Conference Programme

Track 1

>>Ilott Theatre

Rolling Stock 1

>>Civic Suites 1 & 2

Signals and Electrical

>>Lion Harbour View Lounge 1 & 2

Planning, Policy, Regulations and Economics

>>Auditorium

Rail Grinding Quality Assurance Based on Profile Correction and RCF Control

R Devadoss,
G Chattopadhyay

Battery Rail Vehicles

B Johnston

Wellington Network Track Circuit Immunisation

R Twyford, J Skilton

The Essential Railway: A Lateral Interpretation of the Functions of Urban Railways

I Gray

Improving the Reliability of Aluminothermic Rail Welds Under High Axle Load Conditions

P Mutton, I Salehi, et al

Present Day Approaches for the Effective Modelling of Train Crashworthiness

A Chhor

NID_C:600, New Zealand’s ETCS Experience

J Clendon

Outsourcing to Support Rail Rejuvenation – Insights from Tranz Rail as a Virtual Railway

G Holden, E England

Ballast Cleaning and Track Design Case Study

D Norton

Requalification of EMD D29/D31 Traction Motors in QR

P Williams

Sydney Metropolitan Freight Network

E Hawes, T Magyla

Access Regimes and the Economics of New Zealand’s Rail Network

I Duncan

A Review on Recent Developments in Rail Temperature Prediction For Use in Buckling Studies

Y Wu

Avoiding Fatigue Cracking In Rail-Freight Vehicles

J Vazey

Electrical Supply Modelling of the Blackwater Coal Haulage System

S Nicholson

Rejuvenating Rail – Planning for the Marsden Point Rail Line

F Blight, P Shivnan

Track 2

>>Civic Suites 1 & 2

Technology

>>Lion Harbour View Lounge 1 & 2

Structures 1

>>Ilott Theatre

Passenger and Urban

>>Auditorium

Geotechnical studies for the adelaide rail revitilisation project: a case study comparing in-situ and laboratory testing of ballast and subgrade materials

M Drechsler

Remnant Coal Detection System for Coal Train Wagons

C Hargrave

Arahura Combined Railway-Road-Pedestrian Bridge Replacement Project

W Rushbrook

Could the Humble Issue of Train Stabling Transform Our Railways and Even Our Cities?

R Schuppan

Effect of vertical misalignment of Adjacent Sleepers on the progressive increase in Dynamic loads around Rail Joints

H Askarinejad

Freight – Wired for Information

M Murray

Repair and Modification of NZ Rail Tunnels

G Ramsay

DART 1/Newmarket Rail Station – Raising Public Transport’s Profile

S Geelen

Rational Design Method for Prestressed Concrete Sleepers

J Nairn

Model-based estimation of rail profile based on axelbox accelerometers

P Bellette

Glenelg Tram Overpass – Design and Construction Innovations

S Gelagin, B Singleton

Hyderabad Metro Rail – A Renaissance of Urban Rail

M Owens, R.V.S Reddy

Renewing Concrete Sleepers – How Long Can They Last?

M Murray

Early Detection of Wheel Flats Using Wagon Body Acceleration Measurements

Y Sun

Rejuvenation of the Port Adelaide Viaduct

G Perelmuter, S Townsend, et al

An Integrated Rail Plan for Sydney Improving the Passenger Journey

R Mason

Fire Protection Measures in Railway Vehicles as a ‘Compensation’ to Fire Protection Requirements

M Klinger

Rail – Wheel

>>Lion Harbour View Lounge 1 & 2

Asset Management

>>Civic Suites 1 & 2

Structures 2

>>Auditorium

Operations, Logistics and Network Planning 1

>>Ilott Theatre

Selection of Wheel and Rail Profiles for Hunting Tests

D Skerman

Electronic Handover of ‘As-Constructed Asset Data’ – A Real World Example

A Burdett

Bridge Inspection Standards – A Review of International Practice and How this is Being Applied to Benchmark Bridge Inspection Standards for Ontrack Rail Bridges

G Brown

Best Practices to Improve Urban Railway Operations and Customer Experience

H Hawkins

Wheel Rail Contact Conditions Causing Rail Squats

S Simson

Best Practices in Asset Management Implementation

K Oostermeijer, J Boss

Rejuvenating NZ’s Rail Bridge Asset

W Rushbrook

Revitalisation Through Objective Evaluation

M Baggott, L Meyrick

Metallurgical Study of Rail Squats

B Daniel

SCT Logistics Reduces Risks of Bearing Failure

R Bury, B Wilson

Protection of Railway Infrastructure From Rockfall and Debris Using a Dynamic Rockfall-Debris Flow Barrier

R Bucher, W Harrison, et al

Regional Rail – A case study in Rejuvenation?

