Metrol Controlled Flashcards
Four route groups?
Burnley group
Clifton hill/ City Circle group
Caulfield group lines
Northern group lines
Burnley group lines?
Burnley underground loop
Burnley viaduct
Alamein
Glen Waverly
Belgrave
Lilydale
Clifton hill/ City circle group lines?
Clifton hill/city circle underground loop
Clifton hill/city circle viaduct
Mernda
Hurstbridge
Caulfield group lines?
Caulfield underground loop
Caulfield viaduct
Sandringham
Frankston
Cranbourne
Pakenham
Northern group lines?
Northern underground loop
Northern viaduct
Through suburban viaducts
Upfield
Cragieburn
Racecourse
Sunbury
Werribee
Williamstown
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for all Burnley group lines?
East Richmond
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for all Caulfield group lines?
Richmond
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Werribee and Williamstown lines?
Down end of South Kensington
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Sunbury and Craigieburn lines?
Moonee Ponds Creek Junction
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Broadmeadows Suburban line?
North Melbourne Sidings
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Upfield line?
Up line= Flemington bridge
Down line= Macaulay
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Mernda line?
Jolimont
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Hurstbridge line?
Jolimont
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Metro and Freight bypass lines?
Southern Cross
What areas are outside of the Metrol controlled area, but are controlled by Metrol?
Burnley Station and Sidings (Burnley group)
Darling (Glen Waverly line)
Sunshine to Albion (Sunbury line)
Moreland-Batman, Gowrie, and Upfield (Upfield line)
Victoria park, Clifton hill and Westgarth (Clifton hill group)
What are the special instructions in regards to setting back at some locations?
Between East Richmond and Burnley (station and sidings) = VERBAL from the Senior Network Controller
Between Jolimont and Clifton Hill= a TRAIN AUTHORITY is required
What safeworking system is the whole metrol controlled area operated under?
ABS
What locations are Bi-directional ABS?
CNBC viaducts and loops
Down Hurstbridge line near Clifton Hill
Metro and Freight Bypass
What is the speed on FSS platforms?
25
What is the speed from FSS platforms and under the Swanston St bridge?
25
What is the speed from Fed Square to Richmond?
65
What is the speed under Fed square?
(until the whole train passes)
40
What is the speed on road 9A at FSS?
15 due to lateral sway
What are the track names between Fed square and Richmond?
Burnley Through
Burnley Local
Caulfield Local
Caulfield Through
Special
Sandringham
At Richmond junction, every track can get to every track, except which one?
Not the Burnley Throughs
Where do the Special and Sandringham lines merge?
At Richmond Junction
What is the speed from Fed square to Clifton Hill?
55
What is the speed in the MURL?
60
What is the speed under the Swanston st bridge to the Viaducts?
25
What is the speed under fed square?
40
What is the speed from the down end of fed square to Richmond?
65
What is the speed from Richmond to Burnley?
55
What is the speed on the Up and Down through suburban viaducts?
40
What is the speed on the CNBC viaducts?
35
What is the speed from Southern Cross to North Melbourne Junction?
65
What is the speed on the Metro and Freight Bypass tracks?
40
What is the speed on the Diverge between the Caulfield throughs and Sandringham line at Richmond?
25
What is the speed on SSS platform 8A?
25
What is the speed on the Diverges between SSS and LaTrobe st bridge (Franklin st junction)?
30
What is the track speed at the Franklin st junction ?
40
What is the speed from North Melbourne Junction to Upfield?
80
What is the speed from North Melbourne Junction to Kensington?
65
What is the speed from North Melbourne Junction to South Kensington?
80
What is the speed the speed proving trips in the MURL are set to?
25
What route indicator must trains going from the viaducts to SSS recieve?
M
What route indicator will trains routed for the Metro and Freight bypass receive?
G
What platforms at SSS provide train access to the Layby sidings?
Walking access?
Train access= platforms 10, 10A and 11
Walking= platform 12
Where is the MURL access for the Clifton Hill/City Circle group?
SSS platform 9
Jolimont
FSS platforms 1, 2 and 3
Where is the MURL access for the Burnley group?
SSS platform 10
Burnley throughs at Richmond junction
Where is the MURL access for the Caulfield group?
SSS platform 12
Caulfield Locals at Richmond Junction
Caulfield Throughs at Richmond Junction
Where is the MURL access for the Northern group?
North Melbourne platform 1
North Melbourne platform 3
FSS platforms 4 and 5
Where is the last chance for a train on the UP burnley local line to diverge onto the Up Burnley through so it can access the Burnley underground loop?
At Richmond Junction
Where does the Feather type indicator on P1 at Richmond take Sandringham UP trains?
off= continue on Sandringham line
45 degrees= diverge to Up Caulfield Through
90 degrees= diverge to Caulfield Through PORTAL
What do the Illuminated arrows at the UP Jolimont platform indicate?
LEFT= FSS direct
RIGHT= LOOP
On the UP from North Melbourne to SSS, what do the illuminated arrows on platforms 1 and 3 indicate?
LEFT arrow= Direct to SSS
RIGHT arrow= Northern MURL
What route indicators are at North Melbourne platform 2 on the down?
EUW
E- East (Craigieburn, Sunbury)
U- Upfield (Upfield and Macaulay sidings)
W- Works (unwired)
What route indicators are at North Melbourne platform 4 on the Down?
FEUW
F- Footscray (Sunbury, Werribee/Willliamstown)
E- East (Craigieburn)
U- Upfield (Upfield anf Macaulay sidings)
W- Works (unwired)
What route indicators are at North Melbourne platform 6 on the Down?
KF
K- Kensington (Craigieburn or Nth Melb sidings)
F- Footscray (Werribee/Williamstown)
Do drivers operate any points in the metrol controlled area?
NO
Where is the only location where you DRIVE out and push back with a competent worker?
Victoria Park
What are the terminating locations in the Metrol controlled area? (6)
Flinders street (all platforms)
Southern Cross, platforms 8A, 9-12
South Kensington (Down only)
Macaulay sidings/mainline
Victoria Park
Clifton Hill
What are the stabling locations within the Metrol controlled area? (4)
Layby sidings
North Melbourne sidings
Macaulay Sidings
Victoria Park sidings