Route Knowledge- Metro Controlled Area

Question 1

Metro network is organised into 4 route groups, name them.

Answer 1

*Burnley
*Clifton Hill / City Circle
*Caufield
*Northern

Question 2

The Burnley and Clifton Hill / City Circle groups are named as

Answer 2

Northern Operating Group

Question 3

The Caufield and Northern Groups are referred to as..

Answer 3

Southern Operating Group

Question 4

Does each group have a Viaduct Line and Undergroud line

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Name the Burnley Group Lines

Answer 5

*Burnley Undergroud Loop
*Burnley Viaduct
*Alamein
*Glen Waverly
*Belgrave
*Lilydale

Question 6

Name the Clifton Hill / City Circle Group Lines

Answer 6

*Clifton Hill / City Circle UNderground Loop
*Clifton Hill / City Circle Viaduct
*Mernda
*Hurstbridge

Question 7

Name the Caufield Group Lines

Answer 7

*Caufield Underground Loop
*Caufield Viaduct
*Sandringham
*Frankston
*Cranbourne
*East Packenham

Question 8

Name the Northern Group Lines

Answer 8

*Northern Underground Loop
*Northern Viaduct
*Through Suburban Viaducts
*Upfield
*Craigieburn
*Racecourse
*Sunbury
*Werribee
*Williamstown

Question 9

The Boundary for Metrol Controlled Area is defined as

Answer 9

• East Richmond (All Burnley Groups)
• Richmond (All Caufield Group Lines)
  *South Kensington - Down End (Werribee and Williamstown Lines)
  *Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (Sunbury and Cragieburn Lines)
  *North Melbourne Sidings (Broardmeadows Suburban Line)
  *Macauly (Down Upfield Line)
  *Flemington Bridge (up Upfield Line)
  *Jolimont (Mernda and Hurstbridge Lines)
  *Southern Cross (Metro and Freight Bypass Lines)

Question 10

Metro Signalling outside of Metro Cointrolled Area

Answer 10

*Burnley Station and Sidings (Burnley Group)
*Victoria Park, CLifton Hill and Westgarth (Clifton Hill Group)
*Darling (Glenwaverly Line)
*Sunshine to Albion (Sunbury Line)
*Moreland - Batman, Gowrie, and Upfield (upfield Line)

Question 11

The Inner Suburban area in bounded by the following areas and everywhere in between…

Answer 11

*Up end Richmond
*Up end Jolimont
*Up end North Melbourne
*The East and West Bypass lines between Southern Cross and Melbourne Yard

Question 12

Set back within Metrol Controlled Area (excluding MURL) authority is

Answer 12

Verbal Authority from Area Controller

Supervised by Senior Networkl Controller

Beyond Metrol Controlled area T?A required

Question 13

Metrol Controlled Area is worked under ABS, most of which are Double Line ABS except for?

Answer 13

*Clifton Hill / City Circle Viaduct and Loop
*Burnley Viaduct and Loop
*Norther Viaduct and Loop
*Caufield Viaduct and Loop
*Metro and Freight Bypass (Regional Rail Link Control Area)

All these locations are Bi-Di ABS

Question 14

Route Indicators
M
R
G
B

Answer 14

M- Metro electrified lines
R- Regional non electrified lines
G- Goods lines (can be electrified)
B- Burnley

Question 15

Route Indicators
T
7
8
D

Answer 15

T- Through Line
7- PLatform 7 SSS (unwired)
8- PLatform 8 SSS (wired
D- Down Line (Melbourne Yard

Question 16

Route Indicators
W
F
E
U

Answer 16

W- Wash Road
F- Footscray (North Line)
E- East suburban (North Melbourne)
U- Upfield Line

Question 17

Route Indicators
W
K

Answer 17

W- Works Siding (North Melbourne Unwired)
K-Kensington (North Melbourne)

Question 18

FSS Platform 1 departures

Answer 18

Mernda Hurstbridge, and City Circle

Question 19

FSS Platform 2/3 (and 4) departures

Answer 19

Belgrave, Lilydale, Ringwood, Alamein, Glen Waverly, Blackburn

Question 20

FSS Platform 4/5 departures

Answer 20

Cragieburn, Upfield, Sunbury

Question 21

FSS Platform 6/7 departures

Answer 21

East Packenham, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Westall

Question 22

FSS Platform 8/9 departures

Answer 22

Frankston, Mordialloc, Werribee

Question 23

FSS Platform 10 departures

Answer 23

Laverton, Williamstown

Question 24

FSS Platform 12/13 departures

Answer 24

Sandringham

Question 25

Terminating trains at FSS either involves..

