MetroLink Ireland Technical Requirements

Approach / Solution

Documentation Interrogation & Requirements Derivation

• Reviewed the available concept material and early client documentation to understand the intended system architecture, operational vision, and scope boundaries.
• Interrogated the source material and translated high-level intent into a structured set of client requirements.
• Produced requirements at the correct level for the phase, ensuring they were clear, defensible, and suitable as a baseline for future work.

Systems Coverage & Technical Definition

• Developed requirements across the full control and communications scope, including copper and fibre networks, CCTV, SCADA, PAVA, telephony, central management and station management systems, radio communications, and DOO-related requirements.
• Ensured the requirements captured the expected functional intent of each system while remaining aligned to the wider programme vision.

Standards & Compliance Alignment

• Derived the requirements using BS EN, ISO, Network Rail, and relevant Irish standards as the governing basis.
• Embedded standards-led thinking from the outset so that the resulting requirement set reflected recognised good practice and a defensible compliance baseline.

Requirements Baseline Development

• Converted early-stage programme documentation into a high-level technical requirements set that could be used as the client baseline for subsequent design development.
• Established a clear and structured foundation for future assurance, procurement, and systems engineering activity.

• Produced a structured high-level client requirements set for MetroLink’s control and communications systems.
• Converted early concept documentation into a usable technical baseline for subsequent design and delivery development.
• Provided AtkinsRealis and MetroLink / Transport Infrastructure Ireland with a standards-led requirements foundation across a broad multi-system telecoms scope.
• Helped establish a clearer and more consistent basis for future design, assurance, and procurement decisions.

Key Technologies & Methodologies

• High-level client requirements development
• Control and communications systems requirements
• Copper and fibre network systems
• CCTV, SCADA, PAVA, and telephony
• Central management and station management systems
• Radio communications and DOO-related requirements
• Standards-led requirements derivation
• BS EN, ISO, Network Rail, and relevant Irish standards
• Early-stage systems engineering and concept interrogation