Railway infrastructure asset management, track quality analysis and M&R decision making

Railways must establish explicit processes for making decisions on various activities to be undertaken to keep these key objects within desirable (required) condition/operational limits. These activities usually represent M&R works, but could also represent other activities like additional/extraordinary expectations. This paper describes how such a condition-based process can be designed. The process consists of identifying key infra-objects and their necessary information, finding ways for collecting this data and understanding relationships between these data (revealing the key objects' behavior in time); certain threshholds are applied for certain condition parameters, and deterioration models are utilized to determine when these limits will be reached; they signify needs for certain M&R works/inspections. Finally the entire process must be governed through a well structured Asset Management System. However, every Railway represents a unique environment requiring a thoughfully tailored approach.

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• Authors:
  • Jovanovic S
  • Bozovic D
• Conference:
  • AusRAIL PLUS 2005, 22-24 November 2005, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Publication Date: 2005

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p.
• Monograph Title: AusRAIL PLUS 2005, 22-24 November 2005, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Maintenance management; Railroad transportation
• ATRI Terms: Asset management; Maintenance planning; Rail transport
• Subject Areas: Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516894
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 4 2014 7:57PM