How Dutch Railways can view train’s defects remotely

Sprinter trains at NS workshop, source: Paul van den Bogaard

In a modern train such as the SNG (CAF Civity-platform) of the Dutch railway company NS, there are thousands of sensors that collect billions of pieces of data every day. Besides allowing trains to run well and ensuring the functioning of all systems onboard, much more can be done with the data, believes NS, such as preventing defects or fixing those that do occur.

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Author: Paul van den Bogaard

Paul van den Bogaard is editor of SpoorPro, a sister title of RailTech

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