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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 01-02/2023

Development of asset-specific infrastructure use for prevention planning

February 2023 | Jonathan Hecht, David Janecek, Holger Koriath

An intact and robust network infrastructure constitutes the backbone for reliable and economic operations. As Europe’s largest rail infrastructure provider, DB Netz AG operates around 60,000 kilometres of track, 65,000 switches and crossings, 25,000 railway bridges and 3,800 signal boxes [1]. Among other things, the system and life cycle management is responsible for the tasks of the cross-trade prioritisation of maintenance, prevention and medium-term investment planning for the entire network. DB Netz AG uses the LUKS software (Leistungsuntersuchungen von Knoten und Strecken) from VIA Consulting & Development GmbH, which is being further developed on its behalf, to determine the given system-specific requirements...