Rail Asset Management

Railway demand - for both passenger and freight traffic - is set to increase dramatically over the coming years. Meeting that demand depends on fully efficient asset management... consistently using resources cost-effectively. And efficient asset management in turn depends on a comprehensive and integrated knowledge of the condition of the assets.

The rail industry is a difficult balancing act, between budget and operational constraints, and improvements and repairs. It needs effective systems for analysing through-life cost, monitoring condition, detecting faults and tracking assets.

And the rail industry operates in a physically unique context. You can't just send out another vehicle or a breakdown truck, or drive round an obstacle. It's a complex problem with massive knock-on effects when something isn't performing to standard, or is in the wrong place. So effective asset management is essential.

QinetiQ's asset management support capabilities can take rail systems development and safety to new levels, providing accurate data analysis of complex variables, innovative sensors and state-of-the-art surveillance technologies. We can provide systems that:

• tell you where a train is at any given time
• let you know what condition it's in
• keep you informed about tracks - planned loadings, the nature of substrates and much more
• make scheduling, upgrading and maintenance easier and far more accurate than ever before.