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Thales Downer EDI Rail
Integration Test Facility
Capabilities and
applications
•Software, hardware and
systems integration for the
Public Private Partnership
Downer EDI Rail program and
related transport projects
•Ongoing integration work,
integration and testing of
subsystems and regression
testing
•Development and testing of
new Commercial off the Shelf
(COTS) equipment for train
and transport systems
•Development, simulation and
validation of new operational
concepts prior to specification
or procurement. This
facilitates smooth transition
from legacy to new, open
systems and architectures,
for onboard communications,
passenger information
systems, integrated fare
collection
and rail signalling
systems.
www.thalesgroup.com.au
A unique facility, offering
key local capability to
the Australia transport
industry
Supporting innovation in
Transport technologies, Thales
opened the Thales Downer EDI
Rail Integration Test Facility (ITF)
at Thales’s Rydalmere site in
Sydney in April 2008.
The ITF is an invaluable asset
in helping the Downer EDI Rail,
Thales and other subsystem
providers identify deficiencies
throughout the integration of the
various subsystems.
The ITF provides risk mitigation
for the integration of the
Communication Surveillance
Sub-system (CSS) and full
systems integration and testing
of all systems being deployed
on all 5GT Sydney Suburban
Passenger vehicles.
> Thales Downer EDI Rail
Integration Test Facility
About the ITF
• The Integration Test Facility is made
up of an area 25 x 15 metres
• The facility contains 8 test benches
which are 6 metres x 1.4 metres
• Each bench is designed to simulate
each one of the eight cars on the
5G train.
Moving forward
09/2011
The potential of the ITF to support
other projects and systems integration
work is unlimited. The facility has
already expanded from its primary
role as an integration facility and
has the capability to support ongoing
integration work, integration and
testing of subsystems, regression
testing, development and testing of
new Commercial off the Shelf (COTS)
equipment for the train system.
Thales Australia
Level 2, Building 314, Garden Island, Sydney NSW 2011
Tel: +61 (0)2 9562 3333 Web: www.thalesgroup.com.au
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