LRTA Line 2 System Orientation PDF

By: Mr. John D. Buenaventura LRTA Line 2 System Orientation Train Operations Division Mandate By virtue of Executive Order No. 603 dated July 12, 1980, the Light Rail Transit Authority was created to be primarily responsible for the construction, operation, mainten...

By: Mr. John D. Buenaventura LRTA Line 2 System Orientation Train Operations Division Mandate By virtue of Executive Order No. 603 dated July 12, 1980, the Light Rail Transit Authority was created to be primarily responsible for the construction, operation, maintenance and /or lease of LRT Systems in the Philippines. Vision Statement We are the leader and expert in urban rail systems that support development in growth areas and provide exceptional travel experience by 2030. Mission Statement To enhance people mobility and provide world class light rail transport system that are sensitive, inclusive and committed to service excellence. CORE VALUES Resilience Integrity Professionalism Excellence QUALITY POLICY We commit to achieve excellence to meet the increasing demands for LRT systems and related services through continual improvement of our QMS and satisfaction of applicable legal requirements. Light Rail Transit Authority LINE 2 LRT Line 2 System Description The LRTA Line 2 is a 17.6 km mass transit line, which passes through six cities in the metropolis up to the City of Antipolo in Rizal. Line 2 offers a convenient and fast way of traveling across Metro Manila. The transit extends from Antipolo City in the East to Doroteo Jose, Manila in the West. The system has a little portion that lies underground at Katipunan area and has 13 stations generally elevated and all with concourse platform. This aims to transport people from Antipolo to Manila and all cities in between, in safety, comfort and efficiency. The entire length of the line will be double-track mostly with one-way operation. State of the art technology trains, fully automatic and air-conditioned, will operate on the line in a forward direction on the right-hand track, except at end-point terminals or during emergency operations. MARIKINA ANTIPOLO STATIONS The LRT Line 2 has 13 stations along the mainline, namely: Santolan Station Betty Go- Belmonte Station Anonas Station Pureza Station Legarda Station Recto Station The Stations were designed with low-level platforms, each has two-side platform (except Santolan Station w/c has an Island platform, 11 meters wide), 100m in length & 4.5m in width to accommodate four car trains. Each station has a large mezzanine concourse and circulated areas clear of the street level. The concourse also functions as a built-in pedestrian overpass across the traffic below. Concourse area is divided into: Paid Area – a secured area that is accessed by passengers only after having purchased and inserted a fare ticket into one of the available entry gates. Un-paid Area – a public area that will accommodate ticket vending machines, passenger assistance facilities, commercial vending machines and passenger assistance office. Equipment provided in each station: Escalators Elevators Fare collection equipment like:  Automatic Ticket Gates (AG)  Point of Sale (POS)  Ticket Vending Machine (TVM)  Station Computer System (SCS) Close Circuit TV (CCTV) Fire detection System  Fire Suppression equipment Public Address System Public Telephones Information Panels containing: a. Locality Map b. System Map c. Route Map d. Passenger Information Display e. Fare Tables Escalators Elevator for the Differently - Able Passengers AFCS Equipment AFCS Equipment AFCS Equipment Automated Ticket Gate Ticket Vending Machine CCTV Surveillance Camera Neighborhood Map System Map Route Map Passenger Information Display TRAIN FROM SANTOLAN WILL ARRIVE IN 3 MIN Facilities and Amenities: Passenger Assistance Office (PAO) Personnel’s Rest Room Station Supervisor’s Office Handicap Toilet Cash Room Trash Room / Storage Room Janitorial Staff Room First Aid Room / Clinic Safety edge tiles Technical Rooms (signaling, electrical, etc.) The Station’s Supervisor shall be responsible for the overall, day- to-day station operations that shall include: Ticket Sales Security Cleanliness and Maintenance MAIN LINE LRT Line 2 has an alignment length of 17.3 kilometers elevated track area, with a 700m underground in the Katipunan area, containing Katipunan Station. Its route runs east-west, mostly situated along Aurora Boulevard, and commercial areas around Quiapo in the City of Manila with the fast-developing areas around Marikina and Antipolo. MARIKINA ANTIPOLO Guide Ways The LRT Line 2 system will generally operate on an elevated structure above the existing streets. The whole system will consist of 17.6 km. track including 16.7 km. revenue track, and 400m tail track at Recto and 200m tail track at Antipolo for turn- back at the