A successful approach to Solid State Interlocking modernisation

Solid State Interlocking is a British design successfully exported to the rail networks of a dozen countries. In this paper, we review the benefits of improved design, in particular the use of open-standard communication equipment and centralised architectures against maintenance costs and system availability. Through the case study of the Belgian Railway Infrastructure Objectives, we demonstrate how the SSI installed base can be upgraded intelligently and without impact to revenue operations. In particular, we show how re-using the existing interfacing equipment to track products – and benefiting from a backward compatibility with the SSI data configuration – translates into a cost-effective migration path for asset owners and rail operators.

AusRAIL PLUS 2009, Informa
November 18, 2009 - Adelaide, SA, Australia

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1. A successful approach to Solid approach to Solid State Interlocking modernisation modernisation Joffrey Lauthier AusRAIL PLUS 2009, Adelaide 18/11/09 TRANSPORT
2. | A successful approach to Solid Stat 1 | SSI – Smartlock 400 migration path process and benefits 2 | Belgia Infrast Object process and benefits Object other u from S Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 te Interlocking (SSI) modernisation n Railways tructure tives and 3 | SSI, Smartlock 400 and the rollout of ERTMS on the tives and upgrades SSI ERTMS on the Australian network 09 - P 2
3. Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 1 | SSI – Smartlock 400 migration path g p process and benefits 09 - P 3
4. Solid State Interlocking SSI − Developed by British Rail R h GEC (t d Research, GEC (today Alstom) and Westinghouse − 1985: first installation in the U K the U.K. Installed base − U K U.K. − Western Europe − Hong Kong − Indonesia A stralia Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 − Australia Original SSI SSI upgrade 09 - P 4
5. Solid State Interlocking Tech. Terminal Tra Desc Terminal TFM Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 Original SSI SSI upgrade NX Panel PMUX SSI Cubicle PMUX ain riber Cubicle DLM 09 - P 5
6. Solid State Interlocking Cubicle Red ndant Redundant Panel Processors Main Main Processors 2 out of 3 principle Diagnostic Module Data Link Data Link Modules Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 Original SSI SSI upgrade NX Panel NX Panel Train Describer Technician Terminal Trackside Trackside Functional Modules 09 - P 6
7. Trackside Functional Modules TFMs Universal Module for − Universal Module for standard inputs/outputs − Signal Module − Point Module A l C t M d l − Axle Counter Module Compatibility − U.K. Track Products U.K. Track Products − Belgian − French Installed base Installed base − Belgium: 10,000 − U.K.: 6,000 − France: 1,000 O h Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 − Others: 1,000 s Original SSI SSI upgrade 09 - P 7
8. Smartlock 400 Architecture Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade 09 - P 8
9. Smartlock 400 CIXL – Central Interlocking − CENELEC SIL4 design − 2oo3 safety principle − PowerPC processors − 3 diversified ADA compilers − Open standard interfaces − 400 platforms manufactured 400 platforms manufactured TICC – Trackside Interface Communications Cubicle Communications Cubicle − Trackside Functional Module Gat − Front Ends (FEs) and Gateways (GWs) Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 ( ) Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade teway 09 - P 9
10. SmartIO • 2oo2 architecture • Ethernet interface with Smartlock • Flexible internal architecture: conf • Flexible internal architecture: conf different types of boards • Total or p of I/Os • Universa • Object co • Object co point ma • ETCS bea boards Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 boards Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade k 400 computers figurable with figurable with partial redundancy l I/O boards ontroller boards for ontroller boards for chines and signals acon encoder 09 - P 10
11. Smartlock 400 Support System Maintenance Workstation − System monitoring − Alarms management − Logging functions − Access management C fi f ili i − Configure facilities − Time and date management T h i i T i l Technician Terminal − Start / Stop − Restrictions (Technician’s Contro I i i Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 − Investigations Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade ols) 09 - P 11
12. Smartlock 400 Support System Technician Terminal Technician Terminal − User-friendly graphical interface Maintainer guided towards Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 − Maintainer guided towards failed element to be replaced Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade Maintenance Workstation − Efficient alarms management − Efficient alarms management − Maintainer guided towards critical failures 09 - P 12
13. Smartlock 400 Design Workstation i Environment − ENOVIA SmarTeam Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 Lifecycle Management Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade Application data management − Encoding Encoding − Configuration − Access management − Vital compilation Application data validation − Manual simulations Automated test scenarii − Automated test scenarii 09 - P 13
14. Smartlock 400 Safety Application Principles Object oriented approach − Object-oriented approach − Product independent from the signalling rules − Signalling rules implemented g g p in software tools Maximum flexibility 100% automation for standardised rules standardised rules 3 levels of Approval 1 Generic product (based on 1. Generic product (based on existing and approved platforms) 2. Country-specific Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 3. Application-specific Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade Safety Standards CENELEC SIL4 − CENELEC SIL4 EN50126, EN50128, EN50129 − In the U.K.: RSSB Yellow Book Issue 3 09 - P 14
