Driver Advisory Systems Board Remit V/TC&C SIC Vehicle/Train Control and Communications

V/TC&C SIC

Vehicle/Train Control and Communications

System Interface Committee

DAS PCB (Subgroup)

Driver Advisory Systems Board

Remit

Change control and issue record

Issue

Draft v0.01

Date

04 December 2013

Draft v0.02 03 January 2014

Final draft v1.0 15 January 2014

Final v 1.1

Issue 2.0

Issue 2.1

04 March 2014

05 March 2014

20 March 2014

Comments

First draft

Distribution

Draft template to John

Collins for completion.

Update

Update

Template updated

Document changes incorporated

Update post DAS Board Meeting No3

Issue for review

Document changes incorporated

DAS Board Members

First issue following minor change mtg 4 DAS Board Members

1 Introduction

1.1 This document defines the working arrangements for the Driver Advisory System

Programme Control Board (DAS PCB) in accordance with SIC Protocol. This remit is issued by the V/TC&C SIC for the DAS PCB.

2 Purpose / Scope of the Subgroup

2.1 The purpose of the DAS PCB is to promote the development and deployment of DAS systems to meet the needs of the rail industry in support of the industry technical strategy.

The board is also tasked with contributing to the industry objectives for the management of capacity and carbon, algorithm optimisation and impact on schedules that sit within access agreements through the undertaking of an optimisation operational trial to manage conflict at airport junction exploiting the on board DAS units fitted to First Great Western (FGW) trains as a near term primary goal

2.2 The technical scope of the subgroup is focused in the following key areas a) The development of connected DAS systems to build on the deployments of standalone DAS that has been implemented by a number of passenger and freight train operating companies in the past two years. b)

c) d)

To promote the undertaking of joint industry operational trial on the network to demonstrate the principles and operation of improved conflict management by the use of DAS and other predictive techniques such as mathematical algorithms to manage train path conflicts at key locations .

To support and monitor the integration of connected DAS with Traffic Management to optimise the effectiveness of Traffic Management in regulating the operational railway. e)

To support the development of principles and process, including algorithms,and system architecture to improve capacity management by the use of DAS at key locations.

To oversee the next phase of development (phase 2) of the COMPASS National programme for the generation of the tactical picture of a trains location, speed and direction of travel as a joint venture on behalf of the UK rail industry.

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DAS PCB (Subgroup) f) To support the realisation of the longer term strategy to progress from connected

DAS, Traffic Management and the roll out of the ERTMS system across the UK rail network with the aim of achieving Automatic Train Operation (ATO) at the earliest opportunity.

2.3 This aligns with the scope of V/TC&C SIC as set out in SIC Protocol,to ‘provide the focus for train control and communication issues’.

2.4 This subgroup will draw on membership from across the rail industry initially from the Train

Operating Companies, Network Rail and RSSB including the Enabling Innovation Team.

The activities will focus on the current deployment of DAS systems as exampled by First

Group and more recently undertaken by South West Trains. The subgroup will ensure alignment with the work to define DAS standards already being undertaken by Network Rail on behalf of Traffic Management and in the longer tern act as the governance body for the integration of connected DAS with Traffic Management as it is rolled out across the network from 2015.

2.5 The sub group will report to the V/TC&C SIC. The chairman has been appointed by

Network Rail to ensure direct linkage to the Network Operating Strategy being delivered in control period 5 (CP5).

3 Objectives of the Subgroup

3.1

Work plan

3.1.1 The DAS PCB will monitor the progress of the development of the selected technology demonstrators and operational trials programmes to ensure consistency of implementation to common standards that can be applied to any part of the network where there is a business benefit and complying with the themes and strategic drivers of the Rail

Technology Strategy for carbon, capacity, customer, cost together with reliability, journey time and safety.

3.1.2 A summary work plan for the proposed FGW Conflict Management Operational trials at

Airport Junction is included in Appendix B of this remit.

3.1.3 Should the progress of the development of the selected technology demonstrators and operational trials programmes not satisfy these objectives. The DAS the Board will seek to bring together like-minded individuals with a common purpose of delivering the objectives stated in this remit.

3.2

Conditions under which the subgroup will cease activity

3.2.1 The DAS PCB will cease activity:



Under instruction from the V/TC&C SIC.



