Digital Signalling Interoperability
Course Overview
Digital Signalling, also known as Automatic Train Control, is a critical enable for improved railway capacity and performance. However, different technologies, products and applications may create a ‘digital gauge break’ that prevents interoperability.
Using Australia as a transferable example, this training compares the common mainstream technologies for digital signalling, including Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and the European Train Control System (ETCS). Interoperability of digital signalling is defined and thoroughly discussed, and strategies for controlling and achieving interoperability in various scenarios are provided.
Who Should Participate
This training is well suitable for railway practitioners of all disciplines, regardless of their prior signalling knowledge. It can be consumed as standalone course focused on interoperability, or as supplementary addition toother trainings by the Informa Connect Academy, for example the Masterclass trainings for CBTC and ETCS.
Key Benefits
- Key definitions of Digital Signalling, Automatic Train Control and Interoperability
- The SPA framework for clearer understanding of the Digital Signalling landscape
- Overview of common mainstream technologies for Digital Signalling
- Digital Signalling in Australia (as example transferable to other countries)
- Introduction to ETCS and CBTC technologies for Digital Signalling
- Example of a bespoke development for Digital Signalling
- Interoperability definitions
- History and status of interoperability in Australia (as example transferable to other countries)
- Interoperability facets and control options
- Interoperability between CBTC products
- Interoperability between ETCS products
- Interoperability between different Digital Signalling technologies
- Interoperability outlook (example Australia)
- Answers to typical interoperability questions
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schedule Date | maps_home_work Delivery Type | person Trainer | language Language | ||
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29 Sep 2025 Digital learning over 4 weeks Online / Modular | location_on Scheduled Digital Australia | Frank Heibel | English | AUD$2,695.00 |
29 Sep 2025
Digital learning over 4 weeks, Online / Modular
location_onScheduled Digital
Australia
Language: English
Trainer: Frank Heibel
AUD$2,695.00
Learn More About This Training Course
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.
Run this course in-house
Informa Connect Academy’s customised training solutions have helped organisations deliver tailored learning in different languages to suit every requirement.