Observations of train control performance on a camshaft-operated DC electrical multiple unit

Robert Ellis; Paul Weston; Edward Stewart; Stuart Hillmansen; Pietro Tricoli; Clive Roberts; Ian Jones

doi:10.1177/0954409715589618

Observations of train control performance on a camshaft-operated DC electrical multiple unit

Robert Ellis^*, Paul Weston, Edward Stewart, Stuart Hillmansen, Pietro Tricoli, Clive Roberts, Ian Jones

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In order to reduce energy consumption on DC railways where regenerative braking is not available, train control strategy or 'driver style' is a practical alternative. In 2011, instrumentation to monitor energy consumption on the Merseyrail network was fitted to a British Rail Class 508 DC camshaft-operated electrical multiple unit. In this paper, seven services from Hunts Cross to Southport are highlighted to demonstrate a number of driver styles and their correlation with energy consumption. The differences in energy consumption were observed to be related to driver aggression in both the acceleration and deceleration phases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1184-1201
Number of pages	18
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Volume	230
Issue number	4
Early online date	15 Jun 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409715589618
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2016

Keywords

DC network
Driver style
energy monitoring
performance analytics
railway

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