based on these risks whilst ensuring inclusive design
12:35	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
12:45	NETWORKING LUNCH
	IMPROVING PASSENGER AWARENESS OF THE GAP
13:40	LIGHTING THE GAP Clive Jackson, Interim Operations Standards Manager, Heathrow Express Shedding light on a rail industry challenge Innovating to beyond “Mind the Gap” Collaborating to improve safety and reduce accidents
14:05	PLATFORM CROSSFALL AND GRADIENT AND SAFETY MARKINGS Jordan Smith, Senior Human Factors Specialist, RSSB Justin Willett, Professional Lead, Operation and Performance, RSSB Where to put the yellow line: Two common defaults that include consideration of aerodynamic risk Where and how to influence public behaviour to highlight the hazard and mitigate the associated risks Identifying causes, infrastructure and operational options to decrease the risk of unplanned movements of wheelchairs and pushchairs
14:30	KEY TRAIN REQUIREMENTS: CAPTURING GOOD PRACTICE David Polhill, Senior Rolling Stock Engineer – Interfaces, Rail Delivery Group Remembering the good and bad experiences of new trains Insight into useful research carried out The importance of including good practice in addition to standards requirements
14:55	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
15:10	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS THE NETWORK
15:40	MERSEYRAIL: INTRODUCTION OF NEW TRAINS TO CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE NETWORK David Powell, Programme Director - Rolling Stock, Merseytravel
16:05	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
16:10 PANEL DISCUSSION	WHAT DOES THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY NEED TO DO TO ENSURE A SAFER AND EFFICIENT PTI Howard Parkinson, Director, Digital Rail Paul Leach, Lead Human Factors Specialist, RSSB Paul Bull, Senior Gauging Engineer, Network Rail Who is responsible for the Platform Train Interface: the operators, rolling stock manufacturers or the regulator? What standards and guidance would be useful regarding train floor and platform heights? Can the rail industry afford perfect safety?
16:45	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:00	END OF SEMINAR

Andrew McNaughton: Technical Director, HS2 Ltd

Since 2009 Andrew has led the specification, operational design, transport strategy and route development of HS2, the £55bn British high speed rail programme. He was Principal Witness before Parliament for the first phase Bill. He chairs the International Railway Union (UIC) World High Speed Rail Committee and advises other Governments on HSR and allied transport policy.

Prior to this he was Chief Engineer of Network Rail, accountable for overall safety and specification of the British rail network and chairing its investment committee. He chaired the EU Rail Research Council and the UIC Infrastructure Commission, and was vice chair of the EU Transport Advisory Group.

This followed a rail engineering, operational and general management career which started in 1973.
Andrew is an honorary professor of rail engineering at Nottingham University and a visiting professor of engineering at both Imperial College, London and Southampton University.

David Powell: Programme Director - Rolling Stock, Merseytravel

David Powell is a mechanical engineer with thirty years’ experience in the rail industry, working as a Project/Programme Director for the last twenty. He is currently leading the replacement of the Merseyrail fleet and associated modernisation of the railway’s infrastructure, including the introduction of a pioneering approach to the platform train interface. David has previously undertaken similar roles for Manchester Metrolink and Phase 1 of Nottingham Express Tramway as well as working on a wide range of other rail projects in the UK and overseas.

Frazer Scott: Systems Safety Manager, Govia Thameslink Railway

Frazer Scott is the Thameslink Programme (TLP) Systems Safety Manager for GTR, within the TLP Project Team, leading on the safety approvals and verification under the company’s SMS for the new Class 700 train and any associated infrastructure. Over the past 5 years he has ensured that the new Class 700 was safely introduced into passenger service on the Thameslink route through the company’s safety validation process, including the requirement for risk evaluation and assessment against the Common Safety Method, as well as numerous platform extensions, access-for-all station improvements and significant layout changes at key London stations.

David Polhill: Senior Rolling Stock Engineer - Interfaces, Rail Delivery Group

David Polhill joined British Rail in 1980 as a Technician Trainee and trained on the BREL Works in Derby and Shildon and at Cardiff Canton depot before a job in the drawing office. He studied for a degree in Engineering at this time and became a CEng in 1994. After further jobs at the Railway Technical Centre he moved to Bounds Green depot in London to help introduce the IC225 fleet.

After privatisation he went to Railcare Wolverton involved in crash repairs, refurbishment and overhaul.

In 2000 he went to Eurostar where I was involved in crash repair, refurbishment, mechanical systems train procurement and standardisation.

After 13 years he moved to ATOC, now Rail Delivery Group, to work on standards: British, railway and European. He is the custodian of the industry’s Key Train Requirements document, for the previous three issues.

Frank Foley: Lead PSD Engineer, Crossrail Ltd

Frank Foley started his career with Rolls-Royce, carrying out structural and mechanical design and analysis of offshore and dockside cranes.

In 1997, he moved to the Jubilee Line Extension Project as an M&E site engineer, and progressed to become Assistant Supervising Engineer for a number of railway systems, including the Platform Edge Doors (PEDs).
Subsequently, he joined Tubelines to manage the maintenance of the PEDs and the Signalling Control System.

Following a move into Signalling with Invensys Rail Systems (previously Westinghouse Signals) in Chippenham, he led their successful bid for the Crossrail C620 Signalling and Control contract in consortium with Siemens, and carried through to lead delivery of the contract.

In 2014, he joined CRL as Lead PSD Engineer at the tender evaluation and award stage, and hopes to remain through completion and handover.

