Traffic Management System And Passenger Information System Western Railway Experience

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 2 Contents  Need for an integrated control room  TMS - introduction  TMS - functionality  Visible Benefits to Customer derived from the project

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 3 Integrated control room - Why ?  Passengers’ concerns –Safe travel –Punctuality –Correct and timely information More avenues of getting this information –Availability of travel options –Comfort

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 4 Integrated control room - Why (?)...2  What is the controller supposed to do? –Pass on correct information to station masters for safe & efficient train operation –Ensure trains run as per time table –Handle deviations in timetable factoring in unusual events/accidents. –Quick decision making to optimize line capacity –Ensure that ASMs execute Control Room instructions  What he really does? –Imagine the current condition in mind –Keeps updating his own picture in mind by taking fresh inputs from station masters. –Keeps filling arrival/departure time for trains at major stations –In times of emergency, decision-making takes time – limitations of latest information about the event

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 5 TMS Traffic Management Systems  Modular  Robust  Open  Proven  Scalable

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 6 Train Planning Train Operation Train Control TMS - Composition

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 7 TMS Modular, Open System TMS is not just a ‘auto charting’

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 8 TMS Centralised Traffic Control

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 9 TMS-WR Functionality Overview  Traffic Management System (TMS) for Railway Control Room Applications –State of the art Control Room –Live Indications of station layout for close monitoring –Interface with RVPU –Alarms (Signaling / Traffic ) –Train Describer System –Timetable Systems –Passenger Information –Management Information –Train Graph –Log Replay Facility for investigation –Remote Control Operations (CTC)

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 10 TMS System Architecture

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 11  Operators workplace TMS – Operator Interface

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 12  Large screen video panel TMS – Operator Interface

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 13 WR traffic controller before TMS

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 14 TMS-WR Control Room

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 15 Typical Operator Station

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 16 TMS Live Indication - Churchgate Rake # Train # Route Set Signal Aspect Slots Diamond crossing Points

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 17 TMS Train Describer System

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 18 TMS Remote Control DDR

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 19 TMS Alarms

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 20 TMS Log Replay

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 21 TMS - Passenger Information

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 22 TMS - Passenger Information Pf Destination Sch. Time EIM Mode Coach

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 23 TMS - Passenger Information - 2 Pf Destination Sch. Time EIM Mode Coach

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 24 TMS Management Information Train Control Chart

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 25 TMS Management Information Punctuality Report

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 26 TMS Train Graph

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 27 Major benefits from the project  Real time information on train traffic available on Projection screens and also on Controllers workstations –Nothing is left for imagination since updated information is available leading to safety enhancement.  Controller now ‘CONTROLS’ the traffic instead of recording and working the phones  Failure analysis based on Log & replay facility  Generation of MIS reports – Train Control Charts, Punctuality reports, Train Graphs and Failure reports  Multi-pronged communication facilitates better handling of unusual incidents –Motorman/guard to control room –Motorman to motorman –Motorman to guard

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 28 Major benefits from the project (passengers)  Then –Passengers waited on FOB to find which train would come first –Passengers had information about only single train per platform –Occasional errors in making announcements  Now –Passengers now know when their train is arriving (Expected in Minutes) –Multi-level dissemination of train information Indicators on platforms VDUs on strategic station locations Multi-lingual voice announcements –Information about next 2 trains per platform –Automatic announcements ensure timely and correct information –Better forecasting is possible

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 29 TMS – Customer testimonial

© Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 30 Thank You