Lokalbanen A/S
In 2001, with the main intent of increasing efficiency, the City of Copenhagen acquired a number of privately owned railway lines.
Solutions
- Cactus TMS
Solutions
- Cactus TMS
Cactus won the tender, and we certainly haven’t had reason to regret it. Their people are easy to
work with, very helpful and extremely knowledgeable. We are, quite simply, glad that we went with Cactus.”
– Ole Torp Sejersen, Project Manager, Hovedstadens Lokalbaner.
Lokalbanen A/S
In 2001, with the main intent of increasing efficiency, the City of Copenhagen acquired a number of privately owned railway lines. Lokalbanen A/S is now responsible for the operations that include 190 km tracks, nearly 40 trainsets, and 77 stations.
The owner – the City of Copenhagen – has invested heavily in the six railway lines. This modernisation process includes a new traffic management system from Cactus, new station buildings, and 27 brand- new Coradia Lint 41 diesel trainsets.
Trimming operations
In 2004, Hovedstadens Lokalbaner A/S (HL) contracted Cactus Automation to delivery a new remote automation system for their entire network, which includes five previously privately owned lines as well as the Lille Nord line. By merging the private railways, HL was able to gain the benefits of a large-scale operation. This first step towards this was to link all six local lines in Hillerød to a single operations centre, making it possible to trim staff resources from 22 to 16.
Today, two operators supervise the railways during the day, and a single operator is required at night. Previously, four or five employees were required.
More comprehensive automation
Traditionally, dispatching included a number of manual operations. Nowadays, most of these are automated, which means that operators simply monitor and no longer actively control the system. Exceptions exist, however, such as in the event of heavy snowfall that triggers a malfunction in the interlocking systems. Another benefit is that it is now easier to add new traffic plans to the system; operators create them in Excel and input them in the system.
Traffic Management System
One of the many reasons why HL chose Cactus was the testimonials Cactus received from SL (Stockholm Transit) in Stockholm, where Cactus systems are used to supervise four local railway lines. The TMS system developed by Cactus is adapted to accommodate the specific requirements of railway traffic. HL has a twin computer system, known as a “hot stand by”, which provides a very high degree of accessibility. In addition to this, the system is integrated with an Oracle database.