Saudi Arabia. Bader Alatni, Saudi Railways Torsten Thake, Thales UIC, Stockholm, 25th April 2012

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1 ERTMS Implementation ti in Saudi Arabia Bader Alatni, Saudi Railways Torsten Thake, Thales UIC, Stockholm, 25th April 2012

2 2 / CONTENTS Contents t 1. Introduction 2. Geography 3. Why ERTMS? 4. GCC development plans 5. Environmental challenges 6. Main technical features 7. Technical challenges 8. Status of works 9. Technical elements and systems 10. Operation/maintenance 11. Achievements and conclusion

3 3 / INTRODUCTION Introduction: Expansion of industrial development 5.2 million tonnes of Phosphate and 4 million tonnes of Bauxite Develop passenger services Link to the UAE

4 4 / GEOGRAPHY AL HADITHA AL JALAID AL BASAYTA CTW300 ~600km AZ ZABIRAH HAIL BURAYDAH AR RIYADH RAS ALKHAIR JUBAIL CTW400/410 ~530 km CTW100/110 ~685 km CTW200 ~460km

5 5 / WHY ERTMS? Interoperability with other countries: support Saudi expansion programme, GCC¹ project connecting Saudi-Arabia with Qatar, Bahrain, UAE and Kuwait, future connection with Europe via Jordan & Turkey. Support of operation by continuous supervision and access of trains : automatic manipulation of train routes, in-train condition alarm via interlocking and RBC interfaces, combination of telecom and signalling in most efficient i method, optimized train condition supervision, introduction of computer optimised train operation with automatic weight based loading fee calculation, and train composition detection with RFID² Tag readers for up to 250km/h. ¹ GCC: Great Cooperation Council ² RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification

6 6 / GCC DEVELOPMENT PLANS

7 7 / ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES Extreme temperatures variations (- 5 to + 54 C) Environment challenges: Maximum wind speed 90 km/h and sand movements Impact on installed infrastructure: contaminated ballast layer, impact on system elasticity, impairment in balise performance, difficulty in smooth point machines operation. Specific maintenance procedures are required: special design for Point Machines to cope with rough conditions (IP67 isolation). Security of installations: CCTV coverage of all buildings and shelters installed.

8 8 / MAIN TECHNICAL FEATURES Track technical features Maximum design speed : 250 km/h Mineral Line : Length 1379 km, max operating speed 110 km/h Passenger Line : Length 995 km, max operating speed 200 km/h Planned Train lengths and consists Freight trains : 2,865m consisting of 165 wagons & 3 locomotives Gradients Loaded Mineral trains direction maximum 0.5%. Passenger, general freight and empty mineral train direction 1.5% Ballasted track with concrete sleepers. Gauge:1.435m standard UIC gauge. Rail Type: UIC 60. Curves Curve radius more than 5000 meters on open line.

9 9 / TECHNICAL CHALLENGES GSM-R radio holes Environment challenges: Interruption of the coverage should not impact the train operation. Safe operation need to be guaranteed. Loss of up to one BTS coverage area can be overcome. Optimized train operation Combination of long single track section and huge loads require optimisation of train operation, to: avoid stops, minimise the use of brakes. Optimised speed profile by continuous supervision : ETCS L2 RBC, centralised train control systems.

10 10 / STATUS OF WORK April 2009 May 2011 July 2012 June Contract Train operation tests Mineral line partial operation Mineral line full operation Passenger line operation Current status Over 100 shelters and buildings under construction for Mineral line More than 100 towers for GSM-R already erected All telecom systems commissioned i Deployment from OCC building towards the North and the Gulf coast

11 11 / TECHNICAL ELEMENTS ERTMS Trackside equipment: 3 x RBCs 1600 Eurobalises 440 marker boards Interlocking and associated equipment: 15 x Interlockings 781 x Points Machines 44 x CheckPoint 476 x Axle Counters 25 Derailers - F.W. Wengeler 36 LED signals ERTMS On-board equipment: 25 locomotives equipped with ETCS OBU GSM-R voice and data radio system Length of track: 2,374km

12 12 / TECHNICAL ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS Line and equipment Operations buildings 2 x CTC & Panorama projection system, Train Control Centre, Maintenance Centre, Inventory Management system Communications SDH Backbone, WiFi system, Passenger Information and announcement system Security CCTV system, Fire detection system, Access control & Intrusion detection Automatic fare collection system Civil works contruction 6 Passenger stations 10 Intermodal Terminal yards 3 Maaden Mine Yards 4 Double track Sidings (length of 8.4 km each) 17 Sidings (length of 3.8km each) 12 Junctions and 2 maintenance tracks

13 13 / OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLANNING Operation Training and to guarantee maintenance: Quality of Service: Drivers: 20 persons Dispatchers / operators: 20 persons Maintenance staff: 40 persons in signalling & 40 persons in Telecoms 8 maintenance bases planned Main Maintenance Base: Riyadh, Hail, AlJawf, andannariyah Satellite Maintenance Base : Buraydah, Bauxite Jn, AlHaditha, & AzZabirah 6 sidings

14 14 / ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS Deployment and commissioning is on track. Field test started in dedicated areas. Environmental and project challenges have been analysed and solution are developed and under implementation. Maintenance team setup started and is fundamental for a safe and smooth operation of the line under the harsh environmental conditions encountered. By generating good teamwork between the suppliers, operators and clients, the challenges are overcome. e Transportat i

15 15 / THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Meet us at our booth C05.51 Torsten Thake torsten.thake@thalesgroup.com Information also available from and