Traffic Management Systems: Making the most of them

Name: Traffic Management Systems: Making the most of them
Start: 2018-06-26T08:30:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

26 June 2018
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Overview

With traffic management systems (TMS) being used in both underground and mainline railway, now is the time for the industry to understand how to optimise their use in rail.

Hosted with the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, this is the only seminar to focus on TMS and the implications of their use for all types of rail. Hear about the latest trials of TMS on mainline rail as well as taking back lessons learnt from underground use. Gain insight into the vision for the Digital Railway and the implications for your infrastructure and train borne signalling systems. Understand the management of factors such as safety margins and braking that will be needed to support the modern Digital Railway.

Engage with key players in rail from signalling engineers to rolling stock operators from across the UK and Europe to discuss the future of Traffic Management Systems.

Attend this seminar to:

Hear from leading organisations in rail with their perspective on the systems including Network Rail, Transport for London, European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and Rail Delivery Group
Gain greater clarity into traffic management systems and how they can benefit the running of your systems
Learn about current use of TMS on the underground and trials on the mainline and take back lessons learnt to your organisation
Gain best practice in managing safety margins when applying different signalling systems
Network and engage with key players in traffic management systems such as train operators, rolling stock manufacturers, systems engineers and regulators

Key programme highlights:

ERA share the implications of TMS within the wider European context
Hear an international case study on optimising traffic management from Swiss Federal Railways
Transport for London discuss deployment of TMS on London Underground and its applicability to mainline rail
Network Rail share the plans for Digital Railway technology developments
Hear about the RSSB sanding trial carried out by the Rail Delivery Group

Key speakers include:

Andy Doherty, Chief Rail Technology Officer, Network Rail
Ivan Curties, Principal Project Engineer (Control & Information), Transport for London
Daniel Achermann, Senior Expert on Traffic Management Systems, Swiss Federal Railways
Pio Guido, Head of the European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS) Unit, European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)

Organising Committee:

Railway Division, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Member Credits:
James Collinson, Director, Network Certification Body (NCB)
Rashid Wahidi, Head of Plant and Traction & Rolling Stock, Network Rail
Andrew Simmons, Chief Systems Engineer, Digital Railway
Iain Flynn, Independent
Martin Fenner, Head of Control Systems, SNC-Lavalin
Graham Neil, Professional Head of Vehicles, Transport for London Engineering
George Clark, Director Of Engineering, Transport for London Engineering

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Day 1

08:30 - Seminar Programme

	TUESDAY, 26JUNE 2018
08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS James Collinson, Director, Network Certification Body (NCB)
	THE VISION FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (TMS)
09:10	INTRODUCTION TO THE DIGITAL RAILWAY SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS Vish Kalsapura, Principal Engineer, Digital Railway The System of Systems Architecture Traffic Management as part of the System of Systems System boundaries and interfaces
09:40	LONG-TERM EVOLUTION OF TMS: COMPATIBILITY WITH ERTMS Pio Guido, Head of the European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS) Unit, European Union Agency for Railways
10:05	INTEGRATED TMS: A SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS BENEFITS & EXPERIENCES Mark Rocky, Business Development Director, Transportation, Indra
10:30	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
10:45	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
11:15	TMS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO NETWORK RAIL Ivan Curties, Principal Project Engineer (Control & Information), Transport for London Why TMS is easier on London Underground The layers that can make up a total TMS and their applicability to mainline rail Architectures and their support of automation and degraded modes
11:40	EARLY UK TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DEPLOYMENTS: BENEFITS, STATUS AND LESSONS LEARNED Andy Bourne, Senior Technical Director, Arcadis
12:05	THE CHALLENGES OF DELIVERING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ONTO A COMPLEX OPERATIONAL DIGITAL RAILWAY Andy Powell, Senior Technical Authority, Siemens
12:30	THE SWISS WAY TO OPTIMISE CAPACITY FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Daniel Achermann, Senior Expert on Traffic Management Systems, Swiss Federal Railways SBB Using TMS to slow down investment in new infrastructure, save more than 3% p.a. in energy costs and increase the density of traffic by 10% How digitalisation could increase the capacity of the Swiss track network by up to 30 percent Learnings on how to develop a traffic management system into a mainstay for advanced railway operations
12:55	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
13:10	NETWORKING LUNCH
	OTHER SYSTEMS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE MODERN DIGITAL RAILWAY
14:10	INSIGHT INTO DIGITAL RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS Andy Doherty, Chief Technology Officer, Network Rail
14:35	PREDICTABLE AND OPTIMISED BRAKING: A CHALLENGE FOR SUCCESSFUL MAINLINE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OPERATION Neil Ovenden, Engineering Supply Chain Lead, Rail Delivery Group The importance of stopping trains in a predictable and repeatable fashion in allowing high capacity traffic management systems to fully realise their benefits Managing the common seasonal problems impacting mainline rail Insight into recent R&D deliveries related to predictable and optimised train braking
15:00	ELIZABETH LINE: WHY LONDONERS NEED EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Russell Parish, Strategy and Performance Manager, TfL Elizabeth Line Operations Integrating a new high frequency, high capacity metro service with established mainline operations; The challenges of operating with multiple infrastructures, traffics and technologies Opportunities of traffic management systems and the benefits for Elizabeth Line’s customers
15:25	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
15:35	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
16:05	CUMULATIVE RISK: SAFETY MARGINS AND THE LONDON UNDERGROUND EXPERIENCE Ian Hersey, Senior Engineer – Signalling, Transport for London and Matthew Hattersley, Discipline Engineer (Signalling), Transport for London Safe Braking Models: An overview of the elements that need to be considered as a complete railway system Analysis of where double-counting can arise and why this can lead to reduced performance. Optimising the Safe Braking Model: London Underground’s experience
16:30	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
16:35 Panel Discussion	THE FUTURE OF TMS FOR RAIL Pio Guido, Head of the European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS) Unit, European Union Agency for Railways Andy Bourne, Senior Technical Director, ARCADIS Russell Parish, Strategy and Performance Manager, TfL Elizabeth Line Operations Where is the GB ‘guiding mind’ for TMS and enabling it to function safely and effectively as part of the broader digital rail system? How can cumulative risk enable TMS to recover perturbation effectively? How can rail vehicle engineers work with signalling engineers to minimise the unnecessary levels of safety margins?
16:55	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:00	END OF SEMINAR

