ALARP
A railway automatic track warning system based on distributed personal mobile terminals
| Coordinatore | ANSALDO STS S.p.A.
Organization address
address: VIA PAOLO MANTOVANI 3-5 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 3˙941˙877 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙626˙610 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-01-01 - 2013-04-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ANSALDO STS S.p.A.
Organization address
address: VIA PAOLO MANTOVANI 3-5 contact info |
IT (GENOVA) | coordinator | 559˙930.00 |
| 2 |
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD
Organization address
address: Advanced Technology Center contact info |
IL (HAIFA) | participant | 580˙505.80 |
| 3 |
RESILTECH SRL
Organization address
address: VIA B. GIGLI 27 contact info |
IT (CASCINA) | participant | 359˙559.60 |
| 4 |
FTW FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM TELEKOMMUNIKATION WIEN GMBH
Organization address
address: DONAU CITY STRASSE 1/3 contact info |
AT (WIEN) | participant | 340˙305.00 |
| 5 |
PROPRS Ltd.
Organization address
address: Hurst Rise Road 58 contact info |
UK (Oxford) | participant | 296˙400.00 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
Organization address
address: Piazza San Marco 4 contact info |
IT (Florence) | participant | 294˙640.00 |
| 7 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT
Organization address
address: Karolinenplatz 5 contact info |
DE (DARMSTADT) | participant | 195˙269.60 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The objective of the ALARP project is therefore to study, design and develop an innovative more efficient Automatic Track Warning System (ATWS) to improve the safety of railway trackside workers. ALARP ATWS will able to selectively inform the trackside workers about approaching trains on the track, maintenance events on power lines and/or safety equipment in the concerned tracks that may put at risk workers’ safety (e.g. being hit by a train or by an electric shock) emergencies on tracks and tunnels nearby the workers (e.g. fires in a tunnel, toxic smoke, etc.), escape routes in case of emergencies; keep track of the status and localisation of the workers (and especially those at risk, not responding) and of the operating conditions of devices; The proposed ALARP concept) will be based on the following main components: the track-side train presence alert device (TPAD), able to sense an approaching train on the interested track without interfering with the signalling system; a set of distributed, low-cost, wearable, context-aware, robust, trustable and highly reliable, wireless Mobile Terminals (MTs) to inform the workers about possible approaching trains and/or other events that could put at risk their safety.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Railway maintenance personnel work in relatively dangerous conditions and, while working to ensure passenger safety, they put themselves at risk. A prototype European track-warning system can help improve the safety of track-side workers.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Railway maintenance personnel keep commuting safe and secure for train passengers. Although there are mechanisms in place to guarantee these workers' safety, more needs to be done.
Supported by the Transport priority of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the project 'A railway automatic track warning system based on distributed personal mobile terminals' (ALARP) is studying, designing and developing an innovative Automatic Track Warning System (ATWS) to enhance the safety of track-side workers.
The prototype ATWS system is designed to warn workers about approaching trains, maintenance events and objects on the track that could put them at risk, as well as nearby emergencies. It can also keep track of their location and alert them to possible escape routes when necessary. The ALARP system comprises various components: a track-side train presence alert device and a network of low-cost and wearable wireless mobile terminals. The latter may be in the form of a bracelet or watch.
During the first phase, ALARP laid the foundations of the system, including the risk analysis, and definition of the ATWS requirements and constraints. The project also completed the initial prototypes for the alert device and the mobile terminal.
Results from the ALARP project, which is due to end in 2013, will help enhance the safety of rail transport workers, reducing the number of fatalities and injuries.