Clive Jackson: Interim Operations Standards Manager, Heathrow Express

Clive Jackson is a career railwayman with over 35 years industry experience. This started with an Engineering Apprentice at British Rail in Crewe before he became a commuter, freight then high-speed Train Driver. He then moved into management roles and in 1997 was a founding partner of CCL Rail Limited becoming Managing Director in 2006. Clive has provided operational and safety consultancy to over 85% of UK train operators and worked overseas with the launch of Dubai Metro lines. He joined Serco Transport and in 2015 became their Global Head of Operations and Customer Service. In his time with Heathrow Express Clive has supported the decommissioning of the Old Oak Common depot and is now Interim Operations and Standards Manager.

Zoë Dobell: Senior Engineer, Transport for London

Zoë Dobell was the Project Engineer on the Victoria Line Door Chimes Project, conducting a 6-month trial into varying durations of door closure warning tones (or “chimes”). Prior to this, she conducted the feasibility studies into Rail Vehicle Accessible Regulations (RVAR) compliance on the Central, Bakerloo and Waterloo & City lines. Zoë Dobell is now a Systems Engineer on the Central Line Improvement Programme which, amongst accessibility improvements is also delivering a new AC traction system and train monitoring system.

Justin Willett: Professional Lead, Operation and Performance, RSSB

Justin Willett has enjoyed over 26 years on the railway in a variety of roles for a number of train operators in the South and Anglia regions. His roles have ranged from front line operations as a Train Driver back in 1992, through to Traincrew Management, Head of Driver Training, the Professional Head of Operations for South West Trains and now the Professional Lead for Ops and performance R&D at RSSB. During this time Justin has been lucky enough to have been involved and led activities for simulator procurement, the introduction of new trains, trade union negotiations, and the development and delivery of safety management systems. He is now in the fortunate position to support R&D in the area of Ops and Performance for industry through the portfolio at RSSB.

Paul Leach: Lead Human Factors Specialist, RSSB

Paul Leach is a Lead Human Factors Specialist at RSSB and Chartered Occupational Psychologist. He has worked in human factors for 12 years across safety critical industries such as rail, nuclear, oil and gas, energy, defence and healthcare. His expertise covers a full range of Human Factors topics including Human Factors analysis, safety culture, non-technical skills, organisational change, leadership development, accident and incident investigation and competence management. Paul was an author of the 2015 national strategy for the platform train interface, published by RSSB and was co-author for the Rail Industry Standard Passenger Train Dispatch and Platform Safety Measures.

Jordan Smith: Senior Human Factors Specialist, RSSB

Jordan Smith has worked at RSSB for nearly 3 years and has worked in Human Factors for over 8 years. Jordan leads on musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk and is currently investigating Health by Design best practice for the rail industry. Other work streams include the classification of human performance and organisational factors in incident investigation, PTI focused research, user-focused development of operational and risk assessment tools and the evaluation of more immersive technologies in rail training. Jordan previously worked in the automotive industry investigating the ergonomics of seat design and occupant comfort, alongside which he completed his doctorate.

Howard Parkinson: Director, Digital Rail Limited

Howard Parkinson is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) with a PhD in engineering from Manchester University. He has over 20 years railway experience from around the world. He is a director at Digital Rail Ltd and the Chairman of the IMechE Railway Division North Western Centre. At Digital Rail Ltd he is the lead on Autonomous Vision, Data Fusion and Intelligent Systems Engineering. He has been recently working on a Vision system for autonomously monitoring the Platform Train Interface to increase safety and reduce dwell time.

David Thomas: Lead Development Manager, Thameslink Programme, Network Rail

David Thomas has worked in Network Rail since 2008, and with the Thameslink Programme since 2009. He is currently Lead Development Manager for the High Capacity Infrastructure project, which is responsible for delivering innovative infrastructure solutions to support the future capacity and station dwell times in Central London for the 24 trains per hour Thameslink timetable. This includes new signalling technology, operational support tools and station enhancements. Level access has proven one of the more challenging elements to deliver, and David is keen to share lessons from Thameslink experience to allow this type of solution to be rolled out more widely.

Paul Bull: Senior Gauging Engineer, Network Rail

Paul Bull is a railway civil engineer currently supporting the Thameslink Programme. He is the lead engineer for the introduction of platform ‘humps’ delivering PRM compliant stepping to the new Class 700 fleet at central London Thameslink stations. The provision of level access has been primarily aimed at reducing dwell times (by speeding up boarding and alighting of persons of reduced mobility) and introduces flexible ‘gap-fillers’ for the first time on a main line, mixed traffic route. The gap-filler has been designed using probabilistic gauging techniques to reduce stepping but also allow the passage of larger vehicles.

Tamara Gordillo: Senior Business Engineer, Transport for London

Tamara Gordillo is a qualified Electronic Engineer with over ten years of experience in a wide range of industries across a range of systems including several years researching and developing innovative solutions to secure a patent. Over the past years she has been leading an engineering project to introduce a standard PTI mitigation solution that could be implemented in any LU platform independent the type of rolling stock or signalling system.

Toby Goodwin: Human Factors & Train Systems Performance Engineer, Transport for London

Toby Goodwin was the designer and Project Engineer of the Green Lane behavioural change trial at Kings Cross station in 2017, which aimed to reduce dwell times and improve safety through introducing a novel crowd control method on the Victoria line platform. With 18 years of TfL engineering experience in Train Systems Performance and Human Factors, Toby now works in the Business and Digital - Research and Development team, running stakeholder design sprints to develop and trial innovative solutions to key transport challenges.

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