Luminate TMS goes live on Network Rail’s Anglia Route
After only a year from agreeing a contract for Luminate TMS on the Network Rail Anglia Route the system wen live. Anglia undertook training of their signalling and control staff, helping to ensure a smooth transition to full usage.
Luminate TMS has powerful forecasting, conflict management and re-planning capabilities, provides user friendly information to support decision making, and is fully integrated with Network Rail systems such as TRUST and the Scalable signalling control system. This capability was put to the test within a few days of the go-live, when overhead line problems at Liverpool Street Station caused 3 platforms to be closed. Under normal operation Network Rail would have implemented a contingency timetable, which would have cancelled some services and delayed others, and could have had an effect on the following days services.
However, using the scenario capability of Luminate, the full timetable including the evening peak was shown to work across the remaining platforms. The plan was implemented, enabling ARS to route trains to their new platforms, and to inform passengers and crew of the changes. The timetable ran without an issue and demonstrated the power of Luminate to support train service delivery.
