ERTMS Level 2 for Turkish High-Speed Line and Other News
08 December 2010
Invensys Rail is to install its FUTUR 2500 ERTMS Level 2 system on the Ankara-Konya high-speed line, the first such deployment on Turkish Railways (TCDD).
Working in conjunction with the main contractor Yapi Merkezi, Invensys will be responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the system as well as the supervision of its installation, testing and commissioning. The scope of the work includes the implementation of FUTUR 2500 Level 2 with radio block centres, a juridical recorder unit and onboard GSM-R radio, and the installation of FUTUR 3000 on-board equipment to six train units.
The control centre will also be modified and extended to display the new track circuit sections and the existing FUTUR 1300 ERTMS Level 1 system will be enhanced with Dynamic TSR capability (temporary speed restrictions), which will operate in parallel with Level 2 operation when the latter is not operative.
The new Ankara–Konya high-speed line is over 212km in length and when operational, will see trains running at a maximum speed of 250km/hr. This particular section links with the Ankara-Istanbul line at Polatli station and TCDD is planning for further extensions of the line to Izmir and Afyon.
More success at Queensland
The Aspect3 alliance, comprising Invensys Rail and QR National, has been awarded a major contract to provide signalling works on the Goonyella to Abbot Point Expansion project (GAP), a critical transport scheme in the state's Newlands coal system.
Michael Carter, executive general manager of QR National, commented: "These specialists in the field of signalling and transport solutions bring to the project a wealth of experience and expertise. The partnerships formed with QR National have proven successful in the past and I'm confident they will continue to be a success on GAP."
Phil Ellingworth, managing director of Invensys Rail in Asia Pacific said: "We are delighted for this opportunity to continue with our partnership with QR National and work on such a high profile and important project in the state."
GAP is being delivered on behalf of coal customers QCoal, Rio Tinto Coal, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Macarthur Coal and Lake Vermont Resources and when complete, the project will see throughput to the port of Abbot Point reach 50 million tonnes per annum by 2012.
New rail line commissioned in Scotland
Winter 2010 sees the commissioning of Scotland's newest rail link, with the Airdrie to Bathgate project completed and moving into operational service. This is a landmark project, representing the longest domestic passenger railway with new stations to be built in Britain since 1910 and will see up to four trains per hour travelling between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Invensys Rail was responsible for the design, installation and commissioning of the signalling and telecommunications infrastructure for the project, all of which has been delivered on time and on budget, having been commissioned in two discrete stages.
Commissioning included alterations to an existing SSI as well as the introduction of a new (third) SSI to cover the extension of a double line. Data changes and alterations to the integrated electronic control centres at both Edinburgh and Yoker were required, as was signal, point, track and correspondence testing throughout the whole 24km of the new railway and its two fringes.
The programme also included extensive bonding alterations associated with the new OLE infrastructure, systems work, test train running, the commissioning of line side phones, and the completion of retail works at the new and altered stations – including CCTV, PA, vending passenger displays and customer help points.
Invensys installed 25km of combined cable route and safe access walkway, commissioned 53 new Dorman LED signals, 90 location cases, 132 track circuits, 21 point ends, 70 line side telephones, as well as around 200km of cable including fibre, screening, copper, power and data. The works were signed into use early on Monday, 18 October.