Andy Doherty: Chief Technology Officer, Network Rail

Andy Doherty is the Chief Technology Officer for Network Rail, providing the vision and leadership to its technology strategy, and leading Engineering interaction with the UK railway industry and within the European railway sphere. Andy is chair of the UK Vehicle Track System Interface Committee, and a member of the cross industry Technical Strategy Leadership Group. Andy is chair of a number of European Associations and Committees; he represents the entire European railway operating community as the Chair of ERRAC (European Rail Research Advisory Group) and with the ERA (European Railway Agency) as chair of the Group of Representative Bodies in Interoperability and Standardisation issues. Andy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers 2014, he is an Electrical Systems Engineer, with expertise in; the railway system, rolling stock design, the mechanical interface between the train and track, transmission based signalling systems such ETCS and electro magnetic compatibility. Andy is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield, and Southampton Universities.

Russell Parish: Strategy and Performance Manager, Transport for London

Russell Parish is Strategy and Performance Manager for Transport for London (TfL) with responsibility for the operational performance of the brand new Elizabeth Line linking Reading and Heathrow Airport with Central London, Abbey Wood and Shenfield. Since joining TfL in 2013, Russell has been responsible for performance of the successful London Overground network and TfL Rail operations. Prior to this Russell has held roles in performance and operations management in the mainline railway and aviation maintenance sectors.

Mark Rocky: Business Development Director - Transportation, Indra

Mark studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at UMIST, Manchester, and is a qualified “Project Management Professional” (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. While trained as an Electrical Engineer, Mark has worked in Technical, Project Management and Business Development roles throughout his career. In his 16 years at Indra Mark has worked in projects within the transport industry in Spain and above all internationally, where he has been responsible for many major projects in Rail, Road and Public Transport systems. While he has worked worldwide, he is currently focussed on the UK & Ireland markets which are strategic to Indra.

Daniel Achermann: Senior Expert on Traffic Management Systems, Swiss Federal Railways SBB

Daniel Achermann completed a professional apprenticeship as a station manager with a focus on traffic management and graduated from the School for Transport and Communication. He has worked in the rail industry in various fields of operations and traffic management and is a member of the RCS project team and subproject manager in SBB’s Rail Operating Centres programme. He also participated in the development and implementation of an integrated rail operating centre in the UK. Current activities include stakeholder management, the benchmarking programme and third-market activities for infrastructure operations at SBB.

Vish Kalsapura: Principal Engineer, Digital Railway

Vish has more than 25 years’ experience in overseeing technology programs and possess an in-depth understanding of emerging technologies and their commercial applications in Railway, Engineering and Defence sectors. He is a control systems expert and has worked on signalling and control projects both on mainline railway and London Underground systems. He is currently working as a lead architect for Traffic Management and Connected Driver Advisory systems for Digital Railway. His interests are Command, Control and Signalling, Cyber technologies and System Integration. He is a member of IET and IRSE.

Ivan Curties: Principal Project Engineer (Control & Information), Transport for London

Ivan Curties is an accomplished real-time communications and control systems engineer with over 25 years experience in the railway and finance sectors; delivering multiple, complex real-time systems into brown field sites from feasibility to revenue service. This experience includes solving of numerous migration, performance, interface, safety and process issues that inevitably occur when transforming labour intensive legacy systems to modern automated systems. He has project experience with migrating Jubilee, Metropolitan, Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines to new control systems as well as TMS for Network Rail at Romford and Cardiff.

Ian Hersey: Senior Engineer – Signalling, Transport for London

Ian Hersey is currently managing and assuring signalling product approvals for TfL Engineering. He joined London Underground as a graduate engineer on the rolling stock training scheme in 1993. He worked on reliability investigations, designed modifications and oversaw electrical repairs and testing on several different stocks before moving into Line Upgrades in 2007. He was part of the team that introduced new moving block ATO signalling systems onto the Jubilee & Northern lines, supporting and undertaking independent assurance activities, and developing a good understanding of the interactions between trains, signals and operators.

Neil Ovenden: Engineering Supply Chain Lead, Rail Delivery Group

Neil Ovenden has been the chair of the GB mainline rail industry’s Adhesion Research Group since it was first setup in 2011. Neil’s career on the railways started in 2003 when he was appointed to lead a small team of fleet engineers at South West Trains, he is currently part of the Planning, Engineering and Operations team at Rail Delivery Group, supporting all of its members in their delivery of Today’s and Tomorrow’s Railway. Neil’s focus includes, but is not limited to, rail safety and performance issues around adhesion, train energy, on-train systems, supply chain excellence and assurance etc.

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