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Tuesday, 28 March 2023
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09:30
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Registration and Refreshments
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10:00
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Current challenges and how we are addressing them
Chair: Rory Dickerson, Senior Engineer, Traction & Rolling Stock, Network Rail
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10:00
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Chair’s Opening Remarks
Rory Dickerson, Senior Engineer, Traction & Rolling Stock, Network Rail
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10:05
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Keynote Address: Customer Perspectives on what’s needed from Gauging
Tim Shakerley, former Managing and Engineering Director, Freightliner (until January 2023)
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10:20
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The Importance of Gauge for Freight
Richard Moody, Programme Director, Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT)
- Why gauge is important for freight
- Incremental gauging
- Long–term ambition
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10:30
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The systems compatibility perspective - how to fit into the gauge
David Galloway, Network Technical Head, Systems Compatibility and T&RS, Network Rail
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10:50
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The meaning behind the standards - introducing the new landing page on RSSB’s website; what’s so PTI
Barry Tan, Principal Vehicle Dynamics Engineer, Rail Safety and Standards Board
- GB gauging standards – the suite and relationships
- The gauging landing page
- The platform train interface (PTI) and stepping
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11:10
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Question and Answer Session
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11:30
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Networking Break
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11:50
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Current improvements and what they will deliver
Chair: Rory Dickerson, Senior Engineer, Traction & Rolling Stock, Network Rail
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11:50
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How National Rail is improving the gauging process - changes planned for the key NR gauging standard 3203
Mark Ward, Principal Engineer, Network Rail
- Rationale for change
- How they are changing
- Timescales for change
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12:10
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Introducing the “new NGD” – the Railway Gauging Data Solution and the pain points it will resolve
Rebeka Sellick, Development Director, Cordel.ai
- Why do we need a new National Gauging Database?
- What's the RGDS and what will it do for me?
- What else could AI and automation do for gauging?
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12:30
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Question and Answer Session
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12:50
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Networking Lunch
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13:45
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Current opportunities and how we can exploit them in future
Chair: Rebeka Sellick, Development Director, Cordel.ai
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13:45
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Probabilistic Gauging
David Johnson, Technical Director, D/Gauge
- What is probabilistic gauging
- Where should we apply it
- What will it deliver
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14:00
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How does vehicle dynamic modelling fit into gauging
Ian Hills, Technical Director, Atkins
- How are gauging inputs modelled in Vampire?
- Why don’t we do the actual gauging in Vampire?
- What dynamic simulations are required for Probabilistic Gauging?
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14:15
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Panel Discussion: What would an ideal gauging process look like and what are the next steps to get there? Has today opened any new points?
Ian Hills, Technical Director, Atkins; David Johnson, Technical Director, DGauge; Barry Tan, Principal Vehicle Dynamics Engineer, Rail Safety and Standards Board; Mark Ward, Principal Engineer, Network Rail
- Help shape “Probably, the best future optimisation”
- What is the Probabilistic Gauging concept?
- Call out for T&RS designers, operators and maintainers to help implement Probabilistic Gauging to maximise rail system capacity and optimise infrastructure investment
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14:50
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Chair’s Closing Remarks
Rebeka Sellick, Development Director, Cordel.ai
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15:00
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End of Seminar
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