The KFS SIL2 system, a SIL2 certified automatic train stop mechanism (DAAT) underwent testing at night, from September 27th to October 1st 2010, on Lyon’s Rhonexpress tramway. It’s a tramway which has the characteristic of reaching a speed of 100km/hour to link Lyon’s City-Centre and Saint Exupéry Airport in less than 30 minutes.
Due to this high speed, the group responsible for the creation of the line has decided to install a DAAT. As such it has selected the KFS SIL2 developed by CLEARSY, which is in charge of automatically stopping any train that passes a shut signal. These tests were carried out by Vossloh-Cogifer, the company in charge of the signalling in this matter, on the section between the Depot/St Exupéry airport, at a speed of 10km/hr, then 100km/hr. This tests allowed to check the following:
- the operational aspect of the SIL2 level DAAT equipment (onboard KFS sensor, Beacon on the KFSI track, and onboard KFS Processing Framework)
- the compatibility and the interaction of the material used (given the replacement of the DAAT SILO equipment with the DAAT SIL2 equipment)
- the start trigger of the emergency braking where passing the signal
- the lack of wrong emergency braking
- the communication between the various pieces of equipment: sensors, beacons and frameworks, via control of the wiring
- the temporary inhibition function
- the permanent inhibition function
- the operation of the Gong
The tests were run over 5 nights and proved conclusive: the DAAT reacted positively to all the scheduled tests, thus confirming the smooth running of the system developed by CLEARSY and certified by Certifer.
The start up of the SIL2 system is scheduled for April 2011, with a gradual replacement of the current system (SIL0) with the SIL2 system.