Total information system for the new generation of rolling stock in MTR

摘要

The Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited (MTRCL) will be build mg a new railway extension, namely, the Tseung Keung O Extension (TKE). And a new fleet of Rolling Stock will be purposely built. Owing to growing demands of a reliable maintenance information which is the key to a successful asset management, a high level of attention was given to the above new projects in the framework of information requirements. As such, this new fleet of Rolling Stock involves a Train Management System (TMS) which is constructed with the latest electronic technology. The TMS is designed to control and monitor a wide range of train borne system. In this context, another on-ground information system, namely, the Train/ Depot Information system (TDIS) will be installed in the depot in order to provide a series of back-end functions of data communication, information management as well as decision support. The TDIS is a database information management system which can provide a number of maintenance support functions, such as, automatic data upload and download, configuration management of train equipment, monitoring of sub-system performance, scheduling of maintenance activities and fault diagnosis based on configurable diagnosis rules. In addition, to meet the requirement of effectively and efficiently retrieving the large volume of operation and maintenance manuals, an electronic documentation retrieval system which is called the Interactive Electronic Train Manual (IETM) will be provided as part of the Rolling Stock contract deliverables. This paper outlines the background, project execution and design features of the TMS, TDIS and IETM for the TKE project.