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International Technical Committee

The mission of the IRSE's International Technical Committee (ITC) is to provide an multi-national and independent perspective on Railway Control, Command and Signalling (CCS) topics.

Membership is by invitation, and comprises industry experts from both suppliers and operators, drawn from more than a dozen countries around the world. It aims to inform and educate both IRSE members and the train control and communications community worldwide, principally by the production of reports on selected topics.

The Chair of ITC is Paul Hendriks.

You can download all the ITC reports from the document library below (in published date order). Click here for the index.

ITC Report 84 Cyber security and signalling
ITC Report 94 Key requirements for the effective safe and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
ITC report 63 Real time reactive traffic management
ITC report 73 Satellite based navigation for train positioning
ITC report 86 Autonomous vehicles and level crossings
ITC report 65 Low cost electronic authority systems
ITC report 88 Transparency in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems
ITC report 81 Structured engineering processes and the migration strategy to IP based signalling
ITC report 64 Managing power supply for signalling systems parts 1-3
ITC report 83 Many aspects of architecture and their impact on system performance parts 1-3
ITC report 56 Intelligent railways (sensors on the internet of things)
ITC report 79 Automation in railway control centres
ITC report 82 Configuring safe software driven systems
ITC report 72 Cross-acceptance of systems and equipment developed under different standards frameworks
ITC report 74 Techniques at the forefront of system safety and their application to railway signalling
ITC report 61 Technology trends in mass rapid transit signalling
ITC report 68 The race against obsolescence
ITC report 66 Automation of mining railways
ITC report 76 The use of formal methods in specification and demonstration of ERTMS Hybrid Level 3
ITC report 75 Business continuity in railway signalling (ASPECT2019)
ITC report 58 Human factors and ethical considerations associated with automation
ITC report 51 What constitutes good and acceptable practice in light rail signalling
ITC report 70 The use of formal methods in standarisation of interfaces of signalling systems
ITC report 55 Residual risks on the railway as at Q2 2018
ITC report 48 Improving the management of emerging and residual safety risks
ITC report 57 Why do signalling projects fail?
ITC report 44 Driver advisory systems – opportunities and challenges
ITC report 47 How do we reduce the number of accidents involving human factors
ITC report 49 Trackworker safety
ITC report 43 Adopting a proactive approach to the implementation of speed control systems
ITC report 54 Strategic drivers of change in the signalling industry
ITC report 41 The evolution of safety practice in railway signalling
ITC report 42 Cybersecurity in railway signalling systems
ITC report 40 Aspects of producing on a business case for ERTMS
ITC report 32 ETCS Level 2 meets existing interlockings – a challenge
ITC report 39 Train convoys and virtual coupling
ITC report 30 Driving evolution towards internet protocol (IP) in signalling telecoms
ITC report 37 Data redundancy and intelligence verification in railway signalling and train control
ITC report 38 Understanding SIL
ITC report 25 National Traffic Control Centre – what should it consist of?
ITC report 26 Cable theft – an international perspective
ITC report 22 Avoiding the butterfly effect in railway signalling and telecoms systems
ITC report 28 Is there a need to redefine the safe state in signalling systems
ITC report 24 Why is innovation so difficult in railways
ITC report 19 ERTMS Level 3 from High Speed Vision Rural Implementation
ITC report 05-02 Train integrity, making ETCS L3 happen
ITC report 06-02 Semi-automatic, driverless and unattended operation of trains
ITC report 16 ERTMS L3 Rail integrity is the responsibility of the permanent way
ITC report 15 ERTMS L3 Train integrity is the responsibility of the RU
ITC report 14 How to create the next generation of senior signal engineers
ITC report 13 Managing obsolescence of electronic equipment in signalling
ITC report 12 Towards the one page safety case
ITC report 11 International barriers to level crossings
ITC report 10 ERTMS views and experiences
ITC report 09 Reduction in cost of signalling
ITC report 08 Optimising cost and safety by appropriate use of standards
ITC report 06-01 Proposed cross acceptance processes for railway signalling systems and equipment
ITC report 04 Implications of applying transmission based signalling
ITC report 03 Influence of human factors on performance of signalling systems
ITC report 02 Operational availability of railway control systems
ITC report 01 System safety validation and cross acceptance

Over the years, many reports have been written by ITC with the most recent published in IRSE News.

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