ETCS Academy Feasibility Study

Project Update

27 September 2012

Richard Brown

Developed by the industry for the industry

European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)
An initiative backed by the EU to enhance cross-border
interoperability and the procurement of signalling
equipment by creating a single Europe wide standard for
train control and command systems.
ERTMS has four basic components:
• European Train Control Systems (ETCS) - an
automatic train protection system (ATP) to replace the
existing national ATP systems
• GSM-R, a radio system for providing voice and data
communication between the track and the train
• European Operating Rules
• Traffic Management Layer
The system will replace traditional railway signals
with a computer display inside every train cab
Industry View of Future System Configuration

Voice Control Centre

communications
On board train
detection Intelligent
Movement authority Traffic
Advisory speed Management
Automatic Train
Operation

Key nodes
Limited signalling
Limited train detection
ETCS Impact on Skills
The introduction and operation of ETCS will require
a range of new skills and operational methods
across the industry.
Skills impacted are expected to include:
• Train control installation and maintenance
• Signalling
• Driving
• Traction and rolling stock design & build
• Traction & rolling stock maintenance
• Train planning & scheduling
• Trackside working
There will be a need for significant numbers of
railway workers to be trained in a relatively short
period as the ETCS system is rolled out.
ETCS Academy Feasibility Study Purpose

To develop an understanding of and

specification for the additional training

facilities that will be required to support

the roll out of ETCS

ETCS Academy Project Scope
Study T&RS Designers T&RS Builders Driver
Train Crew
Train

covers ETCS
Managers Dispatch

aspects of
ERTMS Eng. Existing TRACTION & ROLLING STOCK New
Fleet Fleet TECHNICIANS Build DRIVERS
Possession Work
Managers Planner

Project Possession ETCS SYSTEMS T&RS

Planners Planners
Training

Infrastructure ETCS Driver

TRACK SIDE WORKERS
Training TRAINING Training

Operations
SIGNALLERS
Training
[Control Centre Operators]

TRAIN CONTROL TRAIN CONTROL Timetable

Controller
MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS INSTALLATION TECHNICIANS Planners
(S&T) (S&T)
OUTSIDE PARTIES
ORR / HMRI
Service Operations
RIAB Design Managers
BT Police
Control Test &
Comms Trackside Emergency Services
Centre Designers Commission MOD
Technicians Technicians
Technicians Engineers
ETCS Academy Project Objectives
Specific objectives of the project are to:
Develop a high level understanding of:
– the training that will be required to support ETCS roll
out
– The training facilities needed to support this and the
facilities currently available or planned to give a
“facilities gap”
– any “qualifications” programmes required
Consider solution options to address the training
facilities challenge
Identify a preferred option, best suited to
addressing the industry wide training need
Provide a high level view of the specification, costs
and resource required to deliver the preferred
option
Delivery Programme
Phase Activity Duration
Delivery Programme
Agreement on Scope of Feasibility
1 June 2012
Study

Analysis including stakeholder

2 June to October
consultation

Development & testing of delivery September to

3
options January

4 Completion of Final Report March 2013

Cross Industry Project
Sponsorship Steering Board
Ian Fazakerley Ian Fazakerley
Programme Sponsor ERTMS, Network Rail Project Sponsor, NR
(NR) Andrew Simmons
Anil Shah Director, Future Train & Operational
Project Sponsor, Network Rail (NR) Control Systems (FT&OCS), NR
Rob Macintosh
Project Team
Programme Director ERTMS, NR
Sue Gill
Guy Wilmshurst-Smith
Project Director, NSARE
HO PD&T, NR
Richard Brown
Allan Spriggs
Project Manager Change, NR
Porterbrook. ROSCO rep.
Jason Wenham
Simon Green
Project Manager (Skills Forecasting) NR
Southern Railway,TOC rep.
Nicky Cordingley
Peter Leppard
Project Management Assistant, NR
Arriva, TOC rep.
James Fraser
Steve Wilkinson
Project Manager FT&OCS, NR
DB Schenker, FOC rep.
Ron Bailes
David Wells
ATOC
RIA, Supply chain rep.
Paul Le Vesconte
Richard Carr
ATOC
RSSB rep.
Bill Alexander
Gil Howarth
NSARE Training & Skills
Chief Executive, NSARE
Elaine Clark
Bill Alexander
NSARE Skills Forecasting
Head of Training & Skills, NSARE
Pauline Marks
NSARE Project Support
Project Update
Project set up – documentation, governance &
reporting in place
Lessons Learnt
– Cambrian lessons learnt report reviewed
– Discussions with Networks Rail, GSM-R trainers,
Interfleet, Arriva Trains re Cambrian experience
– Jubilee Line lessons learnt workshop attended
– Questionnaire to go to ERTMS EIM and Users Groups
re ERTMS training lessons learnt
Industry Consultation - Many stakeholder &
Network Rail meetings / discussions
Training & Competency Needs Workshop completed
– data analysis underway
Facilities review underway
Industry Stakeholders

industry
 Northern Infrastructure
ROSCOs Chiltern Railways General Electric DeltaRail
Owners

