Metrol Controlled Area Flashcards

1
Q

List the lines in the Burnley group.

A
  • Burnley Underground Loop
  • Burnley Viaduct
  • Alamein
  • Glen Waverley
  • Lilydale
  • Belgrave
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2
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List the lines in the Clifton Hill/City Circle group.

A
  • Clifton Hill / City Circle Underground Loop
  • Clifton Hill / City Circle Viaduct
  • Mernda
  • Hurstbridge
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3
Q

List the lines in the Caulfield group.

A
  • Caulfield Underground Loop
  • Caulfield Viaduct
  • Sandringham
  • Frankston
  • Cranbourne
  • Pakenham
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4
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List the lines in the Northern group.

A
  • Northern Underground Loop
  • Northern Viaduct
  • Through Suburban Viaduct
  • Upfield
  • Craigieburn
  • Racecourse
  • Sunbury
  • Werribee
  • Williamstown
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5
Q

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

A

East Richmond (all lines)

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6
Q

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the CHL/CC group?

A
Clifton Hill (CHL) - Mernda
Westgarth - Hurstbridge
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7
Q

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

A

Richmond (all lines)

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8
Q

What is the boundary of the Metrol Controlled area for the Northern group?

A

South Kensington (SKN) - Werribee, Williamstown, Sunbury
Moonee Ponds Creek Junction - Craigieburn
- Macaulay - Down Upfield line
- Flemington Bridge - Up Upfield line

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9
Q

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?

A

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)
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10
Q

What is the standard method of receiving a caution order?

How is it received in the Metrol Controlled area?

A

The standard method is handed.

This is difficult in the Metrol Controlled area due to distance, and is either dictated or transmitted (recorded).

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11
Q

What is the speed of the underground loop lines?

A

60 km/h

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12
Q

What is the speed from Swanston St to the viaducts?

A

25 km/h

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13
Q

What is the speed of track 9a, over the Elizabeth St subway?

A

15 km/h

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14
Q

What is the speed from the Down end of Federation Square?

A

40 km/h

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15
Q

What is the speed from the Down end of Federation Square to Richmond?

A

65 km/h

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16
Q

What is the speed from the Richmond to Burnley?

A

55 km/h

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17
Q

What is the speed from the Down end of Federation Square to Clifton Hill?

A

55 km/h

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18
Q

What is the speed of the Up & Down Through Suburban Viaducts to Southern Cross Station?

A

40 km/h

19
Q

What is the speed of the Clifton Hill / City Circle, Burnley, Northern and Caulfield Viaducts
Viaduct lines to Southern Cross Station?

A

35 km/h

20
Q

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

A

65 km/h

21
Q

What is the speed from Southern Cross Station to Melbourne Yard?

A

40 km/h

22
Q

What are the standard platform departures for Flinders St?

A

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

23
Q

What roads can be accessed from the Clifton Hill Viaduct?

A

Roads 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4 and 14.

24
Q

What roads can be accessed from the Burnley Viaduct?

A

Roads 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4 and 14.

25
Q

What roads can be accessed from the Northern Viaduct?

A

Roads 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 12 and 14.

26
Q

What roads can be accessed from the Caulfield Viaduct?

A

Roads 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 12.

27
Q

What roads can be accessed from the Through Suburban Viaducts?

A

Roads 7, 8, 9, 9a, 10, 12.

28
Q

What roads can the Clifton Hill line access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 1, 2, 3, 14.

29
Q

What roads can the City Circle line access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 1, 2, 3.

30
Q

What roads can the Burnley Throughs line access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 1, 2, 3.

31
Q

What roads can the Burnley Locals line access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 3 and 4.

32
Q

What roads can the Caulfield Locals line access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 6 and 7.

33
Q

What roads can the Caulfield Throughs line access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 6 and 7.

34
Q

What roads can the Specials access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 8 and 9.

35
Q

What roads can the Sandringhams access approaching from the Richmond direction?

A

Roads 9a East, 12, and 13.

36
Q

In a downwards direction towards Richmond, where might a train be directed from road 4?

A

Towards the Burnley Locals and the Northern Loop lines.

37
Q

In a downwards direction towards Richmond, where might a train be directed from road 5?

A

Towards the Northern Loop line.

38
Q

When can a train resume track speed departing from Fed Square towards Richmond?

A

When the whole of the train is clear of Fed Square.

39
Q

What are the names of the six lines between Flinders St and Richmond?

A

Burnley Locals, Burnley Throughs, Caulfield Locals, Caulfield Throughs, Specials, Sandringhams

40
Q

How many Caulfield portals are there? Where are they located?

A

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).

41
Q

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?

A

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.

42
Q

What is the safeworking system for the lines between Richmond and Burnley?

A

ABS

43
Q

Which lines can access the Burnley Underground Loop from a Burnley direction?

A

Only the Burnley Through lines.