North Coast Line – ETCS Level 1

RCSG together with Alstom Australia delivered the ETCS Level 1 (European Train Control System) for the North Coast Line in QLD.  As Principal Contractor, RCSG was responsible for delivering construction and safety management, factory build of signaling equipment, site civil and electrical installation,  and testing and commissioning works – in addition to design approvals through our QR accredited RPEQ engineering team.

New equipment housings were fabricated and tested in our Brisbane based facility prior to deployment to site where RCSG established local site facilities to support the civil, electrical, and testing and commissioning works throughout the corridor, comprising of:

• • Civil works for the installation of cable routes and new equipment housings
  • Installation of main and local cables, ETCS balises and location boxes
  • Modification of the existing signalling infrastructure
  • Testing and commissioning of all works
  • Site safety management

RCSG provided significant value to project stakeholders through our local knowledge of the QR network and of the legacy system that was integrated with the ETCS L1 solution. This project was the first ETCS implementation in Queensland and our teams gained valuable experience from exposure to the ETCS technology.