Angel Trains East Coast South West Trains Hitachi Network Rail Trade bodies

East Midlands South Eastern TfL: London

Porterbrook Leasing Infrasig ATOC
Trains Trains Underground
Interfleet
Eversholt Rail Group Eurostar Southern Trains TfL: Tube Lines NRCG
Technology
Freight First Capital
Virgin Trains Invensys Rail Cross Rail RIA
Operators Connect

Colas Rail First Great Western LUL Railcare HS1 RSSB

Professional
Direct Rail Services First Scot Rail NDS RPL HS2
Institutions
Manufacturers,
First Trans Pennine Government &
DB Schenker Rail Designers & Siemens Mobility IRSE
Express Regulation
Installers

Freightliner Grand Central Alstom Signalling Solutions DfT IRO

GB Railfreight Greater Anglia Ansaldo Thales BIS IMechE

Bombardier
Mendip Rail Heathrow Express Transys ORR IET
Transportation

Train Operators London Midland CAF TXM Transport Scotland Other

Signalling British Transport

Arriva Trains Wales London Overground Clemtech Wabtec
Contractors Police
Rail Accident
Cross Country DEU ( for yellow
Merseyrail Yellow Rail Atkins Investigation Board
Trains plant)
(RIAB)
Network Rail Stakeholders

Network
Rail
 Asset Management Services Rob McIntosh Richard Brown Erol Baduna Anil Shah

Group Asset Management Director Infrastructure PD&T NDS Group

Jerry England
Projects Strategy
Head of Training PD&T: Competence
Technical Services Technical Signalling Guy Wilmshurst-Smith Specialist
Programme Director Erol Baduna Director,
Mark Southwell (NDS Network
Technical Services Director Technical Strategy and
John Halsall Director Operations
ETCS & TM Signalling Training CDG Chair) Planning
Steven Yianni Richard
(NSARE Project Discipline Delivery
John Walker Andrew Simmons / James Fraser Director: Manager Specialist - Eccles
Board
Member) Rob McIntosh Alan Lawer Signal
Asset FTOC (Signalling Engineering: Head of High
Design CDG) Chris Speed Rail
Management Cresswell Development
Signalling Director FTOC systems:
Senior Project Rupert Walker
Andrew Simmons
Prof. Head Engineer - Head of Training Services:
CLIENT (S&T) Signalling: Robin Goodfellow Programme
William Graham Nicola Furness Programme Edward Sponsor:
HAM Signalling Charlie White
Manager: Rollings Ian
Alex Hill Programme Project Manager
Julian Hendon Fazakerley
Operational Technical Authority Manager: (Training Design -
Richard Elliott Operations):
Technology Manager Readiness Aaron Gracey
(S&T) Project Manager: ETCS Skills
Erik Edmunds James Fraser Project Academy
Principal Principal Principal Manager: Sponsor:
Operations Project Project Richard Brown Anil Shah
Senior Technology Specialist: Engineer Engineer
Engineer [Signalling Tom Joyner [ERTMS]: [COMMS]:
Electrical]: Nicola Harvinder
John Walker Operations Furness Bhatia Andrew Jones
(Lineside Signalling Specialist:
CDG Chair) Paul Harriss
Senior Rail
Vehicle Network Ops
Operations Projects
Manager: Engineer
William Graham David Painter - London North Eastern (LNE) Ian Cleland Director, Operational Services:
(ERTMS):
(Ops Readiness) Graham Scott Mike Gallop – Western Dyan Crowther
Jonathan Pegg – Wales
Planning & Operations
Design Engineer: Performance Competence
Ron Bailes Systems Manager: Manager:
Routes Freight Andrew Neagle Andrew Jones
Richard Martin Biggin (Train Planning and (Signalling
RMD Wales RMD Western RMD LNE Freight Director Performance CDG Operations CDG
Materek Mark Langham Pattrick Hallgate Phil Verster Tim Robinson Chair) Chair)
Key
NR Safety DRAM Wales DRAM Western DRAM LNE Head of Freight
Primary Contact Debbie Pendry Jonathan Pegg Mike Gallop David Painter Market Development Planning &
Telecom’s Strategy Ian Cleland Performance
RAM [S&T] Wales RAM (Sig) Western RAM (Sig) LNE Systems Manager:
Organisation GSM-R Christopher Blunt
Head of Director of Mcclintock Craig Peter Martell Adrian Moss
Telecom's: Safety Strategy: (Operational
Stakeholders Richard Materek Allan Spence Planning CDG
RIMD RIMD RIMD
Chair’s Rep)
Project Training Alex Sharkey Mike Sowden Paul Rutter
Steering Group Integration Project Jack Hitchcock
Member Manager Network Operations
Manager
[GSM-R]: [GSM-R]:
Support Safety
General Managers General Managers General Managers
Project Team Debbie Pendry Jim Raymen Engineer Specialist: Paul Jenkins Tim Leighton Warrick Dent
Member (ATOC) (Performance) Martin Biggin Andy Coston Adrian Thear Controllers Signallers
Paul Strachan Tony Raine
CDG Groups Timetable Operations
Planners Managers
Training Lessons Learnt from The Cambrian & GSM-R (1)
Closing the Cambrian in order to train drivers is not
an option for ECML
Aligning Training to rollout schedule – avoid
retraining
Every TOC has its own competency management
system – need to develop generic solutions that can
then be “adopted” by TOCs – modular approach
Ensuring operational and engineering requirements
are considered together – must consider customer
impact
Ensure equipment training covers “how” as well as
“what”
Awareness briefings for industry
Lack of resources / skill to develop & deliver
training
Training Lessons Learnt from The Cambrian & GSM-R (2)
Elements of the workforce
require a change in personnel
specification

