Traffic Management System And Passenger Information System Western

Traffic Management System And Passenger Information System Western Railway Experience

Contents § Need for an integrated control room § TMS - introduction § Visible Benefits to Customer derived from the project 2 © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. § TMS - functionality

Integrated control room - Why ? § Passengers’ concerns – Safe travel – Correct and timely information • More avenues of getting this information – Availability of travel options – Comfort 3 © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. – Punctuality

Integrated control room - Why (? ). . . 2 – Pass on correct information to station masters for safe & efficient train operation – Ensure trains run as per time table – Handle deviations in timetable factoring in unusual events/accidents. – Quick decision making to optimize line capacity – Ensure that ASMs execute Control Room instructions § What he really does? – Imagine the current condition in mind – Keeps updating his own picture in mind by taking fresh inputs from station masters. – Keeps filling arrival/departure time for trains at major stations – In times of emergency, decision-making takes time – limitations of latest information about the event 4 © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. § What is the controller supposed to do?

§ Modular § Robust § Open § Proven § Scalable 5 © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Traffic Management Systems

Train Planning Train Operation Train Control 6 © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS - Composition

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Modular, Open System TMS is not just a ‘auto charting’ 7

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Centralised Traffic Control 8

TMS-WR Functionality Overview – – – 9 State of the art Control Room Live Indications of station layout for close monitoring Interface with RVPU Alarms (Signaling / Traffic ) Train Describer System Timetable Systems Passenger Information Management Information Train Graph Log Replay Facility for investigation Remote Control Operations (CTC) © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. § Traffic Management System (TMS) for Railway Control Room Applications

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. WR traffic controller before TMS 13

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS-WR Control Room 14

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Typical Operator Station 15

TMS Live Indication - Churchgate Route Set Rake # Signal Aspect Slots 16 Diamond crossing Points © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Train #

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Train Describer System 17

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Remote Control DDR 18

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Alarms 19

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Log Replay 20

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS - Passenger Information 21

TMS - Passenger Information Destination Sch. Time EIM Mode Coach © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Pf 22

TMS - Passenger Information - 2 Destination Sch. Time EIM Mode Coach © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Pf 23

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. TMS Management Information Train Control Chart 24

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Major benefits from the project § Real time information on train traffic available on Projection screens and also on Controllers workstations § Controller now ‘CONTROLS’ the traffic instead of recording and working the phones § Failure analysis based on Log & replay facility § Generation of MIS reports – Train Control Charts, Punctuality reports, Train Graphs and Failure reports § Multi-pronged communication facilitates better handling of unusual incidents – Motorman/guard to control room – Motorman to motorman – Motorman to guard 27 © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. – Nothing is left for imagination since updated information is available leading to safety enhancement.

Major benefits from the project (passengers) § Then § Now – Passengers now know when their train is arriving (Expected in Minutes) – Multi-level dissemination of train information • • • Indicators on platforms VDUs on strategic station locations Multi-lingual voice announcements – Information about next 2 trains per platform – Automatic announcements ensure timely and correct information – Better forecasting is possible 28 © Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. – Passengers waited on FOB to find which train would come first – Passengers had information about only single train per platform – Occasional errors in making announcements

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