Driver Advisory Systems Board
The purpose of the Driver Advisory Systems (DAS) Board is to promote the development and deployment of DAS systems to meet the needs of the rail industry in support of the industry technical strategy. The board is also tasked with contributing to the industry objectives for the management of capacity and carbon, algorithm optimisation and impact on schedules that sit within access agreements through the undertaking of an optimisation operational trial to manage conflict at airport junction exploiting the on board DAS units fitted to First Great Western (FGW) trains as a near term primary goal.
"The DAS Board aims to identify and promote operational deployments of DAS technology and systems. This will improve the operational capability and performance of the UK railway network, and support putting the passenger first."
Scope
The technical scope of the subgroup is focused in the following key areas:
- The development of connected DAS systems to build on the deployments of standalone DAS that has been implemented by a number of passenger and freight train operating companies in the past two years.
- To promote the undertaking of joint industry operational trial on the network to demonstrate the principles and operation of improved conflict management by the use of DAS and other predictive techniques such as mathematical algorithms to manage train path conflicts at key locations.
- To support and monitor the integration of connected DAS with Traffic Management to optimise the effectiveness of Traffic Management in regulating the operational railway.
- To support the development of principles and process, including algorithms,and system architecture to improve capacity management by the use of DAS at key locations.
- To oversee the next phase of development (phase 2) of the COMPASS National programme for the generation of the tactical picture of a trains location, speed and direction of travel as a joint venture on behalf of the UK rail industry.
- To support the realisation of the longer term strategy to progress from connected DAS, Traffic Management and the roll out of the ERTMS system across the UK rail network with the aim of achieving Automatic Train Operation (ATO) at the earliest opportunity.
This aligns with the scope of V/TC&C SIC as set out in SIC Protocol,to ‘provide the focus for train control and communication issues’.
Membership
A representative from each of the following organisations/sectors’ then list:
- Network Rail – engineering
- Network Rail – operations
- RSSB
- passenger train operators
- freight and other non-passenger train operators
- DAS Operations Specialist.
Chair of committee: Darren Jowett, Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
RSSB main representative: Stuart McFarland
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Committee members
Name Company Representing Status Aidan Mcgrady Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Observer Andrew Simmons Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Carine Marine High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Clive Burrows First Rail Holding Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Daniel Walker Direct Rail Services Limited Non Passenger Train Operators Member Darren Jowett Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Chair Chair James Dawson High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Jenny Hamilton Office of Rail and Road Office of Rail and Road Observer Malcolm Venables Rail for London (Infrastructure) Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Mark Wardell First Rail Holdings Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Gill Pirou RSSB RSSB IGM Member Nicole Seaman
Scotrail Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Stuart McFarland RSSB RSSB Member Richard Deacon Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Thomas Hanham Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Observer Vish Kalsapura Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member
