Railway Interest Group



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Welcome to the homepage of the INCOSE UK Railway Interest Group.

Mission statement

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Objectives

The objectives of the "INCOSE UK Rail Interest Group" are:

  • To provide a forum for those interested in Systems Engineering in rail to network in a less formal environment, to exchange good practice and to provide mutual support in an area which can require some sustained perseverance;

  •  To promote, improve and share the practice of Systems Engineering within the rail industry;

  •  To foster connections with other professional bodies within rail and thereby promote cross fertilisation of knowledge and experience across sectors and community disciplines; and

  •  To promote awareness of INCOSE UK and encourage membership within the rail industry.

 Note: In pursuing its objectives the Group shall take a broad view of rail, including heavy rail, metros and light rail and including both the operational railway and its supply chain.

Forthcoming events

Date Topic Venue
2 April 2008 Head Up Displays for Trains, flyer Hammersmith, London

We also expect a strong RIG contingent at the INCOSE 2008 International Symposium.

 

Recent events - See also the Reviews page

Event Date Event Title Event Flyer Event Review Event Presentations
27 Feb 2008 Systems Engineering Practices that Help Manage the Complexity of a Modern Railway Project flyer    
16 Jan 2008 Space systems engineering: synergies with rail flyer   Slides
30 Oct 2007 Train system and energy optimisation for metros     Slides
24 Sept 2007 Integrating Stations into the Wider Railway Application flyer   Slides
3 July 2007 Best Practice in Railway Requirements Engineering      
6 June2007 Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Genius or Great Systems Engineer? flyer   Slides
16 May 2007 Systems Engineering and Tram Projects      

19 April 2007

So what exactly is railway systems engineering?

    Slides
29 Mar 2007 Networking Evening – Theme ‘Railway System Architectures’ flyer    
14 Feb 2007 Keeping the Floor Level on the New Underground flyer    
30 Nov 2006 A Soft Systems Approach to the Investigation of Railway Interfaces flyer    
11 Oct 2006 The Tunnel Cooling Project - Systems and Approach flyer    
12 Sep 2006 Railway Systems Engineering in Action flyer Review Paper Slides
6 July 2006 Lessons Learnt from Applying New Train Control Systems to Major Re-Signalling Projects flyer    
6 June 2006 Network Rail - Towards a Total System Approach flyer Review -

Our Meeting Venues

  • Atkins Rail

  • London Underground

  • Network Rail, 1 Eversholt St, Euston, London, NW1 2DN

  • Network Rail, 40 Melton Street, London

  • Parsons Brinkerhoff

  • Tube Lines

Contact details

The Railway Interest Group committee are shown below.

If you have any suggestions for topics / presentations or would like to host an event then please contact any of the following committee members.

Committee Role

Name

Organisation

Email address

 Chair

Bruce Elliott

Arbutus Technical Consulting

bruce.elliott@arbutus-tc.co.uk

Secretary

Derek Price

Network Rail

derek.price@networkrail.co.uk

INCOSE Liaison Officer

Dipesh Patel

 

dipeshkumar@hotmail.com

 

Jon Elphick

Atkins

 

 

Kuldeep Gharatya

London Underground

 

 

Brian Halliday

Network Rail

 

 

Bob Hutchison

Atkins

 

 

Clive Roberts University of Birmingham  
Associate Anne O'Neill New York City Transit  

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Last Updated: 14 March, 2008