Answer 25

Changin ends on the platform, or relieving a driver and continuing in the same direction.

Question 26

**Speeds** East (down) end of Swanston St Bridge throughFlinders Street and to the viaducts

Answer 26

25

Question 27

# **Speeds** Road 9a at Flinders Street

Answer 27

15

Question 28

# **Speeds** Under Federation Square

Answer 28

40

Question 29

# **Speeds** Federation Square to Richmond

Answer 29

65

Question 30

Track Names (6) between Federation Square and Richmond

Answer 30

1. Sandringham Line 2. Special Line 3. Caufield Through Line 4. Caufield Local Line 5. Burnley Local Line 6. Burnley through Line | Flinders on the left, Richmond on the right ## Footnote Bottom up

Question 31

# Train Departures from FSS to Richmond Burnley Group

Answer 31

Platforms: 2,3 and 4

Question 32

# Train Departures from FSS to Richmond Caufield Group

Answer 32

Platforms: 6,7,8,9,12 and 13

Question 33

# **Speeds** The Viaducts between FSS and SSS (Northern, Caufield, Burnley, Clifton Hill/City Circle)

Answer 33

35

Question 34

# **Speeds** Through Suburban Viaducts (2) Up Down

Answer 34

40

Question 35

# **Speeds** Bypass Lines

Answer 35

40

Question 36

# **Speeds** SSS to Clifton Hill, Caufield, or Burnley MURL

Answer 36

60

Question 37

# **Speeds** SSS to North Melbourne Junction

Answer 37

65

Question 38

# **Speeds** Diverges at La Trobe Street Bridge

Answer 38

30

Question 39

# **Speeds** Franklin St Junction/Dudley St on the Mains and Throughs

Answer 39

40

Question 40

# **Track Names** Three sets of tracks leaving SSS through to Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (located on the downside of North Melbourne | East Suburban Lines

Answer 40

**East Suburban Lines** Access *P/form 10, track 10A and P/form 11 at SSS on the down *P/form 1 at North Melbourne on the UP **Usually used by Upfield and Cragieburn Lines**

Question 41

# **Track Names** Three sets of tracks leaving SSS through to Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (located on the downside of North Melbourne | Main Suburban Lines

Answer 41

**Main Suburban Lines** Accessed from *P/form 11 and 12 as SSS on the Down *P/form 3 at North Melbourne on the Up **Usually used by Sunbury Lines**

Question 42

# **Track Names** Three sets of tracks leaving SSS through to Moonee Ponds Creek Junction (located on the downside of North Melbourne | Through Suburban Lines

Answer 42

**Through Suburban Lines** Access from *P/form 12 at SSS *P/form 3 at North Melbourne **Usually used by Werribee and Williamstown services**

Question 43

Access to Lay By Sidings at SSS?

Answer 43

*P/form 10, 10a *Walking Path end of P/form 11,12

Question 44

# **Murl Access** Clifton Hill/ City Circle

Answer 44

*SSS P/form 9 *Jolimont *FSS P/form 1,2 and 3 (city Circle)

Question 45

# **MURL Access** Burnley

Answer 45

*SSS P/form 10 *Burnley Throughs to Richmond

Question 46

# **MURL Access** Caufield

Answer 46

*SSS P/form 12 *Caufield Locals at Richmond *Caufield Throughs at Richmond

Question 47

# **MURL Access** Northern

Answer 47

*P/form 1 at North Melbourne (East Suburban) *P/form 3 at North Melbourne (Main Suburban) *FSS P/form 4 and 5

Question 48

Speed Proving Trips in the MURL only applies to Medium Speed Warning aspects and the train must be doing ...

Answer 48

less than 25km

Question 49

The portal to the Burnley City Loop is located...

Answer 49

on the Burnley through lines between Flinders Street and Richmond

Question 50

There is a portal for each Caufield Line (Local and Through) locaterd at...

