RCSA - Rail Signalling and Control Systems

Rail Control Systems Australia's (RCSA) highly trained and experienced engineers have extensive experience within rail signalling systems design, testing and commissioning, project engineering, project management, and consultancy services for the mainline, metro and light rail industry.

RCS Australia can provide signalling solutions to the international market and draws upon experience from the UK, Europe and South-East Asia. Within Australia RCSA has offices in Queensland and Victoria and has experience with all of the major state rail authorities.

Rail signalling systems products and services

RCSA's signalling engineers are committed to service that is seamless across the full range of rail signalling systems disciplines, including:

• Signalling scheme development
• Detail circuit design and independent checking
• Data design, checking and testing
• Principles design and checking
• Testing and commissioning planning and implementation
• Tester in charge
• Principles testing
• Project management
• Site engineering

Signalling scheme development

Our strength within signalling scheme development is underpinned by our knowledge of both global and local signalling standards. Expertise includes technical and operational feasibility reports, an independent approach to technology selection, scheme plan development, aspect sequence and braking calculations, and site survey and signal sighting.

Preparation of technical, operational and user requirement specifications, layout risk assessments and development of signalling principles, and interlocking wiring / data standards are also amongst our capabilities.

Detailed signalling circuit design and data design

The ability to provide clients with solutions that include accurate detailed circuit design and data design is key to successful project delivery. RCSA's skills in this sector include:

• Production of scheme plans, bonding and cable running plans
• Power supply design
• Production of location and equipment room circuits
• Data I/O allocation
• Interlocking and control system data across a large number of equipment types
• Redrafting of CAD plans to current standards
• Mechanical drafting and design of P&C work
• Microstation, IRAS and AutoCAD drafting

Complex signalling and control projects

RCS Australia has engineers with IRSE Principles Designer licences in addition to holding corporate memberships with the IRSE. We can create solutions for even the most challenging and technically complex rail control and signalling projects, including:

• TPWS applications
• Signalling principles
• Project design plans
• Signalling arrangements and bonding plans
• Aspect sequence charts
• Control tables
• Cable run and cable core plans
• Location case and equipment room wiring
• Processor-based interlocking configuration and data
• Free wired and geographical interlockings
• Materials quantification

Signalling testing and commissioning engineers

RCS Australia has in-house testing and commissioning engineers to ensure that projects adhere to the exacting quality and safety standards required within the rail environment. Our capabilities include tester in charge, principles and control tables testing, functional testing, testing and commissioning planning and management, and signalling equipment correlation.

Signalling and control project management and consultancy

RCS Australia is able to deliver clients a broad range of project management and consultancy resources and can deliver most facets of railway signalling and control projects.

• Turnkey project alliances
• Third party verification
• Project engineering
• Quality / standards review and audit
• Technical studies
• Tender review
• Preparation and validation of project specifications
• Verification and approval of contractor submitted designs
• Technical advice and client representation

RCS Australia is experienced in using equipment from a wide range of manufacturers. This means we can consider and use the best equipment configuration for each project, including relays, geographical, SSI, Microlok, Westrace, VHLC, VPI, mechanical frames, Microtrax, HXP crossing predictors and axle counters.