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Integrated Infrastructure Asset Management System and Traffic Management for Data-Driven Railway Operations
Challenge
Railway networks face increasing pressure to ensure reliability and reduce unexpected failures while managing complex and heterogeneous infrastructure systems.
The solution
Addressing this challenge is Europe’s Rail (EU-Rail), which has developed an Infrastructure Asset Management System (IAMS) for Wayside Monitoring and a Traffic Management System (TMS) link.
Key features:
- Integrated platform for real‑time wayside monitoring and analytics: It implements monitoring solutions, using both sensors and non-invasive data sniffers, into a unified IAMS architecture. This enables harmonised data acquisition from multiple systems, including TMS and Interlocking (IXL), data-driven status assessment (nowcasting) and initial forecasting capabilities for critical assets such as track circuits and point machines.
- Decision Support System, supporting maintenance and traffic management: Analytics outputs (KPIs, health indicators, anomaly detection, trend analyses) are processed and visualised through a context‑aware Decision Support System (DSS), offering actionable insights to both maintainers and TMS operators. This enhances operational awareness, maintenance planning and risk‑based decision‑making.
- Interoperable link with Traffic Management Systems for operational optimisation: The demonstrator validates the ability of IAMS to transmit asset‑health information, alarms and safety‑critical assessments to the TMS, enabling traffic regulation and operational decisions to reflect real infrastructure conditions, contributing to improved reliability, reduced failures and enhanced service continuity.
Readiness for Industrialisation and Deployment
The integrated IAMS demonstrator is ready for pilot‑phase deployment and further validation during 2026, with the goal of progressing toward full integration within Europe’s Rail operational frameworks.
Maturity level
TRL 5/6
Expected benefits
The “IAMS for Wayside Monitoring and TMS Link” solution delivers significant technical, operational and economic benefits for railway infrastructure managers and traffic operators. Technically, it enables the integration of heterogeneous wayside data sources—including sensors, interlocking information, TMS event logs and diagnostic subsystems—into a unified platform offering continuous monitoring, anomaly detection and early forecasting of asset degradation. Operationally, the solution enhances decision‑making through a context‑aware Decision Support System, improving situational awareness for both maintenance teams and Traffic Management System operators. This supports faster, more informed interventions and offers measurable improvements such as reduced failures and better traffic regulation.
Who benefits
Infrastructure Managers
Railway operators
Suppliers
Final users
Conclusion
The “IAMS for Wayside Monitoring and TMS Link” developed by EU-Rail has the potential to enhance situational awareness by integrating data-driven condition information into TMS workflows, improving coordination between operations and maintenance. Through anomaly detection and predictive insights, it enables timely and efficient interventions, supporting more reliable operations and greater service continuity while fostering a more proactive and data-driven approach to infrastructure management.
Learn more about the project
FP3-IAM4Rail
This solution has been developed within the EU-Rail Flagship Project FP3-IAM4RAIL. The project FP3-IAM4RAIL focuses on seven different integrated demonstrators for rail assets which are key for research and innovation in the rail sector.