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Route Knowledge- Metro Controlled Area Flashcards

1
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Metro network is organised into 4 route groups, name them.

A

*Burnley
*Clifton Hill / City Circle
*Caufield
*Northern

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The Burnley and Clifton Hill / City Circle groups are named as

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Northern Operating Group

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3
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The Caufield and Northern Groups are referred to as..

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Southern Operating Group

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4
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Does each group have a Viaduct Line and Undergroud line

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Yes

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5
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Name the Burnley Group Lines

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*Burnley Undergroud Loop
*Burnley Viaduct
*Alamein
*Glen Waverly
*Belgrave
*Lilydale

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6
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Name the Clifton Hill / City Circle Group Lines

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*Clifton Hill / City Circle UNderground Loop
*Clifton Hill / City Circle Viaduct
*Mernda
*Hurstbridge

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7
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Name the Caufield Group Lines

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*Caufield Underground Loop
*Caufield Viaduct
*Sandringham
*Frankston
*Cranbourne
*East Packenham

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Name the Northern Group Lines

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*Northern Underground Loop
*Northern Viaduct
*Through Suburban Viaducts
*Upfield
*Craigieburn
*Racecourse
*Sunbury
*Werribee
*Williamstown

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9
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The Boundary for Metrol Controlled Area is defined as

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  • East Richmond (All Burnley Groups)
  • Richmond (All Caufield Group Lines)
    *South Kensington - Down End (Werribee and Williamstown Lines)
    *Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (Sunbury and Cragieburn Lines)
    *North Melbourne Sidings (Broardmeadows Suburban Line)
    *Macauly (Down Upfield Line)
    *Flemington Bridge (up Upfield Line)
    *Jolimont (Mernda and Hurstbridge Lines)
    *Southern Cross (Metro and Freight Bypass Lines)
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10
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Metro Signalling outside of Metro Cointrolled Area

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*Burnley Station and Sidings (Burnley Group)
*Victoria Park, CLifton Hill and Westgarth (Clifton Hill Group)
*Darling (Glenwaverly Line)
*Sunshine to Albion (Sunbury Line)
*Moreland - Batman, Gowrie, and Upfield (upfield Line)

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11
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The Inner Suburban area in bounded by the following areas and everywhere in between…

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*Up end Richmond
*Up end Jolimont
*Up end North Melbourne
*The East and West Bypass lines between Southern Cross and Melbourne Yard

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12
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Set back within Metrol Controlled Area (excluding MURL) authority is

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Verbal Authority from Area Controller

Supervised by Senior Networkl Controller

Beyond Metrol Controlled area T?A required

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13
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Metrol Controlled Area is worked under ABS, most of which are Double Line ABS except for?

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*Clifton Hill / City Circle Viaduct and Loop
*Burnley Viaduct and Loop
*Norther Viaduct and Loop
*Caufield Viaduct and Loop
*Metro and Freight Bypass (Regional Rail Link Control Area)

All these locations are Bi-Di ABS

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14
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Route Indicators
M
R
G
B

A

M- Metro electrified lines
R- Regional non electrified lines
G- Goods lines (can be electrified)
B- Burnley

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15
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Route Indicators
T
7
8
D

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T- Through Line
7- PLatform 7 SSS (unwired)
8- PLatform 8 SSS (wired
D- Down Line (Melbourne Yard

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16
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Route Indicators
W
F
E
U

A

W- Wash Road
F- Footscray (North Line)
E- East suburban (North Melbourne)
U- Upfield Line

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17
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Route Indicators
W
K

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W- Works Siding (North Melbourne Unwired)
K-Kensington (North Melbourne)

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18
Q

FSS Platform 1 departures

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Mernda Hurstbridge, and City Circle

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19
Q

FSS Platform 2/3 (and 4) departures

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Belgrave, Lilydale, Ringwood, Alamein, Glen Waverly, Blackburn

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20
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FSS Platform 4/5 departures

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Cragieburn, Upfield, Sunbury

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21
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FSS Platform 6/7 departures

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East Packenham, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Westall

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22
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FSS Platform 8/9 departures

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Frankston, Mordialloc, Werribee

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23
Q

FSS Platform 10 departures

A

Laverton, Williamstown

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24
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FSS Platform 12/13 departures

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Sandringham

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25
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Terminating trains at FSS either involves..

