METROL Upgarde (Vic)

Metrol train control centre replacement

The State Government will undertake an $88 million upgrade of Melbourne's train
network control centre.

The Metrol control centre co-ordinates 11,000 train services a week across Melbourne'
s train system. Metrol is used to plan daily services and enables Melbourne's train
operator, Connex, to respond to delays or changes to those services to minimise the
impact on the travelling public. However, the technology currently in use is nearly
30-years-old.

To ensure the ongoing safety and reliability of the system, the existing Metrol
system will be replaced with state-of-the-art technology. Replacing the system will
allow Connex to better estimate the spaces between trains on the network and
therefore maximise the number of trains that can safely run on the system. The new
system will also provide more reliable up-to-the-minute timetable information for
passengers.

A contract for the new system will be let in 2006 with the works to be completed in
2009

On Mon, 15 May 2006 10:15:02 GMT, "Mick"
<lalor(evomer)@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

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>The Metrol control centre co-ordinates 11,000 train services a week across Melbourne'
>s train system. Metrol is used to plan daily services and enables Melbourne's train
>operator, Connex, to respond to delays or changes to those services to minimise the
>impact on the travelling public. However, the technology currently in use is nearly
>30-years-old.

Whatever happened to the tender of 1996/1997 from the (then) PTC for
the renewal of Metrol?