Visit to VLTC Amsterdam Erick Wegener Sleeswijk

Welcome at ProRail Verkeersleiding Dutch Rail Traffic Control 15 th. March 2006 Amsterdam Introduce myself Please as many questions you like Will try to answer them of course with help of my colleque’s Some figures: 6500 km tracks, 9240 signals, railcrossings 3015, stations 380. Employees about 1400 (almost) 77% of them are male. 5000 trains a day trainmovements example Ut 11035

Mission Verkeersleiding the only organisation in the Netherlands concerned with the operational management of rail-capacity for trainoperating companies on the Dutch railnet neutral, transparant, reliable Mission Verkeersleiding Although divided in 4 regional centres, we act as one unit. leading principles trainoperating companies / 24/11/2018

Our clients: all trainoperating companies (t.o.c.’s) passengers and freight maintenance companies One dominant player! / 24/11/2018 4

Our primary tasks: traffic control signalling coordination in case of disturbance traffic information and realisation reports / 24/11/2018 5

Primary tasks (1): Traffic control: reallocation of railinfrastructure (operational management of the planned railinfracapacity) 4 geographic locations Concerned with the allocation of as said acting as one. / 24/11/2018 6

Primary tasks (2): Signalling: providing save railcapacity / time- and spaceslots routine parts in tasks computerized 13 signalposts (we will visit the Amsterdam signalpost) providing we will visit Utrecht / 24/11/2018 7

Primary tasks (3): Co-ordination in case of disturbances: general management alarm recovery of rail traffic / 24/11/2018 8

Primary tasks (4): Traffic information and –report: informing t.o.c.’s about the actual railtraffic recording on delays per process and t.o.c. providing management information on the subjects / 24/11/2018 9

Secondary tasks: actual passenger-information at the railway stations actual passenger-information to media, ceefax and the national public transport information service desk / 24/11/2018 10

Some facts and figures: +/- 1400 employees turnover € 90 million government payment based on number of train movements total of 70.000 train movements p.d.in NL signalling Amsterdam CS : 1700 train movements per day / 24/11/2018 11

Operational allocation rules: Reliable deliverance of infrastructure capacity: 1. no hindrance between trains of different t.o.c.’s 2. non - discriminating allocation of existing capacity 3. optimal usage of infrastructure We act with operational allocation rules. / 24/11/2018 12

Preparation for mainline (re-) construction works (1): Agreements made in advance for 2000-2006: 1.always 2 main tracks available for scheduled trains 2. 4 weekends per year for main steps in (re- )construction plan; no trains Amsterdam- Breukelen-Utrecht 3. measures in the train schedule to help construction works in the intervals between the weekends Visit to VLTC Amsterdam / 26 January 2005 13

Preparation for mainline (re-) construction works (2): All agreements are made to prevent hindrance in the periods between the main construction steps WIN – WIN situation ProRail and t.o.c.’s Visit to VLTC Amsterdam / 26 January 2005 14

Preparation for the weekends(1): Dispatcher to be in service visits the discussion(s) of the construction script Disturbance co-ordinator to be in service visits the the discussion(s) of the construction script If dispatcher and safety leader maintenance company meet in advance, co-operation is alway’s better Visit to VLTC Amsterdam / 26 January 2005 15

Preparation for the weekends(2): Specifik information (based on the script of the construction work) is provided for all the dispatchers and announcers in service Dispatchers are involved in the making of the WBI (the rail-work-safety document) Visit to VLTC Amsterdam / 26 January 2005 16

Working-method during the weekends(1): Disturbance co-ordinator acts in the ProRail project - decision team (possibility of direct use of the ProRail Railsystem Disturbance Plans) Fixed decision- and communication points of time are part of the construction script Visit to VLTC Amsterdam / 26 January 2005 17

Working-method during the weekends(2): The result of this: 1. no unexpected run-out of time or/and functional reductions on Monday morning 2. there is more time to make up alternative train-schedules in the period Sunday evening – Monday morning Visit to VLTC Amsterdam / 26 January 2005 18