The Biscay Transport Consortium will provide Metro Bilbao with Thales technology to improve security of the current control centre where both of the city’s Metro lines are managed. The central control centre will feature new functionalities to address the evolving circumstances faced by the urban mass transportation network and to prevent serious incidents.
Under the project, a new back-up centre located at Talleres de Ariz in Basauri will also be built and shall be operational by the end of 2019. Thales has been able to take into account the specific traffic density conditions and passenger flow patterns of the network in the design of the new centre that is fully compatible with the central one. This will maximise the overall efficiency of the system.
Metro Bilbao’s Centralised Control Station has been equipped with Thales technology since 1995. The Bilbao control centre integrates the majority of its subsystems into a shared software platform, providing them with a standardised interface. The project also includes a new driver management module which will expand current functionalities, such as driver shift planning and staff resource allocation. It will also help with supervision and real-time execution, allowing for conflict detection and the immediate notification of the operator.
In addition to the driver management module, new traffic functionalities are also included. They have been developed specifically to address the unique nature of the city’s metro system which consists of lines 1 and 2 that merge into a single one New functionalities also include automatic train reorganization in cases of major delays or emergency situations.
The project will be completed within the next 2 years.
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