InnoTrans 2024: A Retrospective on Innovation and Future Mobility Solutions

We are thrilled to share the latest developments from the FP3-IAM4Rail European project, a pioneering initiative within the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. The first week of September, the Technical Management Team and Steering Committee gathered in Genoa, Italy, to engage in a series of decisive strategic discussions. These meetings represented a key moment in our ongoing effort to revolutionise railway asset management and drive the embracing of innovative technologies across Europe.

This document explores the main innovative technologies for the management and maintenance of railway infrastructure. The topics covered include the use of BIM for station supervision, track condition data fusion, the implementation of blockchain for virtual certification, automatic visual inspection by drones, and decision support systems for station asset management. These solutions aim to enhance the efficiency, safety, and reliability of the railway sector.

A newsletter about Cluster A has been published. Learn more about this Cluster that unifies the common activities of the project including project coordination (Work Package 1); system vision, architecture and validation (Work Package 2); and dissemination, communication and exploitation activities (Work Package 20).

From May 28th to May 30th, 2024, key events for the ERJU’s FP3-IAM4Rail project took place in the Netherlands. The Technical Management Team (TMT) and Steering Committee (SC) meetings were held in Amersfoort Railcenter on the 28th and 29th, followed by a visit to Delft Technological University on the 30th.

Monitoring of the entrance slope to tunnel 40 of the Palencia – A Coruña line (ppkk 277+100 – 277+457)

Multi-Source/Multi-purpose IAMS application: scope refinement & quick wins

Cluster B held a workshop dedicated to the application of DevOps paradigm within the context of WP3&WP4 with the goal of supporting the development of Data Analytics and Machine Learning applications.

Presentation of the latest developments from the FP3-IAM4Rail project, regarding Cluster C and rolling stock asset management: on-board and wayside technologies.

Several meetings took place to talk about the progress in civil engineering asset management for railways, regarding work packages 12 and 13 CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR RAILWAYS.

Meeting held in Madrid, in the ENYSE facilities, regarding WAYSIDE MONITORING AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LINK for CLUSTER B

FP3 IAM4RAIL Cluster is focused on the design, deployment and validation of an Intelligent Asset Management System for wayside assets. This includes securely collecting, storing and analysing data from wayside assets and sharing information with the Traffic Management System (TMS). The work is the continuation on the work performed in previous Shift2rail projects, in particular In2Smart2.