Level Crossing Controller

In conjunction with Rail Innovation Australia (RIA) from Queensland, the University of Wollongong and with established rail industry players, Partech is developing a fail safe solar powered level crossing control system.

The level crossing controller is designed to address the human and economic toll that continues to mount throughout Australia as a result of avoidable accidents at uncontrolled level crossings.

We are pulling together a range of newly developed technologies that together will provide a viable solution that has evaded Industry for many years.

Partech´s innovative approach involves for the first time the following technologies:

• Mesh communications network, with self repair capability, and multiple levels of redundancy
• Satellite communications for fault and status reporting
• Magnetic anomaly detectors for train detection
• Low power solar application

Partech´s solution involves many additional measures to influence driver behaviour including: advance warning signals, audio signalling to drivers and high visibility LED warning lights.