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Fail to monitor, fail to move

Keeping Trains Running

The catenary system is a critical part of the railway network and as such failures can happen at any time, leading to delays and disruption. The average delay costs around £1.5million, and can cost an organisation its reputation, too.

Why risk it?

The traditional approach to maintenance is not robust enough to avoid failures. It relies heavily on manual assessments, which are time-consuming and typically can only be carried out at night (during non-operational hours), making them subject to inconsistencies. If not done efficiently, they can result in disruptions to services and costly maintenance routines. And if a problem goes undetected, it can put the railway at risk.

CatVue gives you the ability to immediately understand the condition of your assets, so you can identify issues before they escalate and schedule maintenance as required. CatVue records and analyses metrics against machine-learned thresholds, reporting any degradation of the infrastructure such as abnormal wear patterns, deviations in tension, height, or stagger of the catenary, or electrical connection issues. It then flags immediate ‘failure alerts’ or ‘persistent emerging alerts’ to maintenance teams, so that they can fix the issues before failures occur.