North Coast Line South Information Pack - Queensland Rail

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OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS - INFRASTRUCTURE During the summer months of high temperatures, hot weather precautions for track stability are observed to reduce the risk of incident in accordance with Safety Management Standard STD/0075/TEC Hot Weather Precautions for Track Stability, namely :- Air Temperature 38°C and above - On timber sleepered track, restrict all trains to 60 km/h (#) - On concrete sleepered track, restrict all trains to 120 km/h Air Temperature 40°C and above - On timber sleepered track, restrict all trains to 40 km/h (#) - On concrete sleepered track, restrict all trains to 60 km/h (#) Steel sleepered track and timber sleepered track with interspersed steel sleepers shall be regarded as equivalent to timber sleepered track for track stability. Speed restrictions may also be put in place after maintenance activities in accordance with QR Safety Standards. The extent of restriction will depend upon the type of maintenance activity and risk of track misalignments. Force Majeure Events will also see the imposition of speed restrictions, the extent and severity of the restrictions being dependent on the event. TRACKSIDE DETECTION EQUIPMENT Trackside detection equipment is installed on this system to protect below rail infrastructure and rollingstock from incident. A summary of locations / equipment type / reporting functions can be found in Appendix I WEIGHBRIDGES There are no weighbridges on this System as described herein. INFORMATION SYSTEMS ViziRail is the key software system designed as a tool for use in integrated scheduling, possession planning, monitoring and reporting on the QR network. Functionality includes modules: Train notices Actual train running (ATR) NORTH COAST LINE SYSTEM - SOUTH - INFORMATION PACK (Nambour - Gladstone and Rocklands to Rockhampton) ISSUE 2 - JUNE 2007 - 16
Incidents Train consists (Train Builder) Speed restrictions Rollingstock allocations Rollingstock maintenance Fresh turnouts Planning graphs Scheduling enhancements Possession enhancements OTIS (Operational to Information Systems) - which converts train steps to actual arrival and departure train information. OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS & TRAIN CONTROL The North Coast Line System is operated by Remote Control Signalling (RCS), Automatic Train Control (ATC) and Automatic Train Protection (ATP). Train Control for the North Coast Line, from Nambour to Parana is located in Brisbane whilst Train Control for Parana to Rockhampton is located in Rockhampton OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS - ROLLINGSTOCK All new rollingstock requires to be accepted via the Rollingstock Authorisation Process, rollingstock which conforms with Drawing Nos. 2236, 2237 and 2238 may operate in an unrestricted manner on main lines. NORTH COAST LINE SYSTEM - SOUTH - INFORMATION PACK (Nambour - Gladstone and Rocklands to Rockhampton) ISSUE 2 - JUNE 2007 - 17
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Page 3 and 4: T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s INTRO
Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION This information pack
Page 7 and 8: The North Coast Line System (South)
Page 9 and 10: Cyclones may impact on this System,
Page 11 and 12: Fencing along this corridor complem
Page 13 and 14: Rocklands to Rockhampton The North
Page 15: Nambour - Gladstone (SUR 442 Sheets
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Page 21 and 22: Code of Practice for Railway Noise
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Page 39 and 40: Line Section Code Km Road Name Type
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APPENDIX H Rollingstock Gauges NORT
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APPENDIX I Trackside Detection Equi
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