ERTMS commissioning in Australia
5/11/2007
WRSA successfully completed the wayside commissioning on the NSW ETCS pilot trial
Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia (WRSA) successfully completed the wayside commissioning for the InterOp (a WRSA and Bombardier Transportation Joint Venture) site on the NSW ETCS pilot trial.
InterOp is one of three companies shortlisted to carry out trials of bespoke equipment. The chosen test bed is on the Blue Mountains line. It is the most appropriate section of track to road test ATP due to the hills, curves and number of train movements on that line each day. The line consists of 10km of double track railway with distributed relay interlocking auto sections and an electro mechanical interlocking at Katoomba.
The project scope included the design, installation, testing and commissioning of ETCS Level 1 equipment between Wentworth Falls and Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. Included in the scheme were 13 Parallel Lineside Electronic Units (LEU's), 6 Serial LEUs, 1 Centralised LEU Concentrator, 34 Controlled Eurobalises and 37 Fixed Balise (supplied by Bombardier).
All the wayside engineering for this project has been completed in Australia by WRSA's design and project staff, providing a strong ERTMS/ETCS knowledge base for future opportunities in Australia.
The project is another excellent example of the global collaboration between companies within Invensys Rail Group, with experts from Dimetronic Signals providing valuable support based on their experience of installing ERTMS levels 1 and 2 on Spain's High Speed rail network.