15. Smartlock 400 Central Interlocking Compute • Higher capacity: 6x SSI • Compatibility with standard telecom Co pat b ty t sta da d te eco • Automated application engineering validation tools • Upgraded facilities for the maintain Upgraded facilities for the maintain remote access, improved fault analy • Compliant with CENELEC 50159 (S Euro-Interlocking g • ERTMS-ready: direct interface with • Compatibility with SmartIO – alternative to TFMs Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 alternative to TFMs er Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade m and er: er: ysis SIL4), h RBC 09 - P 15
16. Migration from SSI to Smartl SSI Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 lock 400 Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade Smartlock 400 09 - P 16
17. Migration from SSI to Smartl Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 lock 400 Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade 09 - P 17
18. Phased Migration Process 0 | Existing SSI i ll i 1 | Smartlock k S t installation network u Same application SSI #1 SSI #2 Specialised Network Smart lock 400 Stan Netw pp data Cabi- net #1 Cabi- net #2 Cabi- net #3 Cabi- net #1 Ca ne # TFMs Trackside bj Trackside bj Trackside bj TFMs TFMs TFMs Trackside bj Track bj TF Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 Objects Objects Objects Objects Obj Smartlock™ 400 SSI upgrade k 400 + d 2 | TFM replacement b S O S t upgrade by SmartIO ndard work Smart lock 400 Standard Network bi- et 2 Cabi- net #3 Smart IO #1 Smart IO #2 Smart IO #3 kside Trackside bj Ms TFMs Trackside bj Trackside bj Trackside bj 09 - P 18 ects Objects Objects Objects Objects
19. Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 2 | Belgian Railways | g y Infrastructure Objectives and other upgrades from SSI 09 - P 19
20. Infrabel and the BRIO Progra Infrabel − Maintains and develop railway in − Organises and controls the railwa BRIO – Belgian Railway Infrastruct − Centralisation of existing control within 5 years y − ALSTOM will supply about 100 S Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 am BRIO Belgian Railways nfrastructure in Belgium ay traffic ture Objectives centres (31 centres instead of 368) martlock interlocking 09 - P 20
21. ALSTOM activities in the BRIO Program BRIO deliveries − Additional 10,000 trackside object controllers, on top of the 10,000 TFMs already delivered − 1,000+ location cases 1,000 location cases − 100+ Smartlock computers − 30+ simulation environments S ifi d l t Specific developments − HMI customisation for maintenance and configuration systems − Automatic tests for data validation Automatic tests for data validation Data preparation − Application engineering team in Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 Brussels in support to Infrabel BRIO Belgian Railways 09 - P 21
22. Smartlock 400 Infrabel location case Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 BRIO Belgian Railways 09 - P 22
23. Optica Switch TFM Frame Fram Axle F K Axle counters Frame K Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 l Network h BRIO Belgian Railways me X UPS Track Circuits Power 09 - P 23 Power Panel
24. Smartlock 400 References in Belgium and U Braine-Le-Comte – Infrabel − Main station, passenger traffic − 53 points, 67 signals, 12 trains/hour − Replacement of four SSI p − SSI data re-compiled for Smartlock 400 − Re-use of the existing TFMs − In service: October 2008 Rogier – STIB − Brussels metro − 18 points, 16 signals, 40 trains/hour − In service: July 2008 Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 In service: July 2008 .K. BRIO Belgian Railways Waaslandhaven – Infrabel − Freight station, Antwerp harbour − Replacement of two SSI − In service: October 2006 Horsham – Network Rail − Main station, passenger traffic − Replacement of three SSI Replacement of three SSI − Re-use of U.K. TFMs − In service: October 2008 09 - P 24
25. Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 25 | SSI S tl k 3 | SSI, Smartlock 400 and the rollout of ERTMS on the ERTMS on the Australian network 09 - P 25
26. Transferring signal status to b Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 beacons ERTMS Ready for rollout 09 - P 26
27. ETCS level 1 rollout with SSI Nonintrusive approach SSI Network B SSI Network A ODLM ODLM EDLM EDL RS485 with Rx only SSI M M lises lises pply lises lises pply Maintenance SSI/COM SSI/COM EBM – 4 Ba EBM – 4 Ba Power Sup EBM – 4 Ba EBM – 4 Ba Power Sup Maintenance Maintenance info (Ethernet SNMP) Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 Optional redundancy fo Maintenance contacts ERTMS Ready for rollout LM TFM TFM 6 TFMs for 6 main signals TFM TFM TFM TFM lises EBM – 4 Ba SmartIO COBALT controlling 24 ETCS beacons 09 - P 27 or highest availability
28. ETCS level 1 rollout with SSI SmartIO COBALT • SmartIO rack with small footprint – easily installed in TFM equipment rooms • Non intrusive – SSI interface via RS485 (Rx only) • Interface proven-in-use on French Railways • High availability: − redundant architecture of SSI/C d d P S l − redundant Power Supply − hot replacement of failed LRUs • Allow for extended ETCS Movemen without modifying standard SSI dat Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 without modifying standard SSI dat ERTMS Ready for rollout – COM t Authority (double green) ta (no ETCS bits) 09 - P 28 ta (no ETCS bits)
29. Interfacing with a Radio Bloc Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 ck Center ERTMS Ready for rollout 09 - P 29
30. Interfacing with a Radio Bloc • 35km line linking Liège, Belgium with the German border the German border • First European cross-border high- speed line equipped with ETCS2 technology • ETCS2 + ETCS1 as fall-back system • 6 SSI with gateway SSI-RBC • Commercial service: June 2009 J Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 ck Center ERTMS Ready for rollout 09 - P 30
31. ALSTOM and ERTMS level 2 • SSI – RBC interface via gateway • Smartlock 400 – direct RBC interface Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 ERTMS Ready for rollout ETCS level 2 commercial ETCS level 2 commercial operations in Europe − 75% of km* run on ALSTOM-equipped lines ALSTOM-equipped lines − 88% of trains* ALSTOM-equipped 09 - P 31 * as of August 2009
32. Contracted trains ALSTOM’s ERTMS solution 25 million km under ETCS su Contracted trains Solid State Interlocking Modernisation - AusRAIL PLUS 2009 - Adelaide - 18/11/0 TIS ATLAS Trainborne Solution - 28/12/2009 - P 32 pervision ERTMS Ready for rollout MITUSI 09 - P 32 838 trains* in operation * as of August 2009
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