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Essentials of Rail Signalling
Learn railway signaling systems, track circuits, interlocking, and safety protocols
Essentials of Rail Signalling Training Course
Master the Fundamentals of Rail Signalling — Build your foundational expertise in systems, safety protocols and track‑side technology.
Course Overview
This course will provide you with a foundational knowledge and understanding of railway signalling. This training is to demystify signalling, which is often considered a “dark art” within the railway community.
The teaching methods of this course, which have proven successful for complete railway novices and experienced non-signalling railway professionals alike, will make sure that you can understand everything taught here (unlike in many traditional signalling trainings that require too much prior knowledge).
Who Should Participate
This course is specifically targeted at signalling beginners, either people who want to join the railway altogether or railway professionals with little to no prior signalling knowledge who want to gain understanding and confidence about this critical discipline.
Past participants have included project managers, senior and principal engineers (mainly from non-signalling disciplines), consultants, train drivers, safety and procurement specialists, engineering managers, and executive leaders in rail planning, operations, and business development.
Key Benefits
- Essential concepts and terms of conventional signalling
- Architectural elements of contemporary signalling systems
- Typical railway hazards and ways to mitigate them
- Types of railway vehicles and their connection to signalling
- Elements and layouts of railway tracks
- Key components of signalling systems and their function
- Essentials of interlockings and train protection systems
- Examples of signalling principles with optional further reading
- Practical implementation of different signalling principles
Next Courses
schedule Date | maps_home_work Delivery Type | person Trainer | language Language | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 Feb 2026 Digital learning over 4 weeks Online / Modular | location_on Scheduled Digital Australia | Frank Heibel | English | AUD$1,395.00 | |
29 Jun 2026 Digital learning over 4 weeks Online / Modular | location_on Scheduled Digital Australia | Frank Heibel | English | AUD$1,395.00 |
02 Feb 2026
Digital learning over 4 weeks, Online / Modular
location_onScheduled Digital
Australia
Language: English
Trainer: Frank Heibel
AUD$1,395.00
29 Jun 2026
Digital learning over 4 weeks, Online / Modular
location_onScheduled Digital
Australia
Language: English
Trainer: Frank Heibel
AUD$1,395.00
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Webinar: Understanding Modern Train Control
In this exclusive one-hour webinar, world-renowned rail signalling expert Doc Frank Heibel demystifies the core concepts behind modern train control.
Whether you're new to the field or looking to deepen your knowledge, this session will help you understand the fundamentals of Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC), European Train Control System (ETCS), and the role of signalling in creating safer, more efficient railways.
Course Director
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.