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Train control and safety systems (V)

This course allows you to understand and participate in projects that deal with control and safety systems - vital skills for experienced and aspiring railway engineers.

6 hours

Course	Location & Date
Train control and safety systems (V)	N/A

Members:
£450.00 Plus vat

Non Members:
£500.00 Plus vat

Summary

This course allows you to understand and participate in projects that deal with control and safety systems - vital skills for experienced and aspiring railway engineers.

Not only is it important to understand the systems themselves, but also the common abbreviations and terminology that is often used, for example DSD, AWS, DRA, ATC, ATP, TPWS and OTDR.

Who should attend?

We have designed this suite of courses for engineers working within traction and rolling stock. This includes recent graduates, engineers moving to a new traction and rolling stock role, infrastructure and asset managers, accident investigators, and design and maintenance engineers.

How will I benefit?

Describe the requirements for cab design and have an awareness of typical cab layouts, cab controls and gauges
Describe how trains are controlled by the driver
Explain the purpose and operation of key train safety systems, interfaces, the rules which apply in the event of failure and the permitted degraded modes of operation
Describe on-board data recording and monitoring systems of modern fleets, how data is collected and used for maintenance and driver performance monitoring

Contributes 6 CPD hours

Key topics

• Driving cab requirements and control
• Train control and interlocking
• Train safety systems
• On-board data recording
• Driver-only operation
• Automatic train operation

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At a glance

Duration:

6 hours
CPD Hours:

6
UK-Spec:

E

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