Train Path Management

IMPACT™ enables earlier decisions to be made on train path conflicts and disruption minimised by forecasting and updating train paths in the near-future timeframe. This application can be used during normal running and during perturbation management.

Actual train performance and current network status are monitored and IMPACT™ uses this information, together with sophisticated analysis of past performance, to provide accurate predictions of train-path conflicts and time-loss events.

IMPACT™ then provides advance notification of train path conflicts enabling earlier and better decision-making and better service delivery. The potential time-loss impact is also assessed to focus attention on the most important conflicts.

Real-Time Performance Management

IMPACT™ provides the facility to create and record performance events on locations and track sections.

Together with sophisticated analysis of the movements of trains and signal state information it diagnoses the likely cause of time-loss to trains and allows users to associate time-loss events with their cause .

Where the cause is interference with another train the details are recorded and the association can be made automatically or reviewed by the user.

Using the mobile capability and messaging features of IMPACT™, details related to time-loss and /or performance events can be created and shared by all staff and requests for information can also be sent to field based staff.

These requests can be responded to more quickly and easily thus improving the efficiency of the performance management process.

Flexibility: While IMPACT™ can be configured to mirror TRUST reporting locations and thresholds it can also be configured to operate at greater levels of granularity with different threshold levels. Performance cause categories can also be made bespoke allowing users to record and analyse data in the manner required to manage their performance.