The Society's Annual General Meeting will be followed by a talk on Why GoA4? - It's a lot more than a signalling system. The Singapore perspective.
Singapore now has over twenty years’ experience of operating GoA4 heavy metros. The presentation will look at Singapore’s integrated land transport policy and how GoA4 operation is forms a critical part.
But what is a GoA4 system? It is not a signalling system but a highly available complete metro system with degraded mode operation driving the complexity. The presentation will then follow the day in the life of a GoA4 train looking at how the operator’s role is automated. It will consider system interfaces and how automatic degraded mode responses are designed into the system.
Robert Cooke is a Signal Engineer with over 30 years’ experience working on metro projects with London Underground, DEG Signal, Invensys Rail Systems and the Land Transport Authority in Singapore where he is now the Deputy Chief Specialist (Signalling). He is a Chartered Engineer in both the UK and Singapore, a Member of the IRSE, IET and Senior Member of the IES (Singapore). He has recently been a contributing member of the IRSE’s Metro Handbook Committee.