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Railway Interest Group
Below is the Calendar showing Chapter events for the Railway Interest Group.
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Mobility as a service: Requirements and validation
Railway Interest Group
Transport Systems Catapult, 170 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes MK9 1BP
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Current Events
Future Events
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09/03/2016 - 09/03/2016 17:00 |
Railway Interest Group BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0TA |
![]() Maintaining Crossrail - a systems approach Trains will start to run through the new Crossrail tunnels in 2018. The Central section of Crossrail will become one of the most heavily traversed sections of railways in the country. Customers demand dependable rail services and want to be able to use the railway without downtime for maintenance or failures. Achieving the required availability with the limited access available requires a systems approach and using the latest reliability centred maintenance techniques. Dr Martyn Chymera, Maintenance Performance and Reliability Manager for the Crossrail Operations Team, will describe the provisions being made for the remote condition monitoring of Crossrail, including infrastructure monitoring facilities and inspection trains. The presentation will demonstrate how preventative and pro-active maintenance will be used to keep the railway running without downtime and with almost no failures. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
14/04/2016 - 14/04/2016 08:30 - 16:50 |
Railway Interest Group The University of Birmingham |
![]() IRSE Seminar & Workshop (with INCOSE UK RIG): Systems Engineering for Train Control and Communications: People, Process and Product
The increasing complexity of train control and communications systems, and the growing extent to which they are integrated with other railway sub-systems, makes a structured systems-based approach to engineering essential. A basic grounding in the discipline of systems engineering is now a vital component of the education of train control and communications engineers. In this seminar, organised with the help of of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), expert speakers will explain why systems engineering is so important, what the fundamentals of systems engineering are and how these fundamentals may be applied to train control systems projects, illustrated with case studies from ETCS in Europe, Docklands Light Railway and elsewhere. The seminar will consider the people, process and product aspects of systems engineering, and in facilitated break-out sessions we will discuss the challenges and benefits of applying systems engineering to railway projects. In addition to hearing from the experts, there will be an opportunity, in facilitated breakout sessions, for delegates to discuss the challenges and benefits of applying systems engineering to railway projects and to contribute to the debate on how best to apply SE to train control and communications projects. The seminar is suitable for railway train control and communications engineers and other railway professionals with an interest in train control and communications at all stages of their careers. Register to attendFor more information and to register please visit the IRSE website event page: http://www.irse.org/events/Lists/Calendar/DispEvent.aspx?List=dce14d1c-69ec-4c8e-b381-70b8e5cfdda6&ID=433 Programme8:30 Arrival / Coffee
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27/04/2016 - 27/04/2016 1700 - 1830 |
Railway Interest Group Network Rail
One Eversholt Street, London, NW1 2DN |
![]() Systems Engineering Framework for Railway Control & Safety Systems Now fully bookedGone are the days of classical signalling systems where the control centre, interlocking and signalling schemes could be developed and delivered in isolation from each other. Modern Train Control Systems are increasingly complex, using networked communications and distributed computer systems to achieve their performance and capacity requirements. But this complexity imports great risk to the cost and schedule of projects and to the safety and reliability of systems. Karl King from Mott MacDonald has been conducting doctoral research at the University of Birmingham to develop a Systems Engineering Framework that can be applied across the fragmented development of Train Control Systems. Karl will be presenting the latest findings in his research and his progress towards developing an approach that is cognisant of traditional signalling and train control system project governance to improve the uptake of SE for developing future systems.
