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Midlands Branch meeting IRO Annual Members’ Lunch 2013
The meeting, held in the East Midlands Trains Academy in Derby, included a talk on the Railway Technical Strategy by Francis How, technical director of the Railway Industry Association (RIA). The meeting was opened by Mike
Christelow, branch committee member, who outlined how the Rail Technical Strategy fits with the IRO Midlands’ theme for 2014 of developing a sustainable and future-proof railway for CP5 and beyond. This theme was expanded to great
effect by Francis How, who began by setting the context of the RIA, saying that the association has 170 members from across the board, including manufacturers such as Bombardier, signalling companies and contractors, as well as Network Rail’s consultancy arm. The RIA works with a number of other bodies including UKTI - the export side of the government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Francis continued with an examination
of the Rail Technical Strategy which expanded on ‘the four C’s’ - costs, capacity, customers and carbon. These four main challenges can be summarised as: Cost and carbon are inextricably
produced in 2012 was preceded by one in 2007, but technology and innovation are moving at a pace. The new strategy applies to the rail network in the UK but does not include LUL or light railway. It is a 25-year view and is supported by some funding which was approved in
CP5.The aims of the strategy are concentrated on vision, being technology-centric, and, people. There are six main areas of inclusion which can be seen at www.futurerailway. org.
Examples of areas of study were
given, e.g. the mass of trains and how it might be improved with lighter shells, cab ends and use of composite materials in construction. Optimal driving and the growing significance of DAS (driver advisory systems) has also come under scrutiny and any side-issues are also studied to enable overall improvement. Francis also illustrated how the
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over to GSM-R by this spring. The fact that the NRN licences were
to expire progressively between 2012 and 2015 gave impetus, and the South East of England has now fully cut over, with work progressing in the North of England and further completion in Scotland as well. The functionality of the system to
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ensure that rail emergency calls are made and received reliably has been the subject of extensive trials and consultation. Safety is enhanced by the immediacy of an REC. The direct communication between train and signaller in an urgent but non-emergency situation will also have considerable performance benefits, and it is anticipated that the system will, over time, significantly repay the investment. Delegates were also given the
opportunity to handle a demonstration cab radio module.
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technical strategy links to customers and their experience of the railway. Ultimately, he said, customers want to buy a journey i.e. car park ticket, train ticket, bus ticket, etc., rather than a series of individual transport mode events. Much of this is now available electronically but the railway has some way to go to embrace this opportunity. It is hoped that traffic management will eventually be a ‘closed loop’ thus increasing efficiency. This was
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South West Area: Modernising the Western Route – Swindon October 2012
linked. In simple terms, energy is costing more and the railway is consuming more of it. Reducing the carbon emissions of the industry against this background will be challenging. Capacity on the railway is a major issue
with much increased (and increasing) demand: • passenger journeys are up from 13 billion in 1995 to 21 billion in 2012
• freight journeys are up from 761 million net tonne kilometres in 1995 to 1.4 million in 2012 The overall rail strategy which was
a fascinating, revealing and comprehensive presentation, delivered with great aplomb. Our thanks go to Francis How and to Tony James of East Midlands Trains who hosted the event. Copies of the presentation are available on request from
julia.stanyard@
networkrail.co.uk.
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South West Area: Operations Experience Day – West Somerset Railway, Minehead October 2012
The GSM-R project The impending completion of the GSM-R project is revolutionising train to signaller communications, and this was a golden opportunity to learn directly about this £1.6 billion investment in the future. The talk was given jointly by Jason
King the Network Rail project manager and Northern Rail project manager Kevin Vince. A comprehensive description of the
system was presented, including the challenges that were met and overcome and the ongoing work to achieve a full cut
courses, publications and event programmes. In fact our industry
survey results showed 63 per cent of respondents (rail organisations) saw IRO accredited programmes as being of use in their organisation planning. The IRO also offers the only
professional academic qualifications for railway operators and offers a simple way of engaging self-development. All members have immediate access to free mentoring, free events and use of the Railway Operators Professional Operators Development (POD), a free skills and knowledge gap analysis.
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The IRO – delivering the whole spectrum of knowledge in rail operations In our recent corporate survey 70 per cent of respondents said they saw the IRO as being able to ‘provide employees with an overview not possible in the workplace’. We have captured the whole spectrum of knowledge in railway operations in
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