extremities. MARIKINA ANTIPOLO  Turn-back Facilities are used to transfer trains from one track to the other, in order to change the running direction. These are situated beyond the passenger operation and are equipped for bi- directional operation. The command and control of these facilities are performed from the Operation Control Center located at the Santolan depot area. These facilities are located at the following: - Recto Station - Araneta Center – Cubao Station - Santolan Station - Antipolo Station MARIKINA ANTIPOLO Pocket Tracks/Temporary Storage Track Pocket tracks are provided to stable a defective trains or reserve trains. The switches are also operated from the Operation Control Center as part of the signaling system. These are located at: Between Anonas Station & the west of Katipunan Tunnel Between V. Mapa & J. Ruiz Station The purpose of this is to restore immediately the revenue service at the mainline MARIKINA ANTIPOLO Crossovers These are track work facilities located adjacent to terminal stations to facilitate turn-back movements: Diamond crossover west of Santolan Station Diamond crossover west of Recto Station Single crossover east of Cubao Station Two single crossover of Santolan Station Diamond crossover East of Santolan Station (connecting the eastbound turn-back spur to the depot areas) Diamond crossover west & east of Antipolo Station MARIKINA ANTIPOLO Diamond crossover East of Santolan Station Emergency Crossover This is installed at west of Legarda Station to support abnormal operating conditions (e.g., single line operation, re-routing trains). MARIKINA ANTIPOLO Turn-outs (Track Switches) Track switches are installed for the two junctions on the main lines: Araneta Center – Cubao to permit the entry to and exit from the shuttle terminal platform. Santolan serves as the access track to depot. MARIKINA ANTIPOLO Tunnel A tunnel, about 700m long takes the line through Katipunan. This is necessary to achieve acceptable gradients where the land level rises steeply away from the river at Marikina valley. Walkway A continuous walkway is provided from Recto to Antipolo Stations. Generally, it is between the tracks, but at turnouts, crossover, tunnel and east extension, it is on one or both sides of the formation. Due to the proximity of the east- and west-bound tracks, no traffic must run if the walkway is to be used for passenger evacuation. DEPOT The depot is situated close to the Eastern part of Santolan Pasig along side the Marcos Highway. It has a total land area of 10.1 Hectare and the yard access tracks to the mainline via junction are about 227m long, with bi- directional operation. It also provides the following functions: Train stabling area and storage yard Light and heavy maintenance Stabling Yard Daily inspection / Cleaning Maintenance Train Wash Plant Building The Depot complex accommodates the following: Various Offices (Administration, Engineering, Operation, etc.) Operations Control Center (OCC) Wayside Maintenance activities Power Substation Signaling & Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) equipment repair Material Storage Area RECTIFIER SUBSTATIONS Utility power will be supplied by the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) to the six Rectifier Substations (RSS) placed at the following locations along the route: RSS #1 - at Recto passenger station RSS #2 - at Pureza passenger station RSS #3 - at J.Ruiz passenger station RSS #4 - Midway between Betty-Go Belmonte and Cubao passenger stations RSS #5 - Midway between Anonas and Katipunan passenger stations RSS #6 - On the depot site in the vicinity of Santolan passenger station RSS #7 - at Antipolo passenger station THE OVERHEAD CONTACT SYSTEM (OCS) The OCS includes direct suspension contact (tramway) and full catenary (messenger and contact) conductor systems, the physical supports, and the associated feeder system. The tramway and catenary systems are located over the track, from which the vehicles draw power by physical contact between the pantograph and the contact wire. Majority of the OCS poles are situated in between the line tracks and an identification number plate is attached to each, visible to Train Drivers and other employees for location identification use on the mainline.  FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS Vehicles Line 2 system has an initial 18 sets of 4 Heavy Metro type car trains coupled together. Each fleet length is 22.5 meters long and formed into 4- car sets, with a total length of 92.6 meters and 3.2 meters width. The 4 cars consist of 2 pairs (MC+M) that are semi-permanently coupled together, The coupling between the two pairs is also permanently labeled respectively as MC1-M1-M2-MC2. Train Exterior Train Interior w/ Gangway Basic Train Description: 16 all powered wheel sets 80 kph maximum speed 40 kph average travel speed Pantographs located on the roof of the 2 inner vehicles 20 train doors per side Train Normal Operation is by Automatic Train Operation (ATO) Capable of manual driving operation with or without the ATP 10 platform level doorways each car 1628 passenger loading capacity 54 x 2 - seated passengers/MC car 338 x 2 - standing passengers/MC car 62 x 2 - seated passenger/M car 360 x 2 - standing passengers/M car 1,500 Volts DC Supply Voltage Full Air-conditioning System Driver’s Cab Each are provided with the following: On-Board ATP Panel Provides over-speed protection and ensures the proper headways of trains to prevent collision by automatic activation of brakes whenever any abnormalities/violation has been sensed. Communication System The LRT Line 2 Communication system permits communication from driver to OCC through radio, from driver to passengers by a public address system (PA), and from the leading Driver’s cab to the rear end cab. Train Monitoring System (TMS) Displays data and facilitates control of minor and major train operation components such as: target/actual speed, power conditions, door condition illustrations, etc. THE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (OCC) All mainline and yard operations will be performed under the authority and direction of the OCC Duty Manager in accordance with the established rules, procedures, and operating timetables. The OCC is located at the 2nd floor of the Maintenance building. It will provide: Control, normally automatic, of all mainline traffic Monitoring of all yard movements including train washing and wheel truing Monitoring of station activities Monitoring of vehicle and system performance  Communications equipment for communicating with Train Drivers, track maintenance crews and other operations personnel Public address and emergency communications Control and monitoring of all traction power substation equipment and motor operated switches SIGNALING AND TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM Automatic Train Control System (ATC) The Signaling and Train Control System provides the means of operating an intensive passenger service, incorporating the highest degree of safety and reliability, while having the greatest system flexibility to deal with traffic density variations with the minimum of manual supervision. The Sub-systems: Automatic Train Protection (ATP) This sub-system ensures safety of traffic movement and is designed and produced in accordance with acknowledged fail-safe principles. Automatic Train Operation (ATO) This sub-system automatically drives the train to achieve operation performance. Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) This sub-system, interfaced with the other two, supervises the overall operation of the train service in accordance with the operational strategies selected for the railway. It is integrated in the Operations Control Center (OCC) Signaling and Train Control System includes: Wayside light signaling at Depot (maneuvering are) and point position indicators with local command facility. Electronic Interlocking Equipment at main station, designed with the latest technologies of microprocessors and safety logic. Electronic Point Machines at point areas. Train detection system using Audio frequency Jointless Track Circuit technology at main line and at Depot. Continuous Automatic Train Protection System (ATP). ATP will maintain safety of operation including separation of train progress on the same track and over interlocked routes.  Continuous Automatic Train Operation System (ATO), which will perform the normal train operating functions including traction, coasting and braking, in accordance with station location, track characteristics such as gradient and curvature, and performance of rolling stock.  Automatic Train Supervision System (ATS), which will control and regulate train operation and will provide scheduled service under normal conditions and the best service possible under abnormal conditions. This system will be computer- based, using the state of the art technologies, such as open system, Unix and Windows operating systems, duplicated local area networks, etc. This system is integrated in the Operations Control Center (OCC). Wayside Light Signaling LRT Line 2 system incorporates a continuous ATP/ATO system, making the installation of wayside light signals along the Mainline unnecessary. The ATP panel shows the speed level to train Drivers on a continuous basis by which they must abide every time. Wayside light signals are installed only in the Depot, since train operation is on manual driving (M+25 Mode). At the Main Line, point position indicators are installed to present to the Train Drivers the position of points. There is a local facility to manually operate the point machine.  END OF PRESENTATION Thank you!