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12/05/2016 - 12/05/2016 17:00 - 19:00 |
Railway Interest Group To be confirmed |
![]() Eating the Elephant:
Reference Design for ETCS Click here to register via Eventbrite: Introducing the European Train Control System (ETCS) to the GB rail network is a challenging task with so many stakeholders to satisfy and European legislation to follow. Most people assume that since the system is defined at the European level then it should be a case of buying it, plugging it in and off you go. The reality is that it is designed to operate in many different situations and is continually being developed to meet the needs of the European industry. The variety of solutions available and already implemented leads to misunderstanding and misconceptions of how the system will operate. The lack of clarity means that it is hard for the various users to establish what they want, what they need and what they can afford. It also leads to high expectations with politicians and government believing the “hype” and then being disappointed when it cannot be fulfilled. Network Rail, on behalf of the industry, have been analysing how to apply ETCS to establish the requirements using a process known as the Reference Design. The process has been around dividing the problem into manageable chunks, undertaking analysis, collaborating and eating that elephant a bit at a time – bring your knife and fork! Please click here to register via Eventbrite: There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
07/06/2016 - 07/06/2016 17:00 - 19:00 |
Railway Interest Group TBC |
![]() Managing Complexity: Signalling interoperability for Engineer’s Vehicles Click here to register via Eventbrite: London Underground has increased its fleet mileage by almost 40% since the year 2000 but productivity of track renewal has not improved at the same rate. The Engineering Fleet of 270 vehicles is being modernised with new vehicles and innovative new mechanised maintenance solutions requiring an interoperable signalling solution to maximise the versatility of these specialised assets. To deliver more productive track interventions with fewer closures, engineer’s vehicles need to get to site earlier and reliably to maximise productivity by inter-running with the passenger service. There are currently 4 different signalling systems but 2 more are planned so the engineering vehicles need to be interoperable between legacy fixed block and multiple CBTC signalling systems. This presentation will introduce the project and describe how LU is managing the complexities through a phased architecture description database using the TRAK framework, with contextualised requirements and responding to assurance requirements. Alan Wilson, Project Manager for the EV Signalling Concept Design stage, and Jorrel Dawoodi, a Systems Engineer supporting the Track Plant portfolio will present their practical methodologies used to manage the complexity of signalling interoperability. Click here to register via Eventbrite: |
29/06/2016 - 29/06/2016 1700 - 1830 |
Railway Interest Group To be confirmed |
![]() Delivering the RTS: Applying systems thinking for technology development Please click here to register via Eventbrite:
In 2012 the Rail Technical Strategy (RTS) for the UK rail industry was published. This landmark document set out a 30 year vision for the railway that is radically different to today. What has been happening in the intervening years and how can the RTS vision of a high capacity, low cost, sustainable railway become a reality? RSSB and Network Rail are working together on behalf of the railway industry to apply whole systems thinking to the delivery of the RTS - by combining R&D and technology demonstration programmes together, from a variety of domains, to develop new capabilities for the railway. Many challenges lie ahead including: aligning the industry in the development of system-wide capabilities; engaging the supply chain in developing the required technologies; and identifying opportunities to deploy new technology into the railway.
Trevor Bradbury is the Rail Technical Strategy Delivery Manager for RSSB. Trevor’s role is to work with the industry to translate the Rail Technical Strategy into deliverable programmes. Trevor will look back on existing accomplishments, set out the latest thinking and the prospects for the RTS going forward.
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13/07/2016 - 13/07/2016 1700 - 1830 |
Railway Interest Group Atkins - Euston Tower 286 Euston Road, London, NW1 3AD |
![]() Digital Railway Enterprise Architecture Delivery Programme and Needs Click here to register via Eventbrite: As with any SE journey few of us would choose to start where we do, the beginning is preferable but rarely realistic, Digital Railway (DR) is no different, it brings with it a history as long as the rail industry itself. This presentation will focus on how the programme is moving forward from where we are today using a System of Systems approach. The Digital Railway challenge is to compress a 50-year capability development into 15-years. To do this we are trying to innovate the approach to capability readiness and delivery across the industry, we say trying as to do this the Digital Railway programme is working in partnership with the whole industry to maximise the potential of digital technology. This paper will focus on the both the small changes we are making within the team to deliver high levels of performance through to the whole industry challenges which affect both the traditional SE community and the SoS movement and the way we work together across technical and business systems. This session will be presented by three speakers from Digital Railway:
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02/02/2017 - 02/02/2017 1730 |
Railway Interest Group Arup, Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 4BQ |
![]() Embedding Systems Engineering in NR Infrastructure Projects
Click here to register on Eventbrite
Network Rail (NR) Infrastructure Projects Engineering function (IP‐ENG) was established in January 2016 to improve and provide consistency in engineering leadership and assurance, responding to the lack of a whole systems approach to engineering across NR IP. Kevin Gedge, Systems Engineering Discipline Manager, will introduce the development of the IP-ENG function of 1,500 engineers, embedding Systems Thinking and Engineering practice through policy, standards, and SE competencies. Kevin will also introduce Network Rail’s integrated engineering lifecycle (iELC) with its approach to engineering assurance to address key project delivery risks including:
iELC introduces a configurable phased lifecycle approach, which aligns with the policy for management of Network Rail projects (GRIP), ISO/IEC15288:2015 as well as improving integration between engineering and non-engineering activities and alignment with the collaborative working approach introduced within Building Information Management (BIM). Arrive from 17:00 for a 17:30 start.
