Developing Curricula for Signaling and Communication Course at Malaysian Railway Academy (MyRa) through Industrial Collaboration Program

Abstract

This paper presents the propose development of railway signaling and communication curricula at MyRA. The program commenced on 2016 under Industrial Collaboration Program (ICP) with Technology Depository Agency coordination. Thales Portugal provides the laboratory equipment and teaching module. There are three institutions and one railway operator company participate in the program. The program was conducted due to enhanced strong knowledge on railway signaling and communication among the Malaysian academicians. The universities will be able to develop bachelor and diploma railway programs and able to develop laboratories along with hi-tech railway equipment. The ICP railway signaling and communication, consist of four stages, started with basic Train The Trainer (TTT), advanced training, training installation equipment and training simulator. The trainees have gained a lot of experienced and expose to different kind of railway signaling system during the training. At the end of the program, a module of railway signaling and communication course with a lab railway signaling field equipment and CTC simulator were developed.