Upon withdrawal of industry support in kind.



Upon completion of the gr oup’s purpose, objectives and/or work plan.

3.2.2 Any proposal to disband requires the endorsement of V/TC&C SIC.

4 Membership of SIC / Subgroup

4.1 Membership comprises of the following: a) Chair – Network Rail b) c)

Network Rail - Engineering

Network Rail - Operations

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DAS PCB (Subgroup) d) RSSB e) f)

Train Operating Companies (Passenger & Freight)

DAS Operations Specialist

4.2 RSSB will provide administrative support which is in addition to formal membership.

4.3 Additional guests will be invited to specific meetings where an agenda item to be discussed would benefit from their domain knowledge. All invitations will be agreed with the chair prior to their issue ideally one month before the date of the meeting.

5 Disclosure of Interests

5.1 If a member, or a person for whom that member works, has a direct or indirect personal interest in a matter to be discussed by the committee, as distinct from a common interest of the industry category as a whole, the member shall declare that interest to the chair of the committee of which they are a member at the earliest opportunity: a) b)

On the first occasion at which the matter is discussed, or

If a member is not aware of an interest at that time, at the next committee meeting after which they become aware of that interest, regardless of whether the matter is being discussed at that meeting.

5.2 Once disclosed, an interest need not be disclosed again.

5.3 When a member declares an interest, the other members shall decide whether that member may continue to participate in discussions on the matter concerned or whether that member shall be excluded from the meeting while the matter is discussed.

6 Specialist Skills and Knowledge

6.1 Members will need to hold key decision making positions within the respective organisations and include experts from both engineering, operations and programme development with experience of the introduction of new technologies to the rail sector.

7 Delegation of Authority

7.1

Decision Making

7.1.1 Decisions shall be based on consensus. If consensus cannot be achieved the matter shall be escalated to V/TC&C SIC.

7.2

Reporting / Recommendations

7.2.1 The DAS PCB will report to the V/TC&C SIC as a minimum twice a year and if required by exception.

7.2.2 The DAS PCB report to V/TC&C SIC shall also include information on and status of the work plan and projects that sit under its control.

8 SIC Funding and Budget Management

8.1 Representation by the industry stakeholders on the DAS PCB shall be in kind.

8.2 Funding for specific packages of research and development will be made available from

RSSB subject to agreement from V/TC&C SIC and authorisation by RSSB.

8.3 RSSB will provide financial support for any non-research and development activities in line with the SIC agreement signed by RSSB and the V/TC&C SIC chair.

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9 Process to elect and appoint new members / chairpersons

9.1 The DAS PCB shall follow the election process for new members or a new chair as set out in the SIC Protocol.

9.2 The DAS PCB will elect the chair from the membership of the group. The position of chair will be continuous, until the DAS PCB members agree by consensus to elect another chair, or when the existing chair resigns.

9.3 The retention of the position for the chair will be reviewed every three years.

10 Organisation / Operation of Meetings

10.1

Meeting Quorum

10.1.1 A meeting will be quorate with Chairman or nominated representative, Secretary, 1 x

Infrastructure Manager, 1 x TOC and 1 x RSSB or their nominated representatives.

10.1.2 If the meeting is not quorate absent members will have two weeks after the distribution of the draft minutes to make an objection to any decision taken in the meeting. If no objections are made the decision will stand.

10.2

Operation of Meetings

10.2.1 RSSB will facilitate the meeting in consultation with the chair of the meeting.

10.2.2 The meeting will operate to a pre-agreed agenda.

10.2.3 The DAS PCB will meet every two months, with exception where necessary to review progress and evaluate opportunities to further exploit DAS technologies.

10.2.4 If there are insufficient agenda items to be discussed at any single meeting the chair will, with consultation, cancel the meeting with a minimum of five working days’ notice.

11 Administration

11.1

Minutes

11.1.1 Draft minutes will be reviewed by the RSSB Technical Expert, and then by the chair before distribution to the group.

11.1.2 The draft minutes will be distributed to the group via the RSSB Extranet.

11.1.3 The draft minutes of each meeting will be approved at the following meeting.

11.1.4 The final approved minutes of each meeting will be distributed to the group via the RSSB

Extranet.

