Arden station’s sophisticated tech gears up
Platform doors are another important upgrade. Doors increase security and prevent deterioration by preventing people or objects from falling on tracks.
In addition, they make the station quieter without approaching trains and are easier to heat or cool. On the doors, an information screen will show crowded levels in each transportation of the train, so that passengers can be prepared to ride empty cars.
The platforms in the Arden Station are 15 meters wide and 220 meters long. Credit: Justin Mcmanus
“This helps us to move trains faster and more safely and make a more comfortable journey, Rodrigues says Rodrigues.
The trains that serve the five subway tunnel stations must stop with certain accuracy to queue with platform screen doors.
Lloyd Salas, General Manager of Passenger Preparation of Metro Trains, says that it is only possible because of another Victorian period introduced for the first time with a high capacity signal: high capacity signal.
For more than 70 years, the Melbourne train network has worked with signals on the runway, indicating that the drivers’ progress was safe, similar to traffic lights.
Red bricks shake a head on the industrial heritage of North Melbourne.Credit: Justin Mcmanus
The high -capacity signal automatically controls the distance between the trains and allows them to run together every three minutes and frequently.
As the trains pass through the tunnel, they take over from the signal drivers and are under the control of a driver between stations at close distances than possible.
“At the same time, it allows to stand extremely correctly. When the train rises, the doors will be perfectly lined up and the doors will be opened, Sala says Salas.
Drivers are still responsible for opening and closing the doors, so they can ensure that passengers are riding or aligning safely.
Metro tunnel stations have platform screen doors – a first in Victoria.Credit: Justin Mcmanus
The new signal was first released in the sections of the above -ground runway between Clayton and South Yarra, almost two years ago, and since then it has been constantly tested.
“That’s why we have a lot of data to trust, Salas Salas says. “Where other projects fail, he tries to introduce this signal system while opening a new tunnel [which] It can be quite problematic. “
He has already traveled more than 200,000 kilometers during the trains test program.
Behind the curtain, five metro tunnel stations will be closely monitored with a 2800 cCTV camera, which is fed back to the station control rooms where workers are in contact with the personnel on the platforms.
Arden Station is one of the five new stations along the metro tunnel.Credit: Justin Mcmanus
CCTV is also fed to a high -tech SCADA (inspection control and data collection) system with approximately 13,000 devices, including stairs, elevators, lights, fire systems and platform doors. SCADA can control everything from lighting, temperature and escalator to start a station evacuation.
“There are eyes and ears in everything, Sala says Salas. “The more information you get, the better you can answer anything.”
Salas says the project is in the fine -tuning stage to provide the new railway infrastructure, stations and technology that connects them all.
“We bring together everything that is ready to introduce new beings from a new timeline to people.
“It brings together processes, people and systems, and to ensure that everything works together for the first time and after opening.” The complexity of everything. “
Arden Station master Christine Rodrigues. Credit: Justin Mcmanus
Salas said that the test program had external assessment from those who reviewed independently to ensure that the test program was performed in a comprehensive way.
While the state government refuses to approve the opening plans, Age Previously, he announced that he had worked for a “soft opening ile with limited services in November before working up to a complete time schedule in the beginning of 2026.
Rodrigues says he is proud to be responsible for one of Melbourne’s newest and most indisputable most impressive stations.
On the front of the red brick building, there is a work of art that shows two silver hands reaching each other in a universal welcome gesture of multi -disciplined artist Abdul Abdullah.
“This is a really nice sign and what I want to tell the whole Melbourne, Rodrigues says Rodrigues.
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