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Changin ends on the platform, or relieving a driver and continuing in the same direction.

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26
Q

Speeds
East (down) end of Swanston St Bridge throughFlinders Street and to the viaducts

A

25

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27
Q

Speeds

Road 9a at Flinders Street

A

15

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28
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Speeds

Under Federation Square

A

40

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29
Q

Speeds

Federation Square to Richmond

A

65

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30
Q

Track Names (6) between Federation Square and Richmond

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  1. Sandringham Line
  2. Special Line
  3. Caufield Through Line
  4. Caufield Local Line
  5. Burnley Local Line
  6. Burnley through Line

Flinders on the left, Richmond on the right

Bottom up

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31
Q

Train Departures from FSS to Richmond

Burnley Group

A

Platforms: 2,3 and 4

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32
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Train Departures from FSS to Richmond

Caufield Group

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Platforms: 6,7,8,9,12 and 13

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33
Q

Speeds

The Viaducts between FSS and SSS
(Northern, Caufield, Burnley, Clifton Hill/City Circle)

34
Q

Speeds

Through Suburban Viaducts (2)
Up
Down

35
Q

Speeds

Bypass Lines

36
Q

Speeds

SSS to Clifton Hill, Caufield, or Burnley MURL

37
Q

Speeds

SSS to North Melbourne Junction

38
Q

Speeds

Diverges at La Trobe Street Bridge

39
Q

Speeds

Franklin St Junction/Dudley St on the Mains and Throughs

40
Q

Track Names

Three sets of tracks leaving SSS through to Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (located on the downside of North Melbourne

East Suburban Lines

A

East Suburban Lines
Access
*P/form 10, track 10A and P/form 11 at SSS on the down
*P/form 1 at North Melbourne on the UP
Usually used by Upfield and Cragieburn Lines

41
Q

Track Names

Three sets of tracks leaving SSS through to Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (located on the downside of North Melbourne

Main Suburban Lines

A

Main Suburban Lines
Accessed from
*P/form 11 and 12 as SSS on the Down
*P/form 3 at North Melbourne on the Up
Usually used by Sunbury Lines

42
Q

Track Names

Three sets of tracks leaving SSS through to Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (located on the downside of North Melbourne

Through Suburban Lines

A

Through Suburban Lines
Access from
*P/form 12 at SSS
*P/form 3 at North Melbourne
Usually used by Werribee and Williamstown services

43
Q

Access to Lay By Sidings at SSS?

A

*P/form 10, 10a
*Walking Path end of P/form 11,12

44
Q

Murl Access

Clifton Hill/ City Circle

A

*SSS P/form 9
*Jolimont
*FSS P/form 1,2 and 3 (city Circle)

45
Q

MURL Access

Burnley

A

*SSS P/form 10
*Burnley Throughs to Richmond

46
Q

MURL Access

Caufield

A

*SSS P/form 12
*Caufield Locals at Richmond
*Caufield Throughs at Richmond

47
Q

MURL Access

Northern

A

*P/form 1 at North Melbourne (East Suburban)
*P/form 3 at North Melbourne (Main Suburban)
*FSS P/form 4 and 5

48
Q

Speed Proving Trips in the MURL only applies to Medium Speed Warning aspects and the train must be doing …

A

less than 25km

49
Q

The portal to the Burnley City Loop is located…

A

on the Burnley through lines between Flinders Street and Richmond

50
Q

There is a portal for each Caufield Line (Local and Through) locaterd at…

A

Richmond Junction

51
Q

Speeds

North Melbourne Junction to South Kensington

52
Q

Speeds

North Melbourne Junction to Macaulay

53
Q

North Melbourne

What types of route indicators?

