The envisaged “WORLD CLASS” Rail-Service in India needs modern sound and healthy, high quality Rail-Tracks of “WORLD-CLASS STANDARDS”. The spate of train derailments in India is an index for the actual poor track-condition and quality of the network and an index of how un-healthy many tracks are. Modern Monitoring Technologies help to make predictions on […]
Author: Chaminda Weerawarna
THE ULTIMATE GOAL TO PREVENT FATAL TRAIN-ACCIDENTS IN INDIA – VISION: “CLOSE-TO ZERO” –
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 […]
MATARA-BELIATTA RAILWAY EXTENSION PROJECT; Sri Lanka PART II; update January 2018
The Government of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Transport have entrusted the construction of the Matara to Beliatta Phase I railway extension to China Machinery Corporation (CMC). The difficult topography and geology of the terrain is challenging. The rail-extension will consist of twelve bridges, and two tunnels. Railway stations will be set up at […]
LEVERAGING DEVELOPMENTS IN MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR OPTIMISING TRACK MAINTENANCE – Switch Monitoring and Diagnostic Systems
Switches (turnouts/points) and crossings are vulnerable nerve centres of railway infrastructure and are main cost-drivers. Their maintenance is highly costly for the infrastructure management. Switch-defects, -failures and train-derailments, on account of defective switches, disturb the traffic flow in a high extend. Switch and turnout machine failures account for a large proportion of infrastructure related delays […]
LEVERAGING STATUS-REPORT/AUDIT ON TRACK-CONDITION OF THE WHOLE NETWORK OF INDIAN RAILWAYS – A TOOL FOR LONGTERM CAPITAL INVESTMENT-SCHEMES AND MAINTENANCE- STRATEGIES
On the journey towards the future, Indian`s political leadership embraces the transformation of Indian Railways to a WORLD CLASS STANDART RAILWAY. The objectives are modern Railway Stations, smart Ticketing Systems, refurbished Luxury Coach Interiors, Inter-City Speed-Up by Semi-High and High-Speed Trains on key corridors, a “Diamond Quadrilateral” of High-Speed Lines, Dedicated Freight Corridors, world class […]
GUIDELINES FOR IMPROVING INDIA`S RAIL-ROADS TO ENSURE “CLOSE-TO-ZERO” FATAL DERAILMENT DISASTERS, AND FOR NEARLY ACCIDENT FREE RAIL-TRAVEL
PREFACE: It can never be ethically acceptable that people are killed or seriously injured when moving within a transport system! Rail-Track Engineering and Technology is not difficult to understand. However, it is difficult to make it comprehensible for Politicians, Decision-Bearers and Upper Echelons how a rail-track behaves under traffic load and what can be done […]
TRAFFIC SHEMES FOR THE UNIQUE ECO-SENSITIVE HILLSTATION MATHERAN IN INDIA
In India there is an unique eco-sensitive zone on the Matheran Hills. There are massive aspirations to develop the Matheran Hill-station into a “hot” tourist spot in Maharashtra for the population in the nearby townships of Mumbai, Navi-Mumbai and Pune. The following points are of paramount importance for the socio-economic well-being and development of Matheran: […]
MATHERAN`S TOY TRAIN, THE JOY AND PRIDE OF TOURISM IN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, UNDER SAFETY SCRUTINY
.In Maharashtra, India, there is a 2 ft. Narrow Gauge Train climbing from Neral nearly along the abyss of a scenic rim nearly 800 m up to the Hill-Station Matheran, situated on a mountain rim of volcanic origin in midst a lush green forest. In this tar road free ecological sensitive zone only pedestrians, horses, […]
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE KILLING AND INJURING OF TRAIN-PASSENGERS IN UNWANTED DERAILMENT-DISASTERS
OPTIMISING THE ALL-IMPORTANT WHEEL-RAIL SYSTEM IN INDIA TO ACHIEVE NEARLY ZERO FATAL DERAILMENTS ON RAIL-TRACK ACCOUNT; PART II “ZERO TOLERANCE” is a new “buzzword” used in particular context with “ZERO ACCIDENT VISION” in transport environment and has been recently used by the new Indian Minister of Railways Mr. Piush Goyal, when calling for Innovation in […]
OPTIMISING THE ALL-IMPORTANT WHEEL-RAIL SYSTEM, ASSURING NEARLY ZERO DERAILMENTS
The all-important WHEEL-RAIL SYSTEM matters! A Railway with optimised Wheel-Rail System will face NO DERAILMENT-DISASTER, killing and injuring Train-Passengers. European Railways follow the conception of OPTIMISING THE WHEEL-RAIL SYSTEM, and they keep the Wheels of rolling stocks and Rails in sound and healthy condition. With well-maintained Wheels on Modern Railway Tracks the likelihood of Derailments […]