11.1.5 As part of the review of the draft minutes the DAS PCB members will confirm whether the approved minutes can be released into the public domain with or without modification.

11.2

Meeting Documentation

11.2.1 The DAS PCB meeting documentation will be provided to the group no later than one week prior to the meeting, exceptions to this must be approved by the chair.

11.2.2 The meeting documentation will be distributed to the group via the RSSB Extranet.

11.3

Remit Review

11.3.1 This remit shall be reviewed annually.

11.3.2 Any amendments to the remit shall be endorsed by the V/TC&C SIC prior to issue.

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Appendix A V/TC&C SIC and Subgroup Organisation Chart

Vehicle Train Control & Communications

System Interface Committee (V/TC&C SIC)

Chair: Clive Burrows

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Train Control

Technical Sub

Group (TCTSG)

Chair: Nick Wright

Train Protection &

Warning System

Strategy Group

(TPWS SG)

Chair: Phil Barrett

Future

Communication &

Positioning Systems

Advisory Group

(FC&PS AG)

Chair: Ian Maxwell

Automatic Warning System Working Group (AWS

WG)

Chair: Nick Wright

DORMANT

Track Circuit Assisters Steering Group (TCA SG)

Chair: Nick Wright

Electro Magnetic

Compatibility

Subgroup (EMC

SG)

Chair: Maya

Peckova

Defect Recording

Analysis and

Corrective Action

System Sub Group

Future Traffic

Regulation

Optimisation

Programme Control

Board (FuTRO PCB)

Chair: Clive Burrows

(DRACAS)

Chair: Simon Tonks

Driver Advisory

Service Programme

Control Board (DAS

PCB)

Chair: Simon

Whitehorn

Chiltern Automatic Train Protections User

Management Group (Chiltern ATP UMG)

Chair: Graham Wire

Great Western Automatic Train Protection User

Management Group (GW ATP UMG)

Chair: Martin Evans

Secretary Caroline Bukenya Xxxx Telephone 020 3142 5542 E-mail Caroline.Bukenya@rssb.co.uk


Vehicle

Communications

Advisory Group

(VCAG)

Chair: Nick Wright

Radio Electronic Token

Block Working Group

(RETB WG)

Chair: Stephen

Muirhead

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Appendix B DAS Board Work Plan – FGW Conflict Management Operational Trial Airport Junction

Ref

Activity

Project Plans and Governance

Type of work/Task:

Summary activity

Resources/Roles Timescale:

Refer Gantt

Wed 04/12/13

Develop Remit, Develop Plan and Schedule Documentation SPONSOR

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY)

Wed 04/12/13

Review and Comment upon Remit and

Development plan

Administration DAS BOARD MEMBERS Thu 06/03/14

DAS Board Meeting Administration

Create Resource Plan & Org Chart Documentation

DAS BOARD MEMBERS Mon 10/03/14

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY)

Tue 11/03/14

Update remit schedule & DAS Board Work

Plan for Mobilisation

Documentation

Review project initiation documents with sponsor prior to mobilisation

Meeting

SPONSOR

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY)

SPONSOR

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY)

Tue 11/03/14

Thu 27/03/14

Timescale:

Refer Gantt

Thu 27/03/14

Constraints/Issues

Wed 05/03/14

None

Thu 10/03/14

None

Mon 10/03/14

None

Wed 26/03/14

None

Wed 26/03/14

DAS Board Members

Feedback

Thu 27/03/14

Updates / Feedback provided, assessed and applied to governance documentation.

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Funding

Convene Technical workshop

Technical solutions workshop

Requirements definition


Set up funding governance

Project Mobilisation: Design

Administration


PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY),

SPONSOR"

Meeting

Meeting

Documentation TECHNICAL LEAD

Tue 11/03/14

Tue 11/03/14

Mon 24/03/14

Mon 24/03/14

Dependant on DAS Board

Meeting feedback

Mon 10/03/14

Mon 10/03/14

Wed 26/03/14

Thu 27/03/14

Tue 08/07/14

Mon 10/03/14

Dependency on technical lead that at present isn’t confirmed.