Answer 50

Richmond Junction

Question 51

# **Speeds** North Melbourne Junction to South Kensington

Answer 51

80

Question 52

# **Speeds** North Melbourne Junction to Macaulay

Answer 52

80

Question 53

# **North Melbourne** What types of route indicators?

Answer 53

*Illuminated Arrows for Up trains departing p/form 1 and 3

Question 54

# **North Melbourne** Route Indicators P/form 1

Answer 54

<= Direct to SSS => To Northern Underground Loop Line

Question 55

# **North Melbourne** Route Indicators P/form 2 | East

Answer 55

E- East:Cragieburn via the Down East Suburban Line or Sunbury via the DOwn East suburan Line (diverge to Down Main Suburan Line at Moonee Ponds Creek Junction

Question 56

# **North Melbourne** Route Indicators P/form 2

Answer 56

U- Upfield Line and Macaulay Sidings by the East Suburan Line W- Works Siding: UNwired (non metro) track

Question 57

# **North Melbourne** Route Indicators P/form 3

Answer 57

<= Direct to SSS =>To Norther Underground Loop

Question 58

# **North Melbourne** Route Indicators p/form 4 | F,E

Answer 58

F- Footscray: Sunbury via the Down Main Suburban Line or Werribee and Williamstown via the Down Main Suburban line (diverge to the Down ThroughSuburban at Moonee Ponds Creek Junction) E- East: Cragieburn via the East Suburan Line

Question 59

# **North Melbourne** Route Indicators P/form 4 | U,W

Answer 59

U- Upfield: Upfield Line and Macaulay Sidings via the East Suburban Line W- Works Siding: Unwired (non Metro) track

Question 60

# **North Melbourne** Route Indicators P/form 6 | K,F

Answer 60

K-Kensington: Craigieburn or North Melbourne Sidings via the Broardmedows Suburan Line F- Footscray: Werribee and Williamstown via the Down Through Suburban Line

Question 61

Do Drivers operate main line points in the Metrol Controlled area?

Answer 61

NO

Question 62

Where does the Regional Rail Link Controller, control?

Answer 62

The Metro Freight and Bypass lines, Melbourne Yard, and the North Melbourne Wash

Question 63

# **Speeds** What is the speed at 8A at Southern Cross?

Answer 63

25

Question 64

# **Controlling Signallers** Southern Cross P/form 8A SSS Laybys

Answer 64

Northern Signal Control Panel-Metrol

Question 65

# **Controlling Signallers** Macaulay Sidings/Mainline North Melbourne Sidings South Kensington (Through Lines)

Answer 65

Western Signal Control Panel- Metrol

Question 66

# **Controlling Signallers** Jolimont *Victoria Park *Clifton Hill

Answer 66

Clifton Hill Signal Control Panel- Metrol *Clifton Hill Control Panel

Question 67

# **Controling Signallers** *Burnley and Burnley Sidings

Answer 67

*BUrnley Signall Control Panel

Question 68

# **Controlling Signallers** *Metro and Freight Bypass Tracks *Melbourne Yard *North Melbourne Wash

Answer 68

*Reigional Rail Link Control Center- Centrol

Question 69

# **Speeds** SSS P/form 8A

Answer 69

25

Question 70

# **Speeds** North Melbourne Wash Macaulay Light Repair Centre

Answer 70

5km

Question 71

What are the terminating locations in the Metrol Controlled Area?

Answer 71

* FSS all platforms * SSS p/forms 8A, 9, 12 * Macaulay / Sidings and Mainline * South Kensington

Question 72

What route indicator is required to enter 8A at SSS?

Answer 72

8

Question 73

Which of the yards have WSA points?

Answer 73

North Melbourne stabling and sidings Macaulay

Question 74

Which of the yards have Metro Business Risk?

Answer 74

* Burnley * Victoria Park * Burnley Stabling Yards * Melbourne Yard * North Melbourne * SSS Layby

Question 75

What route indicator is required to exit the Metro and Freight Bypass to the viaducts?

Answer 75

M

Question 76

What route indicator is required to enter the North Melbourne Wash shunting neck?

Answer 76

W

Question 77

Walking path access to Lay-by sidings is located..

Answer 77

west end of p/form 12 at SSS

Question 78

Train access to Lay-by sidings at SSS

Answer 78

P/form 10, 11, and road 10A

Question 79

SSS Lay-by sidings numbered 1 and 2 hold

Answer 79

one six-car train in each

Question 80

Burnley Station Siding A can be accessed from? | Emergency only sidinf

Answer 80

P/form 4 from Signal BLY315 | This siding can hold one six-car train

Question 81

Terminating locations not in the Metrol Controlled Area?

Answer 81

* Burnley * Victoria Park * Clifton Hill

Question 82

Stabling locations in the Metrol Controilling Area?

Answer 82

* Lay-by sidings * North Melbourne Sidings * Macaulay Sidings