M Michell

Wayside Lubricator Placement Model for Heavy Haul Lines in Australia

G Uddin

Practical applications of GPR surveys for trackbed characterisation in the UK, Ireland, USA and Australia

A Eriksen

Management of slope instability hazards, North to South junction, NIMT, New Zealand

R Justice

Wellington Station and approaches, adapting to the challenge

I Cotton, I Imrie

NZ Metro Rejuvenation and Renaissance

>>Auditorium

Rolling Stock 2

>>Ilott Theatre

Safety and Quality

>>Lion Harbour View Lounge 1 & 2

Operations, Logistics and Network Planning 2

>>Civic Suites 1 & 2

Building the Case for Rail – The Wellington Regional Rail Plan

A Burford

Laser Cladding Compared With TIG welding to Repair and Refurbish Railway Axles

M Soodi

Fatal Level Crossing Accident, Cairns Tilt Train

L Matters

An Innovative Approach to Rail Options Analysis Using GIS

C O’dell, A Trinder

WRRP – Planning and Construction of the Third Main Track into Wellington Station

R Hickman, K Roberston, et al

Human Factors, Interfaces and Rolling Stock Design

M Squair

Towards Affordable Safer Level Crossings: Analysis of Self Reported Driver Behaviour at Passive Level Crossings

B Thomsen, Y Toft

The Hunter Valley – A High Capacity Railway Infrastructure Network

S Sutherland, T Fraser

City Shaping – The Auckland CBD Rail Link

P Twomey

DC Regenerative braking in the UK

P Taylor

Australian Standards for the Rail Industry

S Rykers

Integrated Timetable Modelling for the ARTC North South Corridor

P Campbell, I Fox

20 Projects, One Goal – Developing Auckland Metro

P King, R French

Advanced Bogie Brake

D Wynd

The Implications of Common Law Due Diligence

R Robinson

Short to Medium Haul Rail Freight – Future Fact or Falacy

I Imrie

Projects

>>Auditorium

Tracks & Trains

>>Ilott Theatre

Level Crossings & Signals

>>Civic Suites 1 & 2

Sustainability and Environment

>>Lion Harbour View Lounge 1 & 2

Kingsgrove to Revesby Cleaways Project

M Hickey, R Holloway

Wheel Rail Contact Damage from High Adhesion Locomotives, and Damage Mitigation From Steering Bogies

S Simson, C Cole

Intelligent Transport System to Improve Safety at Level Crossings

J Singh

Environmental Impacts of Rail: Lessons from Kiwirail Carbon Footprints

V Browne

Rail Duplication and Construction of the
New Lynn Rail Trench

M McDonald, K Crawford

Reducing In-Train Noise on the Epping-Chatswood Rail Link

D Coker, D Anderson

Prioritisation of Level Crossings in Melbourne for Grade Separation

R Crawford

Carbon Valley 2050 – the Future of Rail Energy Supply in the Hunter Valley

G Ellem, M Bruns

Richmond Line Alliance – A Case Study in Effective Project Development and Delivery of a Complete Rail System

P Boulden, M Smith

Implementing 110mm cant deficiency to increase train speed around existing curves

J Furness, J Walsh

Auckland Metropolitan Resignalling Project – Comprehensive Modernisation

N Burton

Enhanced Locomotive Efficiency Through Waste Heat Recovery

D Pich

Brisbane Suburban Area Reliability Upgrade Project

J Milligan

Matangi – An EMU for Wellington

A Bossward, R Wason

Vital-Positive Train Control in the United States and its Relationship to Australia’s Advanced Train Management

B Groves

Advances in Energy Efficient trains for New South Wales

P Pearce, G Collishaw