Dependency on Principal

Engineer for the definition of

ALGORITHIMS, Systems

Interface Engineer to provide

DAS subject matter expertise,

FGW availability and DAS supplier to attend

Wed 26/03/14

Fri 25/04/14

Dependency on outcome of technical solutions workshop

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Define current system architecture Documentation

Develop conflict Algorithms

Assess Safety issues

Documentation

Review /

Documentation

Assess Operational Activities Review /

Documentation

Assess Communications Workstream Review /

Documentation

Assess Documentation req'd / mandatory / governance

Review /

Documentation

Project Deployment: Develop Summary activity

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY),

TECHNICAL LEAD,

FGW"

Systems Interface

Engineer: DAS SME

Principal Engineer:

ALGORITHIMS,

TECHNICAL LEAD"

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY)

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY)

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY)

Mon 28/04/14

Mon 28/04/14

Tue 13/05/14

Tue 13/05/14

Mon 12/05/14

Dependency on outcome of technical solutions workshop

Tue 27/05/14

Tue 10/06/14

Dependency on outcome of technical solutions workshop and availability of SME

Dependency on outcome of technical solutions workshop and availability of SME

Tue 10/06/14

Wed 11/06/14 Tue 24/06/14

None

Wed 11/06/14 Tue 08/07/14

None, will discuss with sponsor

Wed 09/07/14 Tue 05/08/14

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Utilise public GSM (FGW contract for server)

Establish link from IECC to DAS server

Review /

Documentation /

Development

Review /

Documentation /

Development

Develop C-DAS Trial Application with simulated train movement information .

Stage 1: Off line trial Summary activity

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY),

TECHNICAL LEAD,

FGW"

PROJECT MANAGER

(DELIVERY),

TECHNICAL LEAD,

FGW"

TECHNICAL LEAD,

FGW"

Demonstrate the C-DAS Trial Application with simulated train movement information.

Meeting /

Documentation /

Development

FGW

Wed 09/07/14 Tue 05/08/14

None, will discuss with FGW representative

Wed 09/07/14 Tue 05/08/14


Wed 09/07/14 Tue 05/08/14


Wed 06/08/14

Wed 06/08/14

Thu 04/09/14

Wed 03/09/14


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Interface the C-DAS Trial Application via the

DAS server to a test DAS train borne system not in use by a driver (e.g. back cab).

Meeting /

Documentation /

Development

Gather train running data in the proposed live trial area and analysed to identify the process to be applied in the live trial

Documentation /

Research / Analysis

Analyse/monitor quality of data communications to trains in the live trial area to determine how far in advance a revised schedule will need to be advised

Documentation /

Research / Analysis

Stage 2: On line trial Summary activity

FGW

FGW

FGW

Wed 06/08/14

Thu 07/08/14

Thu 14/08/14

Go No Go with 'On Line Trial Meeting

Set up user interface to the C-DAS Trial

Application in a First Great Western control office

Documentation /

Research / Meeting /

Development / Test

FGW

C-DAS Trial Application fed with train movement information from a dynamic timetable system/source

Documentation /

Research / Meeting /

Development / Test

FGW

Wed 20/08/14

DAS BOARD MEMBERS Thu 04/09/14

Wed 20/08/14

Mon 08/09/14

Wed 03/09/14


Thu 04/09/14


Thu 04/09/14


Fri 03/10/14

Thu 04/09/14

Wed 03/09/14


Fri 03/10/14


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Project Analysis: Handback Summary activity

Analyse results Analysis

Update architecture Documentation

Project Complete Milestone

FGW

TECHNICAL LEAD

CLIENT

Mon 06/10/14

Mon 06/10/14

Mon 06/10/14

Fri 31/10/14

Fri 31/10/14

Fri 31/10/14

Fri 31/10/14

Fri 31/10/14



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Driver Advisory Systems Board Remit V/TC&C SIC Vehicle/Train Control and Communications

Driver Advisory Systems Board

Remit

1 Introduction

2 Purpose / Scope of the Subgroup

3 Objectives of the Subgroup

4 Membership of SIC / Subgroup

5 Disclosure of Interests

6 Specialist Skills and Knowledge

7 Delegation of Authority

8 SIC Funding and Budget Management

9 Process to elect and appoint new members / chairpersons

10 Organisation / Operation of Meetings

11 Administration

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