New Railway, Old Challenges
Anthony Coplestone
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Anthony Coplestone has worked in Ergonomics for over 15 years, originally in the automotive industry focused on assembly ergonomics. He then moved to Network Rail working for 11 years working across all areas of the railway, with a particular focus of new system design, station design and large railway enhancement programmes. Anthony has recently moved to HS2 as the Lead Ergonomist where he is responsible for all aspects of ergonomics across the design of HS2 system and operation.
Abstract
When discussing the challenges of building HS2 the response is often, but it’s easy because it’s all new; which on the surface is a reasonable statement if it was a closed network. However the HS2 line connects to the... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Anthony Coplestone (High Speed Two (HS2) Limited)
Topic Areas
Ergonomics design in control facilities, train cabs and rolling stock , Train control systems including ERTMS, class B systems, GSM-R and Automatic Train Operatio , Traffic management and driver advisory systems , Platform-train interface , Station design, passenger information systems, CCTV and crowd management
Session
TM-1 » Traffic Management (11:25 - Tuesday, 7th November, Illuminate)