A

*Illuminated Arrows for Up trains departing p/form 1 and 3

54
Q

North Melbourne

Route Indicators P/form 1

A

<= Direct to SSS
=> To Northern Underground Loop Line

55
Q

North Melbourne

Route Indicators P/form 2

East

A

E- East:Cragieburn via the Down East Suburban Line or Sunbury via the DOwn East suburan Line (diverge to Down Main Suburan Line at Moonee Ponds Creek Junction

56
Q

North Melbourne

Route Indicators P/form 2

A

U- Upfield Line and Macaulay Sidings by the East Suburan Line

W- Works Siding: UNwired (non metro) track

57
Q

North Melbourne

Route Indicators P/form 3

A

<= Direct to SSS
=>To Norther Underground Loop

58
Q

North Melbourne

Route Indicators p/form 4

F,E

A

F- Footscray: Sunbury via the Down Main Suburban Line or Werribee and Williamstown via the Down Main Suburban line (diverge to the Down ThroughSuburban at Moonee Ponds Creek Junction)
E- East: Cragieburn via the East Suburan Line

59
Q

North Melbourne

Route Indicators P/form 4

U,W

A

U- Upfield: Upfield Line and Macaulay Sidings via the East Suburban Line
W- Works Siding: Unwired (non Metro) track

60
Q

North Melbourne

Route Indicators P/form 6

K,F

A

K-Kensington: Craigieburn or North Melbourne Sidings via the Broardmedows Suburan Line
F- Footscray: Werribee and Williamstown via the Down Through Suburban Line

61
Q

Do Drivers operate main line points in the Metrol Controlled area?

62
Q

Where does the Regional Rail Link Controller, control?

A

The Metro Freight and Bypass lines, Melbourne Yard, and the North Melbourne Wash

63
Q

Speeds

What is the speed at 8A at Southern Cross?

64
Q

Controlling Signallers

Southern Cross P/form 8A
SSS Laybys

A

Northern Signal Control Panel-Metrol

65
Q

Controlling Signallers

Macaulay Sidings/Mainline
North Melbourne Sidings
South Kensington (Through Lines)

A

Western Signal Control Panel- Metrol

66
Q

Controlling Signallers

Jolimont
*Victoria Park
*Clifton Hill

A

Clifton Hill Signal Control Panel- Metrol
*Clifton Hill Control Panel

67
Q

Controling Signallers

*Burnley and Burnley Sidings

A

*BUrnley Signall Control Panel

68
Q

Controlling Signallers

*Metro and Freight Bypass Tracks
*Melbourne Yard
*North Melbourne Wash

A

*Reigional Rail Link Control Center- Centrol

69
Q

Speeds

SSS P/form 8A

70
Q

Speeds

North Melbourne Wash
Macaulay Light Repair Centre

71
Q

What are the terminating locations in the Metrol Controlled Area?

A
  • FSS all platforms
  • SSS p/forms 8A, 9, 12
  • Macaulay / Sidings and Mainline
  • South Kensington
72
Q

What route indicator is required to enter 8A at SSS?

73
Q

Which of the yards have WSA points?

A

North Melbourne stabling and sidings
Macaulay

74
Q

Which of the yards have Metro Business Risk?

A
  • Burnley
  • Victoria Park
  • Burnley Stabling Yards
  • Melbourne Yard
  • North Melbourne
  • SSS Layby
75
Q

What route indicator is required to exit the Metro and Freight Bypass to the viaducts?

76
Q

What route indicator is required to enter the North Melbourne Wash shunting neck?

77
Q

Walking path access to Lay-by sidings is located..

A

west end of p/form 12 at SSS

78
Q

Train access to Lay-by sidings at SSS

A

P/form 10, 11, and road 10A

79
Q

SSS Lay-by sidings numbered 1 and 2 hold

A

one six-car train in each

80
Q

Burnley Station Siding A can be accessed from?

Emergency only sidinf

A

P/form 4 from Signal BLY315

This siding can hold one six-car train

81
Q

Terminating locations not in the Metrol Controlled Area?

A
  • Burnley
  • Victoria Park
  • Clifton Hill
82
Q

Stabling locations in the Metrol Controilling Area?

A
  • Lay-by sidings
  • North Melbourne Sidings
  • Macaulay Sidings

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