Discipline boundaries change

Must consider human aspects

of training and the
behavioural changes required

Transfer of initial training to

business as usual

Ownership of business as
usual training
Training Needs Workshops: Objectives & groupings
Objectives to identify:
• which operations will change as a result of the
introduction of ETCS and which job roles this will
impact.
• what additional skills, knowledge and experience will be
required as a result.
• how additional skills, knowledge and experience could
be best developed.
• any additional qualifications / courses / facilities.

Groupings:
1. Installation, maintenance & repair of on-board systems
2. Infrastructure supply & maintenance
3. Infrastructure operations using ETCS control centre
4. Operations control including drivers
Workshops: Stakeholder representation
Amey Interfleet
Ansaldo / Arup Invensys
Arriva Trains Wales Railcare
ATOC RPD
Balfour Beatty Rail RIA
Colas Rail Porterbrook (rep. all ROSCOs)
DEG Signalling RSSB
DeltaRail Siemens
East Coast Trains Signalling Solutions
East Midland Trains Signet Solutions
First Group Thales
FOCs – Jim Hailstone Tube Lines
Hitachi

Unavoidable apologies : Carillion & DB Schenker

Workshops: Network Rail representation
Asset management services – LNE route asset management
ergonomics
FTOC application engineering Network operations
FTOC communications NR telecoms
FTOC ops readiness Professional Development &
Training
Infrastructure projects signalling Safety strategy
design
Infrastructure projects signalling Traffic management
discipline manager
LNE operations Western project integration
LNE maintenance Western operations
Training Needs Workshops: Key Themes 1
1. Awareness training /communications
programme

– Industry wide high level awareness starting asap

– Particular focus for Signallers/ Controllers, Drivers &
Management
2. Experts – more needed

– Need for small number of highly knowledgeable

“experts” e.g. “Systems integration engineer” /
“Operational interface engineer”
– If agreed, where will training content, trainers &
trainees come from ?
3. Need to train the system

– Modular but not silo approach e.g. signallers &

drivers 90:10
Training Needs Workshops: Key Themes 2
4. ETCS or ERTMS ?

– Communication is an essential part of system.

– Shift in role and interactions of communications
community

5. Technology & Methodology to be clarified before

training developed

– Technology : blackbox, diagnostics

– Methodology: contractual requirements, processes,
organisational strategy
– Will drive what learning is required and how it is
bundled
Training Needs Workshops: Key Themes
6. Trainer resource

– Who / how will they be trained

7. Learner willingness (to change)

– Assessment, profiles of workforce, wastage

8. Driver simulation v training track v route

experience

– 80 % driver training generic, 20% TOC dependent

How you can help ?
Let us know if you have, or are planning, to
develop any training facilities that will be suitable
to support the roll out of ETCS training

– We will be sending out a high-level questionnaire to

capture information consistently
– Following the workshops we now need to size the
training challenge. We will firstly use the skills
forecasting data but we may need to talk to
employers further if we need more granularity in
certain areas / skills groups
– If you have experience of training or operating in an
ERTMS environment in the UK or Europe we would
like to talk to you
If you have any great ideas you are willing to share
we would also like to talk to you
Contact details

If you have an interest in this project

please contact:

Sue Gill
Sue.gill@nsare.org
07833 714601
or
Richard Brown
Richard.Brown2@networkrail.co.uk
07801 907662
ETCS Academy Feasibility Study

Project Update

27 September 2012

Richard Brown

Developed by the industry for the industry