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Purpose
The purpose of this presentation is to provide
a brief overview of:
• The origin of ACRI,
• ACRI‘s model of operation,
• The ACRI Board,
• ACRI’s Participants,
• International/Domestic Collaboration,
• ACRI’s Work Program,
ACRI – What do we do?
“The Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) provides
professional, independent applied research, strategic analysis, advice
and innovative solutions for the Australasian Rail Industry on significant
challenges and opportunities affecting rail today and into the future”.
Where did we come from?
• The Australian Government funded co-operative Research Centres
to encourage industry and research institutes to develop
collaborative research programs.
• The objective of the CRC program was to develop sustainable long
term research arrangements not dependant on Government funding.
• ACRI has grown out of the rail CRC’s that preceded it and is seen
as a great example of the CRC program.
Overview
• The Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) is an
independent, not for profit organisation formed to undertake
research, strategic analysis and economic analysis for the
Australasian & New Zealand rail industry and broader transport
sector.
• Independence is key to ensuring all research is impartial.
• While our work mainly focuses on rail, we also undertake work for
other modes of transport, with a specific focus on the interfaces
between rail and road, rail and port and rail and air.
ACRI’s Model of Operation
How does ACRI operate?
• ACRI operates by a series of agreements with a range of entities
from across the sector, called ‘Participants’.
• A series of Agreed Work Programs form the central part of the ACRI
model, which allow organisations to pool their resources.
• This achieves a funding multiplier effect, which leads to additional
economic benefits and a better outcome for industry.
• Participants as well as non-Participants can also engage ACRI to
undertake research projects outside of agreed work programs.
ACRI Memberships and Agreements
Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)
• Rail Safety and Standards Board UK (RSSB)
• Rail Industry Safety and Standards
Board Australia (RISSB)
Memorandums of Cooperation
• Federal Rail Administration (FRA),
Department of Transport USA
ACRI Memberships and Agreements
Participant Agreements
• ACRI Agreement with Rail Manufacturing
Cooperative Research Centre (RMCRC)
Memberships
• International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
• International Union of Railways (UIC)
ACRI Board
John Anderson AOChairman, ACRI
Ken MatthewsVice-Chair, Independent Director with Research Experience
Vicki BrownExecutive Director, ACRI
Neil ScalesDirector-General, Queensland Department of
Transport and Main Roads
Michael Bailey General Manager Railroad Operations, BHP Billiton
Heath HarndenGeneral Manager - Railways Maintenance, Rio Tinto
Greg PaulineManaging Director, Genesee & Wyoming
Sue McCarreyChief Executive, National Rail Safety Regulator
Bela FelsnerManager Rail Infrastructure, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
Jeroen Weimar Chief Executive Officer, Public Transport Victoria
Murray CookGeneral Manager Strategy and Development,
Brookfield Rail
Tim RyanExecutive General Manager Enterprise Services, ARTC
Jim ModrouvanosExecutive Director, Asset Standard’s Authority, Transport for
NSW
ACRI’s work programs
ACRI has established work
programs, including:
• Heavy Haul Technology
• Level Crossing Safety
• Freight / Passenger priorities
• Economic Analysis
And, has already delivered
a number of projects
Heavy Haul Technology
• Moving Vehicle Rail Foot
Flaw Detection
• Broken Rail Detection
without IRJ’s
• Track Structures vs Train
Dynamic and Load Effects
• End of Train Devices
ACRI’s work programs
ACRI’s work programs
Heavy Haul Technology
• Permanent Way Condition
Monitoring / Inspection
Best Practice
• Empty Train Aerodynamic
Improvements
• Flash Butt Welding
Technologies
ACRI’s work programs
Level Crossing Safety
• LES Enforcement (Vysionics)
• Vysionics Vector LX system Evaluation
• Sighting Distances
• Passive Crossings and table top
carriages
• Low Cost RLX Risk and Legal Evaluation
• Affordable Level Crossings
• Baseline RLX Video
ACRI’s work programs
Level Crossing Safety
• Better stimulus around level crossings
• Impact of Waiting Times on Risk and Standardisation of Waiting Times
• Human Factors at level crossings in
the Pilbara
• Rail Flange Gaps
ACRI’s work programs
Other freight / passenger priorities:
• Slips, Trips and Falls at
public stations
• Track worker safety
• Human Factors
CRC for Rail Innovation Legacy
• ACRI has responsibility for
maintaining the legacy of the
CRC for Rail innovation and
its predecessor.
• ACRI has completed a total
of 28 Projects, which
included a total of fifty tasks,
passed to ACRI for completion.
The Knowledge Bank
• A visit to the ACRI website will give you access to the “Rail
Knowledge Bank”.
• It’s an enormous resource of rail related research and reference
papers maintained by ACRI on behalf of the rail industry including
international links such as SPARK (the RSSB / UIC knowledge
bank).
• So if you ever wanted to know about how to determine “the stress
state developed in a non-cushioned rail yoke and the reduction of
operational rail life” this is the place to go.
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