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.