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28/02/2017 - 28/02/2017 1700 for 1730 to 1830 |
Railway Interest Group London Underground, 55 Broadway, Westminster, London SW1H 0XH |
![]() Reintegrating the Elephant: Using Microsoft Office to automate management of requirements Click here to register via EventbriteIn the presentation “Eating the Elephant: ETCS Requirements for GB railway”, John Alexander of Network Rail described the Reference Design process that was implemented to elicit the GB specific requirements for the configuration of the ETCS product. This involved the production of some 31 documents to describe various aspects of operation on the GB railway and the ETCS capabilities to be applied to those. From these 31 documents 5 requirement sets were consolidated. This presentation, by Alison Danahay, a Principal Systems Engineering and Integration Consultant at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, follows on from John’s and describes several toolsets developed by WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff to support and automate the processes for consolidation and documentation of the Reference Design itself and subsequent requirement specifications. Alison Danahay is a professional Systems Engineer with 26+ years experience in engineering. She has been working with the Network Rail Safety Technical Engineering team on the definition of requirements to migrate current UK signalling and operations to ETCS Level 2. |
21/03/2017 - 21/03/2017 1700 for 1730 to 1830 |
Railway Interest Group Atkins, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3AT |
![]() Innovation in Infrastructure: the railway as a socio-technical system Click here to register via EventbriteThe railway system is continually developing and changing. In long-established infrastructure systems, like the railway system of Great Britain, development is often complex. Innovation in these systems is both important and difficult to understand; it comes in many forms and through many different routes. This presentation is on research into how mature infrastructure systems develop and change; using social science theories on socio-technical systems the case of Great Britain’s railway system is examined. Privatisation of this system, initiated outside the railway system, has led to a series of different organisational arrangements directing system operation and development over a relatively short period. Examining these developments using socio-technical systems theories highlights ways in which innovation can be, deliberately and unintentionally, shaped and it shows connections between the social and the technical forces in play. Reflecting on privatisation and its aftermath can provide lessons for directing future development in the railway system. Improved understanding of processes around system development can be valuable to both practitioners and policymakers concerned with generating, or responding to, innovation. Dr Kat Lovell is a Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. Having trained in Engineering, Kat began her work on railways as part of a project on railway systems within the Rail Research UK consortium. This work inspired her PhD in Innovation Studies at Imperial College Business School researching the case of privatisation of Great Britain’s railway network. Kat’s research at SPRU is part of two interdisciplinary and interuniversity projects on UK infrastructure: International Centre for Infrastructure Futures (ICIF) where Kat’s work looks at business models for infrastructure development and ITRC-MISTRAL (Multi-scale Infrastructure Systems Analytics) researching infrastructure governance and development at different scales. Kat’s research focuses on infrastructure systems and how they change and for the future she is working with SPRU colleagues to develop ideas around inclusive infrastructure. Click here to register via Eventbrite |
Past Events
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28/01/2016 - 28/01/2016 17:30 - 19:00 |
Railway Interest Group District Room
London Underground
7th Floor
55 Broadway
London
SW1H 0BD |
![]() Modelling the future railway: ERTMS and related technologies Please note the date of this event has now changed from original advertisement due to the proposed Tube driver strike. Railways around the world have begun to embrace the digital age in order to address the capacity challenge, with 25% predicted passenger increase over the next 10 years on the mainline railways. At the same time there is also a drive to lower the capital and operational cost of the railways, improving asset performance, and assuring its continuing environmental competitiveness. A range of studies have been delivered on behalf of the Department for Transport, Network Rail and RSSB, which have underpinned the Rail Technical Strategy and Digital Railway future plans by demonstrating the business case for a shift towards digital technologies. Steve Denniss, Technical Director Rail, of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff will introduce the main principles of integrated railway performance modelling which has supported these studies on projects including:
There is no charge for attendance and this event is open to non-members but places must be booked in advance. Please arrive from 1730 for an 1800 start. Basic refreshments will be provided. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
08/12/2015 - 08/12/2015 1645H-1830H |
Railway Interest Group James Forbes House, 27 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0NS |
![]() Visit to Thameslink Systems Integration Laboratory Here is something new: a site visit, in this case the systems integration laboratory where the Thameslink project is integrating and testing new ETCS and ATO technology in a simulated rail environment in Southwark. There will also be an opportunity to learn about the other phases of testing in the Hertford Loop and in the Thameslink core. We are grateful to Network Rail for the opportunity to explore the right hand side of the 'V' lifecycle and to demonstrate that it is possible to get one's hands dirty with more than whiteboard marker ink while doing systems engineering. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
06/10/2015 - 06/10/2015 1730H-1830H |
Railway Interest Group Arup, 13 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 4BQ, |
