Railway

Train control and safety systems

This course allows you to understand and participate in projects that deal with control and safety systems - vital skills for experienced and aspiring railway engineers.

1 day

Next available: Derby, 27 Oct 2026

Course	Location & Date
Train control and safety systems

Members:
£600.00 Plus vat

Non Members:
£725.00 Plus vat

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Summary

This course allows you to understand and participate in projects that deal with control and safety systems - vital skills for experienced and aspiring railway engineers.

Not only is it important to understand the systems themselves, but also the common abbreviations and terminology that is often used, for example DSD, AWS, DRA, ATC, ATP, TPWS and OTDR.

Who should attend?

We have designed this suite of courses for engineers working within traction and rolling stock. This includes recent graduates, engineers moving to a new traction and rolling stock role, infrastructure and asset managers, accident investigators, and design and maintenance engineers.

How will I benefit?

Describe the requirements for cab design and have an awareness of typical cab layouts, cab controls and gauges
Describe how trains are controlled by the driver
Explain the purpose and operation of key train safety systems, interfaces, the rules which apply in the event of failure and the permitted degraded modes of operation
Describe on-board data recording and monitoring systems of modern fleets, how data is collected and used for maintenance and driver performance monitoring

Contributes 7 CPD hours

Fantastic course - Rob kept our attention really well the whole day, encouraging interaction and using lots of relevant examples.

Emily O'Connor, Colas Rail

Key topics

• Driving cab requirements and control
• Train control and interlocking
• Train safety systems
• On-board data recording
• Driver-only operation
• Automatic train operation

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At a glance

Duration:

1 day
Location:

Derby
CPD Hours:

7
UK-Spec:

E

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Available dates for Train control and safety systems

1 day course

Derby: 27 Oct 2026

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