This document discusses two use cases for implementing geographic information systems (GIS) in train running operations. The first case involves reporting sheep on the tracks, which requires tools for searching infrastructure by location, viewing lines, and finding access points. The second case is an incident where a trailer fell off a bridge, requiring tools for searching, viewing lines and infrastructure, sketching the incident, and tracking field workers. The presentation concludes by discussing expanding the prototype to an industrial solution and pursuing shared GIS symbology between railway organizations.

1. A use case of GIS
during Train Running Operations
Alain Lhote & Amaury-Xavier Marchal
ESRI GIS Rail Summit – June 14th 2012

2. Today our aim is to …
 Share our work with you …
Looking for experiments and use case ideas for GIS
in field operations
Contacts:
 A. Lhote: alain.lhote@sncf.fr (Business Expert at DCF)
 A. Marchal: amaury-xavier.marchal@rff.fr (IT Project Leader at RFF)
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3. Back to RFF presentations at UIC
 2010 : we present to you our existing solution
to manage land and buildings
 2011 : we explore infrastructure
modelization with Ariane and schematics
 2012 : we show you a geographical approach
to access infrastructure information during train
running operation
Objects topology described with a connection graph
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4. The project
 An agile development
 A product owner expert in railway
circulation
 A 4 months project with 6 sprints:
• Each sprint leading to improvement and
new ideas
• The will to test lab features in coming
sprints
 Technical part:
• Development stored on Amazon Web
Services
• Connexion via Webservices to access
RFF’s private data
 Design part: search for an
optimization of the use in a real-time
context pressure
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5. Two use cases
 Use case #1 :
Reporting of sheep on the tracks
 Use case #2 :
Incident involving a train and its travelers
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6. Use case 1 – Reporting of sheep on the tracks
List of tools
User story Used Tool
■ A tourist calls the police
■ Police calls the IM only knowing the city name Search tools merging different
types of location (city,
address, line, infrastructure
■ The IM searches the involved line section objects )
Line tool
■ The IM takes preventive measures on the running Tool to be defined
trains in the area
■ The IM seeks relevant field workers
■ Prepare the field answer : seeking access point to the Access point tool
network
■ Track the location of field workers during transport to Tool to be defined
the event location and until the end of the intervention
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7. Use case 1 – Reporting of sheep on the tracks
Presentation of tools
Search tool
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8. Use case 1 – Reporting of sheep on the tracks
Presentation of tools
Localization
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9. Use case 1 – Reporting of sheep on the tracks
Presentation of tools
Line tool
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10. Use case 1 – Reporting of sheep on the tracks
Presentation of tools
Access
point tool
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11. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
Case presentation
There is a problem : « Train 5034 is stopped at Le Peirex … »
We already got
this case : I don’t
Is this the name
need to look for
of the town or
information …
the name of a
railway station ? What are they
talking
about???
Local office
National office
Rescue office
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12. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
List of tools
User story Used tool
■ A driver launches a radio warning
■ The driver asks by radio (RST) for the emergency shutdown Galite
■ Location from the last known crossing points: line, known
infrastructure point,…
■ A farmer called the police to report an accident at a place Search tool
called Le Pereix : his trailer of hay fell from a bridge
■ Prepare the field answer: seeking access point to the Access Point Tool
network
■ Identify and call emergency resources
■ Communicate the access points
■ The IM takes preventive measures on the running trains in Tool to be defined
the area and sends alert to RUs
■ Possibility of sharing a sketch of the incident Sketch tool
■ Vision of the surroundings Railview
■ Track the location of field workers during transport to the Tool to be defined
event location and until the end of the intervention
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13. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
Presentation of tools
Search tool
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14. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
Presentation of tools
Information
tool
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15. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
Presentation of tools
Line tool
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16. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
Presentation of tools
Access point
tool
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17. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
Presentation of tools
Sketch tool
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18. Use case 2 – Incident involving a train and its
travelers
Presentation of tools
Railview
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19. GIS Lab for Train Running Information
 Route search
 Displaying weather and weather forecast on the
map
 Displaying current events and events history
 Field Workers:
- Trigger events to the concerned field workers
- Track position of field workers in charge
of an event
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20. And now …
 From this prototype to an industrial solution:
- First deployment Q4 2012
- Integration with Service Disruption Software 2014
 Our targets:
- GIS components and services available for business applications
integration
- A shared GIS symbology among differents railways businesses
- Network tracks, geographic and schematics
Why don’t we work on a shared symbology among IMs and RUs ?
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21. Q&A
Thank you for your attention …
alain.lhote@sncf.fr
amaury-xavier.marchal@rff.fr
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