![]() Management of Interfaces in the Rail industry Paul has held senior positions in INCOSE, academia and the defence and rail sectors, which gives him an unusually broad viewpoint on good and not-so-good practice in managing interfaces. Paul will point out some some quite basic gaps in the way in which we manage interfaces and outline some specific problems about managing interfaces in rail before suggesting some best-practice heuristics and principles that may guide improved practice. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
17/09/2015 - 17/09/2015 1730H for 1745H |
Railway Interest Group Atkins, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3AT |
![]() How could systems thinking help rail adopt new technology and improve faster? Oliver Bratton, MTR Corporation Ltd Please note the slightly non-standard start time. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
07/07/2015 - 07/07/2015 1700H for 1730H |
Railway Interest Group at the offices of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence in the Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0TA
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![]() Systems Engineering Considerations for the Application of Augmented Reality in an Operational Railway Environment Augmented Reality mixes virtual and actual reality by supplementing a view of the real world with added computer generated sensory inputs in the form of graphics, video, sound and location data. Neil Hall of TfL and Chris Lowe of Liv Systems Ltd will describe how SE can facilitate the successful introduction of this exciting new technology into the operational railway environment, drawing upon research that they have recently carried out. More details are in the attached flyer. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
12/05/2015 - 12/05/2015 1700H Doors open, 1730H-1830H Presentation |
Railway Interest Group CH2M Hill’s offices in Elms House, 43 Brook Green, London W6 7EF |
![]() Moving Modelling into the Mainstream It is a particular pleasure to welcome Nigel back. We have had a few presentations on the modelling work going on at Network Rail and each presentation adds real progress and new ideas to the one before. Not only has each been fascinating in its own right, the progression has made me feel more optimistic about the world. I commend Nigel's presentation to you. If you want to attend, there is no charge but please book your place by emailing me at at bruce.elliott@arbutus-tc.co.uk. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
04/02/2015 - 04/02/2015 0900H-1700H |
Railway Interest Group Charing Cross Hotel, London |
![]() Railway Operations and Systems Engineering Workshop: Putting whole railway conception into practice on railway projects Cancelled due to insufficient bookings. We hope to rearrange the workshop for another date.Systems Engineering is intrinsically a collaborative discipline. INCOSE UK has organised successful workshops in collaboration with various other institutions. For example, we held a joint workshop with the Associate for Project Management in January 2013, which marked the beginning of a very fruitful collaboration. We are now delighted to be working with the Institution of Railway Operators (IRO) - an organisation whose members are used to conceiving the whole railway as a system - to organise a workshop to explore how we might integrate technical and operational assets of railway projects better. This is a timely opportunity to tackle a topic of huge importance and a symbol, at the start of INCOSE UK's third decade, of our continuing outward-looking and collaborative nature. The workshop is focussed the rail industry but participants from other sectors that are also interested in fostering more productive relationships between systems engineers and operators are welcome. For further information and details of how to book, please see the attached flyer. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
09/12/2014 - 09/12/2014 1700H for 1730H |
Railway Interest Group London Underground, Templar House, 81 87 High Holborn, London WC1V 6NU |
![]() The Systems Engineering Approach taken on the Northern Hub and Electrification Rail Upgrade programme The RIG always likes to hear back from projects that we have heard from before and find out how the story continued. This will be a fascinating opportunity to get an update on a project that we already heard about. Further details are provided in the flyer attached. Bookings are now open. To book, obtain directions or for any other questions, please contact me at bruce.elliott@arbutus-tc.co.uk or on +44 (0)7970 694043. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |
10/09/2014 - 10/09/2014 1700H for 1730H |
Railway Interest Group RSSB, Block 2, Angel Square, 1 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NY |
![]() Whole Life Cost Modelling for the Tube I am pleased to announce our first event for the Autumn session: Whole Life Cost Modelling for the Tube, Stephen Jones, LU, 1700H for 1730H, Wednesday, 10th September 2014, RSSB, Block 2, Angel Square, 1 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NY. Stephen Jones is a Systems Engineer at London Underground. He will describe how systems thinking is being applied to whole life cost and some of the practical problems encountered. The presentation will examine the enterprise-level requirement and will review different solutions taken from UK history and overseas practice. For the New Tube for London, Stephen will describe how LU are scaling the whole life cost approach up to line level and how this can focus development on those key activities that drive cost over the programme and asset life cycles. There is no charge for attendance at this event but places must be booked in advance. Bookings for this event are now open. To book, obtain directions or for any other questions, please contact me at bruce.elliott@arbutus-tc.co.uk or on +44 (0)7970 694043. |
03/07/2014 - 03/07/2014 1700H for 1730H |
Railway Interest Group Mott MacDonald’s offices in 10 Fleet Place,
London
EC4M 7RB |
![]() HS2 Systems Architecture Eddie will describe how a systems architecture is being constructed and used on the HS2 project to identify all high level interfaces and to align activities concerned with RAM, safety, requirements, commissioning and overall systems demonstration and assurance. For more details see the flyer attached. There is 1 Document for this event, click here to view |