Achieving High Performance of the Railway Infrastructure

Achieving High Performance of the Railway Infrastructure

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The Infrastructure Manager faces the following challenges, to be fulfilled all at the same time:

  • Ensure the safe operation of the railway infrastructure
  • Decrease his costs for the management of the railway infrastructure
  • Increase the efficiency of the railway infrastructure.

The presentation is about to discuss all mentioned challenges. Following aspects are highlighted:

  • the role of the Infrastructure Manager as also his objective to achieve high performance
  • the importance of good quality of his assets. The railway track will be presented as an example.
  • how to predict the quality of the railway track by using mathematical models
  • effectively monitoring the track condition, and finally
  • how to extend the service life of the railway infrastructure by choosing the best maintenance strategy.