Predictive Maintenance Pays Dividends in Austria

The author discusses the comprehensive predictive maintenance program planning tools the Austrian Federal Railways' (OBB's) infrastructure division is using in the face of increasing pressure to make sure that network performance meets operator demand with increasing freight tonnages (5% annually) and passenger numbers (2% annually). The infrastructure division is just three years old and responsible for daily network operation, including track access fee administration, train path management, signalling, and maintenance. It was primarily created to bring OBB's costs under control. A key element of its maintenance strategy has been creating a centralized, comprehensive database system encompassing every OBB network section and line. Individual databases include iGleis and EM-SAT, both concerned with track geometry, and EM 250, involved with track inspection. To date, infrastructure-related delay reduction has been helped by train path utilization computer modeling, high-output track maintenance technology investment, and a predictive maintenance program.

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• Authors:
  • Barrow, Keith
• Publication Date: 2007-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 16-17
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Databases; Days; Freight and passenger traffic; Infrastructure; Networks; Operations; Planning; Technology; Tools
• Identifier Terms: Osterreichische Bundesbahnen
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase; Predictive maintenance
• Geographic Terms: Austria
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01049880
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 2007 10:35AM