Old Dalby Test Track Serco operate and maintain the site The 21km Test Track was originally part of the Serco is a leading including all aspects of Infrastructure Midland Railway line from St Pancras to Control and Train Operations under a Nottingham via Corby. provider of technical dedicated Safety Management System. services to the rail It features gradients, tunnels and curves of a This provides a specialised test facility for typical mainline railway, so provides an ideal test sector. traction and rolling stock, on track plant, bed for traction and rolling stock. novel infrastructure and prototype system proving, away from the constraints of the The Test Track is controlled from Asfordby Test Our team operates network. Centre, located near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. and maintains the Testing new trains on the busy Underground network is normally limited to There are two main test lines: Old Dalby Test Track 'Engineering Hours' during the night. This also has to compete with vital engineering for London access as LU upgrade their network. Down Reversible Line - 21 km line 90 Mile/h or 125 with Tilt/TASS (17 km with 25kV OHLE). Underground. Such disruption is avoided by testing the Up Reversible Line - 7.5 km line, 100km/h, of new Bombardier 'S stock' trains at Old which 4.35km is fitted with 630/750V 4th rail DC This provides a test Dalby which has allowed: electrification as fitted on London Underground. Includes virtual stations equipped for testing of and commissioning Testing up to 100 km/h doors, CCTV etc. Pre-production Endurance Testing facility with no Production Fault Free Running Investigation of service problems disruption to their Testing across the full S Stock supply core network. voltage range The Asfordby Test Centre provides three Serco's Line Controller manages all 200m long workshop roads including one access to, and movements on, the Test with pit access Track and acts as the Electrical Control Operator for the site. Each road in the workshop is fitted with 25kV OHLE Serco's Operations Safety Managers supervise all test train movements. They also drive the S stock units, the two site Depot Protection System, derailer Class 08 shunters and a Class 47 diesel protection and OHLE isolation locomotive. 630V DC shore supplies are provided The line connects with Network Rail via a for Underground stock token controlled branch from Melton Junction. Access for delivering vehicles by road The DC electrified line is being prepared for testing the new Bombardier CITYFLO Roof access platform and crane 650 - Automatic Train Control system for London Underground. This will provide an Single vehicle jacking position initial proving ground for the system prior to it's phased introduction to the LU 110v/240V/415V ring main circuits are network. available Adjacent storage sidings Storage areas including wheelset Air conditioned offices within the building Providing a Unique high speed test facility for the UK rail industry Serco manage 3rd party access to the spare capacity available on the Test Track. Serco has also managed a series of upgrades to the Test Track to provide additional facilities including: installation of DC Conductor Rail electrification, additional sidings extra storage provision for LU trains prior to delivery to their respective depots. Serco Rail Technical Services Derwent House Network Rail are also working to test rtc Business Park London Road new infrastructure and systems at Derby DE24 8UP the Test Track including the new Series One OHLE system. Telephone: +44 (0) 1332 262672 Fax: +44 (0) 1332 264965 Website: www.serco.com/sr ts Email: [email protected].