Assessing multi-SPAD signals: Establishing a systems approach
Fiona Kenvyn
Metro Trains Melbourne
Fiona is a Senior Human Factors Advisor with the Strategy and Risk team at Metro Trains in Melbourne, Australia. With a background in organisational psychology, she started her HF career with Network Rail’s Ergonomics team where she honed her skills in fatigue management, workload evaluation and the integration of human factors into engineering design. On her return to Australia in 2011, she provided HF expertise as a consultant on a number of rail engineering projects, including the multi-billion-dollar Regional Rail Link project where she drove most of the design-level HF integration activities. Since joining Metro Trains in 2015, she has achieved significant benefits for the business through her role in establishing processes for HF integration and in raising awareness of the value of human factors in the management of change. Her current challenge is coordinating the integration of HF across a number of major rail projects, including a new cross-city tunnel, the removal of 50 urban level crossings, the introduction of a new train and the transition to high capacity signalling.
Abstract
The reduction in signals passed at danger (SPADs) is a key corporate objective for Melbourne’s metropolitan railway operator. The company’s SPAD Management Plan sets out a number of actions intended to help reduce the... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Fiona Kenvyn (Metro Trains Melbourne)
- Danni Maynard (Metro Trains Melbourne)
Topic Areas
Signals and signage; SPADs , Systems safety, risk management and incident reporting , Accident and incident investigation
Session
S-1 » SPADs (15:25 - Monday, 6th November, Smile 1)
