Intelligent Rail Traffic Management Leveraging connected technology to optimise rail and multimodal

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1 Intelligent Rail Traffic Management Leveraging connected technology to optimise rail and multimodal journeys

2 Why me? Doug Blanc Head of Digital Railway at SNC-Lavalin Background is with Tier 1 System Integrators Leading roles in the Design and Development of Rail Traffic Management System Member of the IRSE & BCS You ve probably been on a train controlled by systems developed by me or my teams. 2

3 Aren t you just a trainspotter? 3

4 What is this presentation about? What is the problem with how the railway is run today? What is the future vision? What are the opportunities for the future? 4

5 Shall we get the train? 41% of people didn t travel by rail because: The couldn t trust the journey would go as expected, be smooth and be without delays Traveller Needs and UK Capability Study

6 How do we optimise timetables today? Most commonly Clever Signallers in small areas optimise their patch Using panels, lever frames or VDU based control systems. Telephone is the preferred way of sharing information Regulation is reactive and risk adverse Sometimes 1980 s computer optimisation of simple conflicts over small areas 6

7 Where is my train? Somewhere between... 7

8 Does that really work? Performance 2 out of every 5 trains is late The timetable is full of Engineering Allowances and fudge factor Once things go bad, recovery is hard Distribution of new plan Small areas of control Trains tend to be held in stations 8

9 Why does it say On Time? Predictions Based on simple estimated running times from where the train was last reported No idea if the train is still moving No consideration of future conflicts Once a train is out of path what is the plan? If you don t have a plan, you can communicate it... 9

10 Data - **** in, **** out Open Data Information published via the Network Rail data feeds Future running information come with big health warnings especially during times of perturbation If you don t have a plan, you can communicate it... 10

11 Surely we can do better? Traffic Management Systems can help provides a collection of decision support tools Highly automated & connected Prediction and resolution of conflicts Reconfigurable control People and incident management Single source of the truth 11

12 So how do they work then? 12

13 A plan we can trust Denmark national TMS deployment: Optimises whole of Denmark's rail network Based on objective function of the railway Automatically implements new plan Developed by 3 universities <5 seconds runtime ~98% optimal timetable Change Footer here: Insert > Header and Footer (delete if none) 13

14 Sharing the plan 14

15 Data high quality and reliable LINX (Layered INformation exchange) IBM WebSphere Message Broker Single source of the truth Accurate predictions Current Plan Conflicts resolved Realistic delays Rolling stock information Defined service catalogue Allows accurate open data feeds 15

16 Data quality in, quality out, and...? How does rail help build a multi-modal eco-system with customer at the heart? 16

17 Opportunities Could these rail technologies work in your industry? Could your technologies help the railways move forward and become more connected? 17

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