SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 03/2020
FleetCare tests new technology to reduce disruptions to railway traffic
Switches play a key role in ensuring smooth railway operations. Last year, switch failures caused over 5,000 disruptions to traffic in Finland. To enhance the monitoring of the condition of switches, VR FleetCare, a company offering railway fleet management, and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA), which is in charge of Finnish railways and their development, have launched a joint pilot project focused on collecting and analysing data to obtain real-time information about the condition of switches....