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DESTination RAIL Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure EU Project No. 636285

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Destination Rail

DESTination RAIL Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure EU Project No. 636285

Challenge

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rail infrastructure have occurred in recent years, with the incidence appearing to increase in response to climate challenges and aging networks amongst other factors. Transport Mode Fatalities per billion passenger km’s Airline 0.1 Rail 0.16 Car 4.45 Bus/Coach 0.43 Motorised two-wheel 52.59 Fatality risk passenger transport (EU-27 in 2008-2010)

DESTination RAIL Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure EU Project No. 636285

Challenge

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IM’s are managing ageing rail infrastructure with 95% of the network having been built before 1914. EU transport policy provides the challenge to increase the productivity of existing rail networks, prioritise renewal and optimise new sections to reduce bottlenecks, increase productivity and achieve a switch from freight transport by road to rail.

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Project Aim

The aim of DESTination RAIL is to provide solutions for a number of problems faced by EU infrastructure managers. Novel techniques for identifying, analysing and remediating critical rail infrastructure will be developed.

DESTination RAIL Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure EU Project No. 636285

• Monitoring, collection,

systematization and analysis in real time

Fact - Find

DESTination RAIL Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure EU Project No. 636285

Fact - Analyse

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Advanced probabilistic models fed by performance statistics and using databases controlled by an information management system will be used to determine the level of safety of individual assets.

DESTination RAIL Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure EU Project No. 636285

Fact - Classify

The performance models will allow a step-change in risk assessment, moving from the current subjective (qualitative) basis to become fundamentally based on quantifiable data. A decision support tool will take risk ratings and assess the impact on the traffic flow and whole life cycle costs of the network.

DESTination RAIL Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure EU Project No. 636285

Fact - Treat

Novel and innovative maintenance and construction techniques for treating rail infrastructure including tracks, earthworks and structures will be developed and assessed by whole life cycle assessment and impact on the traffic flow.

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Impact – Pilot Projects

A number of Pilot Projects are being performed where elements or processes can be developed, tested and validated at scales ranging from lab to field.

Installation of track Monitoring - Norway Point cloud data from drone flight at location of landslide, Croatia

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Impact – Demonstration Projects

Two major demonstration projects are being undertaken. Boyne Viaduct in Ireland – demonstrate monitoring and collection of data for real- time risk assessments. Thus the fully implemented Decision Support Tool can be demonstrated to IM’s and certification

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Remediation of an ageing railway embankment on the Slovenian rail network will be used to demonstrate the effect of novel products and high-end design procedures on the whole life-cycle cost of reconstruction.

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Ensuring Uptake

Exploitation of the projects outcomes is managed in by an exploitation sub-committee part of the executive (management) board of the project. A key focus is:

• 1. Engagement with the rail industry to face to face

meetings.

• 2. Collaboration with other projects and Shift2Rail
• 3. Publications in technical journals, conferences

and trade magazines