RAIL PROJECTS
Paul Traub Associates has a depth and breadth of experience in heavy rail, light rail and metro projects. The scope of our experience includes train driving, control room design and assessment, accident investigation, and passenger escape and evacuation. Paul Traub Associates has contributed to Ticket Vending machine design, signalling, axle counters and signal sighting.
A brief summary of pertinent projects is provided below.
heavy rail
Network Rail- Degraded Mode Working System (DMWS) HCI Design and Assessment
Paul has written and implemented the HFIP for this work and is undertaking signaller/driver task and error analysis to support the safety case for the HCI prototype to be tested on a test track. The scope also includes Human Reliability Analysis for degraded modes of operation and HCI design and assessment. The main bulk of the work will derive requirements for the detailed design and build phase for DMWS.
Other Heavy Rail Projects
- Independent Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator New South Wales - Human Factors Review of Warnervale Level Crossing Incident
- Alstom Transportation Systems - HCI Evaluation of Smartlock 400
- Alstom Transportation Systems - Human Reliability Analysis of Local Maintainer Operations
- Network Rail - Alarm Management Plan for East Midlands Signalling Centre
- Network Rail - West Midlands Signalling Centre Alarm Plan
- Network Rail - Human Reliability Analysis of Signaller Operations for Upminster IECC
- Network Rail Southern Region Rail - DESIRO Train Vision Assessments for a Signal Placement Assessment
- Interfleet Technology/Railway Standards and Safety Board - Understanding Accidents on Trains
- Invensys Rail - Human Factors Specification for West Hampstead Control Room
- Railway Standards and Safety Board - Review of GM/RT 2161,GM/RT0037 and conduct of vision plots for class 390, 319 and 92
- Alstom Signalling - West Coast Main Line Train Control System Human Factors Programme and Technical Manager
- Atkins Rail - Human error analysis for track personnel and signallers
- Atkins Rail - Human Reliability and Violations Analysis for track personnel and signallers
- Westinghouse Rail Systems - Lincoln Signalling Control Centre Alarm and Training Plan
light rail
London Underground- Re-write of Guidance for One Person Operation CCTV Standard
As part of this work Paul has extensively reviewed trap and drag accidents on UK and Australian Railways so as to derive and modify existing requirements for the CCTV Standard. The work also involved cab assessments, reviews against CCTV standards in other industries, HAZOPs and derivation of dedicated Human Factors criteria for trialling and proving CCTV operability. The standard update should ensure that up to date technology and best Human Factors practice in CCTV design is incorporated.
Other Light Rail Projects
- BIRSE Metro - Human Factors Integration Plan for Walthamstow Central Upgrade
- Tubelines - Human Reliability Analysis of Station Control Facilities
- RailCorp - Update of Signal Sighting Human Factors Document
- Thorn Transit Systems International - Human Factors Specification for a Ticket Issuing Machine for the Hong Kong Lantau Airport Link
- Thorn Transit Systems International - Human Factors Specification for a Ticket Issuing Machine for the Kula Lumpar Light Railway
Signalling Tactical Picture Design Award - Rail Industry Association
safety
- Atkins Rail - North Staffordshire Alliance Route Section 12 Safety Case
- MetroNET - Yellow book course contributor and trainer
- RailCorp New South Wales - Provision of a Human Factors Requirements Specification for an External Train Mounted CCTV System
- RailCorp New South Wales - Human Factors Risk Assessment of Watching Trains in and out of the Platform
- London Underground Limited - Human Error and Human Reliability Analysis of Signal Maintenance
- London Underground Limited - Human Factors Risk Assessment of Future Manual Operation of Piccadilly Line Trains between South Harrow and Uxbridge
- Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive - Safety Analysis of Passenger Overcrowding on an Island Platform
- Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive - Analysis of Passenger Flows and Exit Design for Evacuation for Hillhead Station