Data, Systems and Telematics Standards Committee
In January 2022, the Industry Standards and Coordination Committee (ISCC) endorsed the establishment of the Data, Systems and Telematics Standards Committee (DST SC). This decision was subsequently approved at the RSSB Board meeting in March 2022.
The DST SC is the first new standards committee to be set up for more than a decade. It has responsibility for managing the change control process for the TAF and TAP NTSNs. Additionally, the committee oversees the development and maintenance of standards, guidance notes and other documents that support transport operators in sharing data more easily and exploiting it more effectively.
Scope
The scope of the DST SC is defined in its remit. The committee’s coverage includes:
- Systems that assist in long-, short- and very-short-term planning of the railway, across timetabling, rolling stock and traincrew, as well as the reference databases that support these functions. This also includes the provision of live operational information, such as train running, location, and allocation information.
- Data that support the processes and systems above and would usefully be shared between organisations through open, standardised interfaces. This may include the creation of standardised data models.
- The technical requirements set out in the Telematic Applications for Freight and the Telematic Applications for Passenger Services (TAF and TAP) National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs) for the exchange of data, information and messages between organisations and systems.
Subgroup
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Telematic Applications for Freight and Passenger Services TSI NTSN Mirror Group
The Telematic Applications for Freight and Passenger Services TSI NTSN Mirror Group (TAF TAP TSI NTSN MG) is a subgroup of the Data, Systems and Telematics Standards Committee. It monitors the activities of European and international groups and establishes the Great British position on changes to both the TAF and TAP TSIs.
Membership
DST SC membership is from these industry stakeholders:
- passenger train operators
- rolling stock owners and leasing companies
- freight and other non-passenger train operators
- infrastructure managers and owners
- infrastructure contractors
- suppliers and rolling stock manufacturers
- RSSB
- Department for Transport (observer)
- Office of Rail and Road (observer).
Chair of committee: Liz Davies, RSSB
RSSB main representative: Andrew Graham
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Committee members
Name Company Representing Status Andrew Brownlee Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Andrew Graham RSSB RSSB Member Andrew Schwarz Tracsis Suppliers Member Andrew Spratley South Eastern Passenger Train Operators Member Chris Queree Rail Delivery Group N/A Co-opted Duncan Clark Koncept Rail Non Passenger Train Operators Member Craig Nevins Worldline Suppliers Member James Woodhouse Angel Trains Limited Rolling Stock Owners Member Jonathan Harris LNER Passenger Train Operators Member Liz Davies RSSB Independent Chair Liz Ingram RSSB RSSB IGM Member Michael Powell Govia Thameslink Passenger Train Operators Member Paul Cross Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Rang Lee WSP Suppliers Alternate Steve Denniss WSP Suppliers Member Will Deakin Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Vacancy Infrastructure Contractors Vacancy Non Network Rail Infrastructure Manager
