Interoperability and Track Maintenance

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Interoperability and Track Maintenance
Contents
Hendrik Schäbe

• Achieved Level of Interoperability
• Status of Track Maintenance
• Design and Maintenance
• Needs
• Example Switch
• Possibilities
• Recommendations

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Achieved Level of Interoperability

• High speed directive implemented, TSIs exist,
  notified bodies are nominated by national
  institutions
• Second railway package is under discussion /
  approval
• European standards EN 50126 / EN 50128 / EN 50129
  exist
• Approval by national bodies (excluding high
  speed)
• First interoperable tracks (high speed) exist

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Status of Track Maintenance

• Track maintenance is a national task
• TSI on infrastructure subsystem defines track
  (rail) parameters
• Exchange of expert knowledge regarding
  diagnostics (e.g. switch diagnostics) , track
  repair and renewal, Life Cycle Costs on voluntary
  basis
• Is there a need for a TSI on track maintenance,
  analogously to the TSI on rolling stock
  maintenance?

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Design and Maintenance

• Design

Quality
Maintenance
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Needs

• Need for harmonisation on rolling stock
  maintenance is not disputable
• At least status of track must be harmonised
• Quality indicator
• Tolerances
• Measuring methods
• Example Gauge

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Example Switch

• Existence of European switch would support
  maintenance harmonisation
• Exchange spare parts
• Common diagnostic methods

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Possibilities

• Voluntary area
• Exchange of experts, methods, technology
• Can partially be sponsored by manufacturers of
  track diagnostic and maintenance technology
• First actions started by ProMain
• Regulated / standardised area
• TSI on track maintenance
• Setting up standards on maintenance
• Allowing border crossing track maintenance
• Would require severe changes in national rules

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Recommendations

• Voluntary areaSupport exchange of experts,
  workshops (also after end of ProMain)
• Standardised area Maintenance methods (measuring
  methods, repair, replacement) as a European
  standard
• Regulated areaPrescribe in TSI (on inspection
  level)
• quality indicators,
• tolerances,
• notified bodies to audit and check

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Options for ProM_at_in

• Support exchange of experts
• Organise workshops
• Give input for TSI (from workshops)
• Discuss TSI drafts
• Support in standardisation