Turing Registry

Turing Registry · TR-02806

DISPATCH GUARD

Rail scheduling. Operated by Cedarbridge Harbour and Port Saltwater Railway.

Summary

Reroutes trains around faults and engineering works on 972 km of track, subject to dispatcher approval.

License conditions

  1. Safety-critical routing decisions are approved by a human dispatcher.
  2. Timetable changes are published to passengers before they take effect.
  3. Crew rosters may not be changed without notifying crew representatives.

The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:

  • 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
  • 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
  • 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.

Filing history

  1. Licensed for rail scheduling.

  2. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  3. Renewal filed and approved with no change to scope.

  4. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  5. Renewal filed and approved.

  6. Renewal filed and approved with no change to scope.

  7. Renewal filed and approved.

  8. Renewal filed and approved.

  9. Renewal filed and approved.

  10. Renewal filed and approved.

  11. Annual audit completed with no findings.

  12. Review opened after an independent evaluation could not reproduce the operator’s accuracy figures.

Also filed by Cedarbridge Harbour and Port Saltwater Railway