The Victorian Metropolitan Train Control (Metrol) Replacement Program

Client: Victorian Department of Transport  Year: 2006-2012

Rhumb staff conducted a detailed analysis of all of the systems used by the metropolitan rail operator to plan and manage the movement of daily passenger rail services in Melbourne, including the systems used for signalling control, timetable planning, staff rostering and fleet management.

The resultant Metrol Replacement Strategy and associated business case funding submission were endorsed by the Victorian State Government and Rhumb staff then managed the transaction design, procurement processes and project delivery for the various program components. 

The program consists of the introduction of key systems for the metropolitan railway including:

• Train Control and Monitoring System, Customer Information System and Performance Reporting System;
• Railway Operations Management Systems, consisting of the introduction of planning and day-of-operation resource management systems for the metropolitan and regional railways including the Timetable Management System, Staff Management System and Fleet Management System.

 

Victorian Public Transport Operational Control Systems Strategy

Client: Victorian Department of Transport Year: 2006-2012

Rhumb staff surveyed all ICT systems and processes used to manage the delivery of public transport services in Victoria across all modes (metropolitan and regional trains, trams, buses and taxis) and examined the data interfaces required for optimum system performance and the information needs of stakeholders and the travelling public. Rhumb then led a series of stakeholder consultation workshops to determine the priorities for the further development of the systems used to control and monitor real-time operations across each transport mode.

The analysis and findings were documented by Rhumb staff in the Public Transport Operational Control Systems (OCS) Strategy which was published by the client in 2006 as a guidance framework for the future development of Victorian public transport OCS assets. OCS assets include systems in vehicles and at stops, stations and control centres to plan, control and monitor services and provide information, communications and security surveillance functions.

The OCS Strategy was subsequently updated by Rhumb staff and re-issued by the client in 2009 as a transport operator (franchisee) contractual document. Rhumb is currently engaged to develop a 2012 update of the strategy.

Rhumb staff were also involved in developing standard designs to apply the strategies, production of standard specifications and design detail, production of a number of new Victorian Rail Industry Operator Group Standards and surveillance of project deliverables by others to confirm compliance.

Melbourne Metropolitan Rail Digital CCTV Upgrade/Extension

Client:    Victorian Department of Transport    Year:   2005-2012

Rhumb staff led the development of a CCTV upgrade and associated standards which replaced legacy analogue recording equipment at all stations and stabling yards with digital IP-network based recording, expanded camera count and coverage to achieve compliance with the National Code of Practice for Counter Terrorism in Mass Transit, facilities for Police and Emergency services real time on-line access to any site, and achieved all IP-digital camera systems at new and upgraded stations.

Activities included initial strategy and business case preparation, development of installation standards, network wide risk assessment and prioritisation, Underground Loop and Cordon Station tender documentation, assessment and installation technical support, standardisation of products and technology for metropolitan wide roll-out in an “assembly line” process and monitoring of progress through to completion.

To date the system includes some 220 stations and stabling yards, over 3000 cameras (including over 1000 IP cameras), 10 Gbps multicast core network and several petabytes of semi-centralised storage.

 

Projects in other Client sectors

Rhumb is regularly engaging new staff from a diverse range of past experience who are now providing substantial capability in the following project types:

• Electricity industry telecommunications and control
• Water industry telemetry and control (treatment plants, distribution, irrigation)
• Mining including extraction, supply, transport, logistics, water, rail and energy, process
• Police and emergency services fleet dispatch, call taking, mobile data, paging, court systems
• Building and campus ICT infrastructure for commercial, industrial, hospitality, health, education and justice clients including cabling, networks and real time systems
• Defence technologies and systems

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