Interoperability of modern, advanced technologies for "Digital Signalling" (also known as Automatic Train Control) is a hot topic in the railway industry.

While this training focuses on examples from the signalling landscape in Australia, the insights are likely transferable to other countries with similar challenges.

This training helps anyone involved in solving interoperability challenges by:

• Explaining key definitions around Digital Signalling and Interoperability

• Introducing the SPA Framework to reduce or avoid confusion what needs to be interoperable

• Describing the landscape for Digital Signalling in Australia

• Providing a comparative introduction of the key technologies for Digital Signalling in Australia - ETCS, CBTC and ATMS

• Exploring the historical background leading to interoperability challenges in Australia

• Introducing an Interoperability Control Hierarchy that outlines options how to deal with interoperability challenges

• Discussing interoperability between different CBTC products

• Exploring how practical interoperability can be achieved between different ETCS products

• Developing options for interoperability between different technologies for Digital Signalling

• Assess the prospects for future interoperability in Australia

This training does not claim to provide solutions for each and every interoperability problem. But it will give clarity which interoperability problems are worth solving, and show the best way to do so.