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www.thalesgroup.com

Exploiting C-DAS in the Traffic Management system

Ben Pritchard

2 /2 / The Focus of This Presentation

TMS => C-DAS Schedule and routing updates Linespeed updates in respect

of ESRs Train location requests.C-DAS => TMS Train set-up data Train location and speed Changes to Train

performance data (e.g. arising from defects)

Predicted arrival / passing times for Timing Point locations

Current Driving Support System state

Delay attribution code

Source: Functional Requirements for C-DAS, CCMS2: 63084381 v1.2, Network Rail

3 /3 / Agenda

• What is Traffic Management

• Integrating DAS with TMS

• The Future of the C-DAS and TMS integration

4 /4 / Lever frame > NX Panel > IECC > ARAMISUK Traffic Management

Lisbon OCC – delivered by Thales

Lever frame

NX Panel

IECC

A Major Business Transformation

Focus is to improve operational performance & capacity

5 /5 / Traffic Management System

TMS

6 /6 / Traffic Management System - Conflicts

Conflict Detection

Runs in real-time with updated plan Quicker visual identification of conflict and type

Occupancy

Availability

Connection Displayed on various screens

Conflict Resolution – 3 Modes

Manual: e.g. drag and drop on Train graph Assisted:

TMS can present possible options and user selects

User can simulate effect of change before committing it Automatic:

Based on configurable rules, e.g. location, train characteristics, conflict type

Easily activated / de-activated by user

Solutions include “change track”, “change platform”, “waiting”

7 /7 /7 Benefits Realisation – ÖBB Austria Case Study

1 Network Management Centre Traffic coordination on the network All information about the traffic situation on the network International boundaries

5 Operation Management Centres Disposition and control of traffic Regional traffic management Customer information Technical service-centre

8 /8 / Benefits Realisation – ÖBB Austria Case Study

Key Benefits

Increased Productivity Productivity of employees increased from 45,000 km per year

to 120,000 km per year (2.5 time increase)

Increased Punctuality Salzburg implemented 2009 (data 2010 to 2011)

Long distance passenger services increased by 9.5 percentage points to 82.3%

Short distance passenger services increased by 3.3 percentage points to 95.2%

Austrian network (data 2010 to 2011) All services combined increased by 2.4 percentage points to

96.6%.

Reduced Carbon Footprint 313,500 road vehicles shifted to ROLA (trailers on flat cars) in

2009 decrease of 60.000t CO2

9 /9 / Benefits Realisation – Other Examples

Key benefits

Reduced carbon foot print

Integration with driver advisory systems delivering significant energy savings . Energy saving on the trains using Lötschberg Tunnel delivering 12.4% savings

Capacity Significant capacity improvements realised e.g.

greater than 24 tph in normal service now achieved on the S-Bahn at Stuttgart

10 /10 / Model Office Overview

Thales / Network Rail Facility

Key Element within Network Rail Traffic Management Prototype activity

London based – encourage stakeholders to drop in

Extremely valuable activity in building confidence in technical solution

early stakeholder engagement

NR 3 Evaluation teams. 3 month evaluation

Several hundred visitors to the facility

11 /11 / Connected DAS

Current Situation

Investment in DAS systems is increasing; Standalone systems . e.g. First Great Western

Integrated systems. (ETCS – DAS) e.g. Lotschberg Standalone systems can deliver significant

improvements in energy efficiency , timetable adherence, driver communications & passenger perception

Value diminishes during times of disruption

TMS Integration with DAS (C–DAS)

The ability of TMS to maximise performance, capacity and energy efficiency increased through Connected DAS systems

Drive to current plan not plan at beginning of day Some disparate solutions already available Works in a Fragmented Industry

Industry sees merit of connected DAS Thales has an existing integrated demonstration in its

Model Office

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Traffic Management

System

DAS

Traffic Management

System

DAS

S-DAS C-DASC-DAS+

Feedback

Traffic Management

System

DAS

Types of Implementation

13 /13 / Future Development for UK

Algorithms

Open Architecture Lotschberg Tunnel using third party

algorithms to drive decision making

Utilise optimisation algorithms in TMS to feed into DAS

Automated decision making

Minimum operator engagement

DMI Integration

Convergence (?) with other DMIs

Artificial Intelligence

“Intelligent Trains” Balancing and optimising centralised

vs distributed decision making

14 /14 / Close

I hope I have shown:

What Traffic Management is

Why and how you might integrate DAS with TMS

Some ideas for the future of C-DAS and TMS integration