Author(s)

J. Catmur & F. Fabbian

Abstract

The Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) has undertaken a major project to replace their existing Automatic Train Control (ATC) system with a new system (the first such project in the world). As part of this project they appointed an Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) who would act as an independent auditor of the development of the new signalling system and who would report their findings back to MTRC for action. At two previous Comprail conferences MTRC have reported on aspects of this work. By the time this paper is presented MTRC will have started service with the new system, so this paper presents the overall programme the ISA has followed and gives an overview of the results achieved. 1. Introduction The Hong K

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