Metrol Controlled Area Flashcards
List the lines in the Burnley group.
- Burnley Underground Loop
- Burnley Viaduct
- Alamein
- Glen Waverley
- Lilydale
- Belgrave
List the lines in the Clifton Hill/City Circle group.
- Clifton Hill / City Circle Underground Loop
- Clifton Hill / City Circle Viaduct
- Mernda
- Hurstbridge
List the lines in the Caulfield group.
- Caulfield Underground Loop
- Caulfield Viaduct
- Sandringham
- Frankston
- Cranbourne
- Pakenham
List the lines in the Northern group.
- Northern Underground Loop
- Northern Viaduct
- Through Suburban Viaduct
- Upfield
- Craigieburn
- Racecourse
- Sunbury
- Werribee
- Williamstown
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Burnley group?
East Richmond (all lines)
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the CHL/CC group?
Clifton Hill (CHL) - Mernda Westgarth - Hurstbridge
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Caulfield group?
Richmond (all lines)
What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Northern group?
South Kensington (SKN) - Werribee, Williamstown, Sunbury
Moonee Ponds Creek Junction - Craigieburn
- Macaulay - Down Upfield line
- Flemington Bridge - Up Upfield line
What is the responsibility of the signallers within the boundaries of the Metrol Controlled area?
What other areas do they also remotely control, and on which lines?
The signallers are responsible for the points and signals.
They are also responsible for the following areas:
- Sunshine to Albion (Sunbury line)
- Coburg, Gowrie and Upfield (Upfield line)
- Darling (Glen Waverley line)
What is the standard method of receiving a caution order?
How is it received in the Metrol Controlled area?
The standard method is handed.
This is difficult in the Metrol Controlled area due to distance, and is either dictated or transmitted (recorded).
What is the speed of the underground loop lines?
60 km/h
What is the speed from Swanston St to the viaducts?
25 km/h
What is the speed of track 9a, over the Elizabeth St subway?
15 km/h
What is the speed from the Down end of Federation Square?
40 km/h
What is the speed from the Down end of Federation Square to Richmond?
65 km/h
What is the speed from the Richmond to Burnley?
55 km/h
What is the speed from the Down end of Federation Square to Clifton Hill?
55 km/h
What is the speed of the Up & Down Through Suburban Viaducts to Southern Cross Station?
40 km/h
What is the speed of the Clifton Hill / City Circle, Burnley, Northern and Caulfield Viaducts
Viaduct lines to Southern Cross Station?
35 km/h
What is the speed from Southern Cross Station to North Melbourne Junction?
65 km/h
What is the speed from Southern Cross Station to Melbourne Yard?
40 km/h
What are the standard platform departures for Flinders St?
Platform 1: Mernda, Hurstbridge and City Circle
Platform 2/3: Belgrave, Lilydale, Ringwood, Alamein, Glen Waverley, Blackburn
Platform 4/5: Craigieburn, Sunbury, Upfield
Platform 6/7: Pakenham, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Westall
Platform 8/9: Frankston, Mordialloc, Werribee
Platform 10: Laverton, Williamstown
Platform 11: Bar
Platform 12/13: Sandringham
What roads can be accessed from the Clifton Hill Viaduct?
Roads 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4 and 14.
What roads can be accessed from the Burnley Viaduct?
Roads 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4 and 14.
What roads can be accessed from the Northern Viaduct?
Roads 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 12 and 14.
What roads can be accessed from the Caulfield Viaduct?
Roads 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 12.
What roads can be accessed from the Through Suburban Viaducts?
Roads 7, 8, 9, 9a, 10, 12.
What roads can the Clifton Hill line access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 1, 2, 3, 14.
What roads can the City Circle line access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 1, 2, 3.
What roads can the Burnley Throughs line access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 1, 2, 3.
What roads can the Burnley Locals line access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 3 and 4.
What roads can the Caulfield Locals line access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 6 and 7.
What roads can the Caulfield Throughs line access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 6 and 7.
What roads can the Specials access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 8 and 9.
What roads can the Sandringhams access approaching from the Richmond direction?
Roads 9a East, 12, and 13.
In a downwards direction towards Richmond, where might a train be directed from road 4?
Towards the Burnley Locals and the Northern Loop lines.
In a downwards direction towards Richmond, where might a train be directed from road 5?
Towards the Northern Loop line.
When can a train resume track speed departing from Fed Square towards Richmond?
When the whole of the train is clear of Fed Square.
What are the names of the six lines between Flinders St and Richmond?
Burnley Locals, Burnley Throughs, Caulfield Locals, Caulfield Throughs, Specials, Sandringhams
How many Caulfield portals are there? Where are they located?
2x CFD portals between Richmond and FSS (one on the Local line, one on the Through line).
1x CFD portal at Southern Cross (platform x).
What type of route indicator is located on platform 1, Up end of Richmond, and where can it take you?
What is the diverge speed from this signal?
Feather type indicator.
Extinguished: signal aspect, no diverge
Diagonal (45°): Up Caulfield Through
Horizontal (90°): Up City Loop
Any diverge here is 25 km/h.
What is the safeworking system for the lines between Richmond and Burnley?
ABS
Which lines can access the Burnley Underground Loop from a Burnley direction?
Only the Burnley Through lines.
