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4 August - 12 September 2025
Online Course

4 August - 12 September 2025
Online Course

CBTC Masterclass

Master modern railway signaling, automatic train protection (ATP), moving block technology, and advanced rail automation systems

CBTC Masterclass

About the Course

This course will develop and deepen a solid understanding of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC), regardless of the extent of railway signalling knowledge prior to this training.

The world-leading methods of teaching CBTC fundamentals have been proven and continuously updated and expanded since 2014, making this course the longest-running publicly available CBTC training in the world and the only CBTC training endorsed by the Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA).

Who Should Attend

As incredible as it may sound, this training has proven suitable and beneficial for railway professionals of any discipline and any level of signalling knowledge, from complete beginners to seasoned signalling specialists.

Past participants have included project managers, senior and principal engineers, consultants, train drivers, safety and procurement specialists, engineering managers, and executive leaders in rail planning, operations, and business development.

Key Learning Objectives

  • What is CBTC and what makes it ‘genuine’
  • Simple frameworks for memorising architecture, key functionalities and benefits of CBTC
  • Why interoperability between different CBTC products is a problem, and how to solve it
  • Foundations and trends of data communications for CBTC
  • Key CBTC subsystems and their interaction

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    Delivered by Doc Frank Heibel

    Dr Frank Heibel is a Chartered Professional Electrical Engineer (CPEng) with over 33 years of international experience in railway signalling. Widely known in the industry as ‘Doc Frank’, he has specialised in training and consulting for advanced communications-based signalling, including CBTC and ETCS technologies, as the most cost-effective way to improve the capacity and performance of urban and mainline railways.

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    Informa Connect Academy’s customised training solutions have helped organisations deliver tailored learning in different languages to suit every requirement.

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