Metrol Controlled

Question 1

Four route groups?

Answer 1

Burnley group
Clifton hill/ City Circle group
Caulfield group lines
Northern group lines

Question 2

Burnley group lines?

Answer 2

Burnley underground loop
Burnley viaduct
Alamein
Glen Waverly
Belgrave
Lilydale

Question 3

Clifton hill/ City circle group lines?

Answer 3

Clifton hill/city circle underground loop
Clifton hill/city circle viaduct
Mernda
Hurstbridge

Question 4

Caulfield group lines?

Answer 4

Caulfield underground loop
Caulfield viaduct
Sandringham
Frankston
Cranbourne
Pakenham

Question 5

Northern group lines?

Answer 5

Northern underground loop
Northern viaduct
Through suburban viaducts
Upfield
Cragieburn
Racecourse
Sunbury
Werribee
Williamstown

Question 6

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for all Burnley group lines?

Answer 6

East Richmond

Question 7

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for all Caulfield group lines?

Answer 7

Richmond

Question 8

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Werribee and Williamstown lines?

Answer 8

Down end of South Kensington

Question 9

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Sunbury and Craigieburn lines?

Answer 9

Moonee Ponds Creek Junction

Question 10

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Broadmeadows Suburban line?

Answer 10

North Melbourne Sidings

Question 11

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Upfield line?

Answer 11

Up line= Flemington bridge
Down line= Macaulay

Question 12

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Mernda line?

Answer 12

Jolimont

Question 13

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Hurstbridge line?

Answer 13

Jolimont

Question 14

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Metro and Freight bypass lines?

Answer 14

Southern Cross

Question 15

What areas are outside of the Metrol controlled area, but are controlled by Metrol?

Answer 15

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)

Question 16

What are the special instructions in regards to setting back at some locations?

Answer 16

Between East Richmond and Burnley (station and sidings) = VERBAL from the Senior Network Controller

Between Jolimont and Clifton Hill= a TRAIN AUTHORITY is required

Question 17

What safeworking system is the whole metrol controlled area operated under?

Answer 17

ABS

Question 18

What locations are Bi-directional ABS?

Answer 18

CNBC viaducts and loops
Down Hurstbridge line near Clifton Hill
Metro and Freight Bypass

Question 19

What is the speed on FSS platforms?

Answer 19

25

Question 20

What is the speed from FSS platforms and under the Swanston St bridge?

Answer 20

25

Question 21

What is the speed from Fed Square to Richmond?

Answer 21

65

Question 22

What is the speed under Fed square?
(until the whole train passes)

Answer 22

40

Question 23

What is the speed on road 9A at FSS?

Answer 23

15 due to lateral sway

Question 24

What are the track names between Fed square and Richmond?

Answer 24

Burnley Through
Burnley Local
Caulfield Local
Caulfield Through
Special
Sandringham

Question 25

At Richmond junction, every track can get to every track, except which one?

Answer 25

Not the Burnley Throughs

Question 26

Where do the Special and Sandringham lines merge?

Answer 26

At Richmond Junction

Question 27

What is the speed from Fed square to Clifton Hill?

Answer 27

55

Question 28

What is the speed in the MURL?

Answer 28

60

Question 29

What is the speed under the Swanston st bridge to the Viaducts?

Answer 29

25

Question 30

What is the speed under fed square?

Answer 30

40

Question 31

What is the speed from the down end of fed square to Richmond?

Answer 31

65

Question 32

What is the speed from Richmond to Burnley?

Answer 32

55

Question 33

What is the speed on the Up and Down through suburban viaducts?

Answer 33

40

Question 34

What is the speed on the CNBC viaducts?

Answer 34

35

Question 35

What is the speed from Southern Cross to North Melbourne Junction?

Answer 35

65

Question 36

What is the speed on the Metro and Freight Bypass tracks?

Answer 36

40

Question 37

What is the speed on the Diverge between the Caulfield throughs and Sandringham line at Richmond?

Answer 37

25

Question 38

What is the speed on SSS platform 8A?

Answer 38

25

Question 39

What is the speed on the Diverges between SSS and LaTrobe st bridge (Franklin st junction)?

Answer 39

30

Question 40

What is the track speed at the Franklin st junction ?

Answer 40

40

Question 41

What is the speed from North Melbourne Junction to Upfield?

Answer 41

80

Question 42

What is the speed from North Melbourne Junction to Kensington?

Answer 42

65

Question 43

What is the speed from North Melbourne Junction to South Kensington?

Answer 43

80

Question 44

What is the speed the speed proving trips in the MURL are set to?

Answer 44

25

Question 45

What route indicator must trains going from the viaducts to SSS recieve?

Answer 45

M

Question 46

What route indicator will trains routed for the Metro and Freight bypass receive?

Answer 46

G

Question 47

What platforms at SSS provide train access to the Layby sidings? Walking access?

Answer 47

Train access= platforms 10, 10A and 11 Walking= platform 12

Question 48

Where is the MURL access for the Clifton Hill/City Circle group?

Answer 48

SSS platform 9 Jolimont FSS platforms 1, 2 and 3

Question 49

Where is the MURL access for the Burnley group?

Answer 49

SSS platform 10 Burnley throughs at Richmond junction

Question 50

Where is the MURL access for the Caulfield group?

Answer 50

SSS platform 12 Caulfield Locals at Richmond Junction Caulfield Throughs at Richmond Junction

Question 51

Where is the MURL access for the Northern group?

Answer 51

North Melbourne platform 1 North Melbourne platform 3 FSS platforms 4 and 5

Question 52

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?

Answer 52

At Richmond Junction

Question 53

Where does the Feather type indicator on P1 at Richmond take Sandringham UP trains?

Answer 53

off= continue on Sandringham line 45 degrees= diverge to Up Caulfield Through 90 degrees= diverge to Caulfield Through PORTAL

Question 54

What do the Illuminated arrows at the UP Jolimont platform indicate?

Answer 54

LEFT= FSS direct RIGHT= LOOP

Question 55

On the UP from North Melbourne to SSS, what do the illuminated arrows on platforms 1 and 3 indicate?

Answer 55

LEFT arrow= Direct to SSS RIGHT arrow= Northern MURL

Question 56

What route indicators are at North Melbourne platform 2 on the down?

Answer 56

EUW E- East (Craigieburn, Sunbury) U- Upfield (Upfield and Macaulay sidings) W- Works (unwired)

Question 57

What route indicators are at North Melbourne platform 4 on the Down?

Answer 57

FEUW F- Footscray (Sunbury, Werribee/Willliamstown) E- East (Craigieburn) U- Upfield (Upfield anf Macaulay sidings) W- Works (unwired)

Question 58

What route indicators are at North Melbourne platform 6 on the Down?

Answer 58

KF K- Kensington (Craigieburn or Nth Melb sidings) F- Footscray (Werribee/Williamstown)

Question 59

Do drivers operate any points in the metrol controlled area?

Answer 59

NO

Question 60

Where is the only location where you DRIVE out and push back with a competent worker?

Answer 60

Victoria Park

Question 61

What are the terminating locations in the Metrol controlled area? (6)

Answer 61

Flinders street (all platforms) Southern Cross, platforms 8A, 9-12 South Kensington (Down only) Macaulay sidings/mainline Victoria Park Clifton Hill

Question 62

What are the stabling locations within the Metrol controlled area? (4)

Answer 62

Layby sidings North Melbourne sidings Macaulay Sidings Victoria Park sidings