IECC; – Integrated Electronic Control Centre

IECC

Integrated Electronic Control Centre

Introduction

The Integrated Electronic Control Centre (IECC) is DeltaRail's market-leading signalling control system.  It provides a safe, highly reliable system capable of controlling large areas of the railway network.

Considerable progress has been made in centralising control of the UK's rail network, establishing a number of large scale control centres, many of which are equipped with IECC. These centres are in many of the most heavily used areas of the UK rail network including East Coast and Great Western inter-city main lines and dense suburban areas around London, Leeds, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Key Features

Each signalling control centre has several IECC workstations.

These workstations give a highly intuitive interface for signallers, providing effective control of the most complex track and junction layouts.  This helps to enhance operational flexibility, improve train regulation and provide a faster, more effective means of responding to service perturbations and operating incidents.

Under normal and perturbed operating conditions, the unique Automatic Route setting System (ARS) feature within IECC provides automated control for timetabled train movements.  But there are several features that help signallers deal with major service disruptions:

• Operational support tools help the signaller implement contingency plans in the event of infrastructure or train failure.
• Manual route-setting is available for any train at any time, and ARS can be disabled for individual trains or selected areas.
• Special timing patterns allow the signaller to define the timetable for additional trains.
• A fully integrated Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD) alarm facility is provided.

Standard hardware and industrial PC technology is used throughout the design, with minimum special hardware in order to minimise cost and maximise availability.

Benefits

IECC provides a proven and cost-effective solution for the control of modern passenger and freight operations:

• Each installation can be used to control a very large operational area.
• The installation and maintenance requirements and costs offer value for money.
• It can be interfaced to either relay technology or Solid State Interlockings (SSIs).
• The system can be upgraded and expanded as required to reflect changes to infrastructure or business requirements.
• Simulation facilities to support testing and signaller training.