The application of “leveraging Developments in Monitoring Technology for optimizing Track, Bridge, Cutting and Tunnel Maintenance” should pay off with tangible impacts for the “Ultimate Goal to prevent Railway Accidents” in reducing the risk of train-passengers “Close-to-Zero” to be caught up in fatal, nasty and unwanted Train-Accidents on account of track, bridge, cutting- and tunnel defects.
A profound strategy for condition based PREVENTIVE TRACK-MAINTENANCE, -OVERHAUL and -RENEWAL will not only ensure the longest life from the track at the lowed possible overall Life-Cycle-Costs, but will also help to ensure “CLOSE-TO-ZERO” FATAL DERAILMENT DISASTERS.
This requires maintenance intervention and track renewal before a track deteriorates to a point below a minimum condition threshold. This implies that the condition of the track must be determined on a regular basis through Inspection, Measuring and Recording. This implies also that Intervention-Threshold Levels are set.
Measuring the condition of assets and infrastructure (tracks, cuttings, bridges, tunnels) manually by surveying gangs is time-consuming, cost-intensive and not accurate enough for any modern rail-route today, and in addition it is unsafe for the patrolling men.
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