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Traffic Management System
And
Passenger Information System
Western Railway Experience
Contents
Need for an integrated control room
TMS - introduction
Visible Benefits to Customer derived from the project
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TMS - functionality
Integrated control room - Why ?
Passengers’ concerns
– Safe travel
– Correct and timely information
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More avenues of getting this information
– Availability of travel options
– Comfort
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– Punctuality
Integrated control room - Why (?) ...2
– 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?
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What is the controller supposed to do?
– 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
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Modular
Robust
Open
Proven
Scalable
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TMS Traffic Management Systems
Train
Planning
Train Operation
Train Control
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TMS - Composition
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TMS
Modular, Open System
TMS is not just a ‘auto charting’
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TMS
Centralised Traffic Control
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TMS-WR Functionality Overview
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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)
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Traffic Management System (TMS) for Railway Control Room
Applications
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WR traffic controller before TMS
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TMS-WR Control Room
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Typical Operator Station
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TMS Live Indication - Churchgate
Route Set
Rake #
Signal Aspect
Slots
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Diamond crossing
Points
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Train #
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TMS Train Describer System
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TMS Remote Control DDR
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TMS Alarms
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TMS Log Replay
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TMS - Passenger Information
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TMS - Passenger Information
Sch. Time EIM Mode Coach
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Pf Destination
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TMS - Passenger Information - 2
Sch. Time EIM Mode Coach
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Pf Destination
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TMS Management Information Train Control Chart
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TMS Management Information Punctuality Report
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TMS Train Graph
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Major benefits from the project
Real time information on train traffic available on Projection
screens and also on Controllers workstations
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
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– Nothing is left for imagination since updated information is available
leading to safety enhancement.
Major benefits from the project (passengers)
Then
Now
– Passengers now know when their train is arriving (Expected in Minutes)
– Multi-level dissemination of train information
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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
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– 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
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TMS – Customer testimonial
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