Stephen Lemon
Digital Systems Program Director
Transport for NSW
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Download The Latest AgendaConference Day One: Tuesday, 27th August 2019
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
12:30 PM CASE STUDY: More than just technology – how TfNSW’s Digital Systems Program will transform the Sydney rail network
The Digital Systems Program will replace legacy signalling and train control technologies with modern, internationally proven intelligent systems. The NSW government has invested more than $800 million towards the first stage of the Program. The Program’s three main elements are:
- Replacing trackside signalling equipment with the latest ETCS Level 2 technology
- Implementing Automatic Train Operation to assist drivers – who will still remain in control – and provide faster and more consistent journey times
- Introducing a Traffic Management System (TMS) for more effective incident management and service regulation across the network.
These elements will enable the increase in network capacity that is crucial to satisfying current and future demand, as well as benefiting customers with more reliable services, reduced journey times and enhanced, real-time information. This technology will also allow for safer and more efficient operation and maintenance, lower capex and opex costs and lower energy consumption.
The Program’s deployment will be as revolutionary to Sydney’s rail network, and the people who work on it, as the network’s change from steam to electrification in the 1920s and 30s. To succeed, major brownfield transformational projects like Digital Systems must simultaneously and successfully manage change for people and processes while implementing new technology.
In this presentation, Stephen and Warwick will discuss meeting this transformational challenge through the Program’s innovative and rigorous approach to lessons learned, collaboration and principles.