Real-time track monitoring is a technology that offers continuous monitoring and quick detection of defects, enabling better preventative maintenance, and allowing for more effective trend analysis of precursors, incidents, and high-risk areas.
The study explores how COMET members utilise real-time monitoring technologies for track equipment. It sheds light on the monitoring of four components of track equipment: tracks, rails, power systems, and switches and crossings machines.
The research highlights the technologies in use for monitoring these assets and examines the challenges faced and the best practices to enhance monitoring accuracy.