1. Suppliers Technical Forum - Innovation
David Pinkney
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2. Innovation on Thameslink
Using new products equipment and tools to reduce costs and create efficiencies
Often teamed with headquarters, maintenance, or another programmes
Most have a large engineering content and the development of a new product
Often involve product acceptance and changes to ways of working
Need to flexible, adaptable, thinking out of box
But still supporting programme delivery
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3. Example of a successful project - New CCTV technology for London Bridge
Use of mega pixel technology to reduce the number cameras needed for London Bridge station.
The reduction of cameras produces reductions in brackets, power, cables
The like for like saving for the London Bridge installation is £1m (25%) but the big saving is in maintenance – circa 60%
Project Manager’s role was to gain acceptance by the HQ CCTV group and NR Head of Security and have the standard changed
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4. Mobile Maintenance Unit
The MMU is a train with a workshop, stores, messing, worker transport
Self contained train for installation and maintenance
Moving green zone – work force protected
Realisation is that MMUs will radically change the way we plan and manage our site work
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5. Mobile Maintenance Unit
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6. Mobile Maintenance Unit
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7. Mobile Maintenance Unit – Status
Nationally 7 units are needed (4 specifically in the south east)
Aligning Thameslink with Kent
In the tender process – 5 companies bidding
Planning visits to users
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8. Mobile Maintenance Unit – Status Continued
For Thameslink two extra variants
For tunnel working -
To reduce costs – TOC compensation, 7 day railway
Keeping one track open while working on the other track
Still a mobile green zone
Expanding slides and opening side doors
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9. Mobile Maintenance Unit – Status Continued
Second variant
Enables slim-line gantries to be used
Efficiencies in installation and maintenance
The necessary kit is there
Difficult bit –
How are we going to use it?
Define the processes
Which variants do we need?
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10. Cable Management Sleepers
Replace
Under and Over Track Crossings
Orange Pipes and Yellow Split Ducting
Savings of the order 95%
Reduce risk as the track bed is not disturbed
Two variants product accepted
In use across the whole of Network Rail as well as Thameslink
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11. Cable Management Sleepers – further work
Modified
Wider rebate
Clips
Inserts to mount third rail insulators
Production moulds for GV54 sleeper on order
Thameslink requirements until defined
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12. Cable Management Sleepers
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13. Negative Short Device
The Negative Short Device will be used to improve the efficiency and safety of third rail isolations.
Replace short circuiting straps and strap-men (can have up to 25)
Simplifies the process considerably
Project timescale 40 weeks
Proposed fit NSDs to London Bridge low level
Manual switched solution – not using SCADA
Only 25 NSDs needed
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14. Increase in Work Time with NSDs
Current situation
Available work time 2h 30m
Complicated
Many phone calls
With NSDs
Available work time 4h 00m
Much simpler
Far fewer phone calls
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15. NSD Savings Reduction in resource needed over 2 years = £840k
Reduced communication over 2 years, 208 hours = 52 extra shifts
Not cancelling the first and last trains over 3 years = £300k
Reduction in risk
Reduced requirement for line blockages
Less staff on the infrastructure
Reduced involvement from interface stakeholders
No strapping in the wrong area
Reduced communications
Reduced staff on track / less chance of injury
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16. Snow displacer
Very simple, inexpensive length of foam that sits in the point ends
Stops snow (anything else) from entering and jamming the points
Saves delay minutes
Saves energy (30%) by insulating the point heaters
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17. Snow displacer installation
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18. Snow displacer – status
Thameslink is part of the national programme
Trial underway at Hither Green
Further work –
Develop a version for the very narrow end of the points
Arrange for points to be automatically fitted to the points at the factory
‘Productionise’ the existing snow displacer for easier fitting
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19. Electro-luminescent PPE
Worked very closely with the suppler Fhoss to complete final development
Thameslink Route Access Team is testing 10 sets of PPE
Battery life 12 hours
A worker can be seen 1 ½ miles down the track
Compliant with Rail Standards
Additional cost is not significant
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20. Pavegen – electrical energy from foot falls
Sustainable renewable energy
Floor tiles form the green area in the ‘mock up’ photo
Hopefully drive assets such as destination boards
Trial site in the station to be set up
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21. CCTV Scanning of Pantographs
A damaged pantograph or shoe can cause much damage to the infrastructure and very many delay minutes
Even more when we are at 24 trains per hour
CCTV scanning will allow damaged trains to be sidelined before they enter the Thameslink central core
An installation at Farringdon will check that the pantograph is down as the train travels south into the third rail area
Probably the trial site will be at Farringdon
A camera installation showing the housing
containing the radar, flash and camera
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22. CCTV Scanning of Pantographs
A drawing of a
typical installation
in the Nederlands
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23. Balise Bars
Can be used for Balise Bars from Siemens, Alstrom and others
Can be fitted or removed in less than 2 minutes using standard tools
Use standard rail fittings so no drilling or digging out the ballast

24. AWS magnets Ordinary ferrite magnets –
Lose strength due to interference in third rail areas
Bulky heavy
 Require frequent maintenance or rebuilding
Vortok - Rare Earth Magnets
With an opposing coil and digital control electronics
Smaller and Lighter
Little or no loss of strength
Plug coupled so quick to fit

25. Innovation on Thameslink
Not just be confined to Network Rail
Surely our partners have innovations as well
Example – Invensys use the IBM Rational tool provides platform for integrating and synchronizing product development processes
The need - Invensys Rail Dimetronic needed to improve its competitiveness and reduce time- to-market for its solutions. This required automating, streamlining and increasing control over development processes.
The solution The company used integrated IBM® Rational® software to automate code generation and speed developers' response to frequent changes and new traffic signal requirements.
The benefit The company reduces time-to-market for products by 40 percent and reduces cost and risks of development by generating all code in compliance with coding standards.
This case study has been published by IBM
Please tell me of your innovations on Thameslink
Are there opportunities for partnering?
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