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Modelling the effects of asset management decisions on a railway track section

Prescott, Darren; Andrews, John D.

Authors

John D. Andrews



Abstract

This paper reports on the development of a Markov model that uses real-world deterioration, inspection and maintenance data to assess railway track asset management. The model allows both asset management personnel and track maintenance engineers to evaluate the effects of ballast maintenance on the rail network and to predict the track condition as it changes over time given particular maintenance and inspection routines. An example analysis of a railway track section is presented, focussing on the investigation of the effects of varying the inspection interval on the track performance throughout its lifetime. It is demonstrated how the model results can be interpreted to give some indication of the effect of certain asset management decisions on the potential for fines resulting from delays and cancellations or safety risk relating to operating trains on a degraded track.

Citation

Prescott, D., & Andrews, J. D. (in press). Modelling the effects of asset management decisions on a railway track section. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance. https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.104.166

Conference Name 2nd International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance
End Date Apr 11, 2014
Acceptance Date Nov 30, 2013
Online Publication Date Apr 8, 2014
Deposit Date Jul 22, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Electronic ISSN 1759-3433
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 104
Book Title Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance
DOI https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.104.166
Keywords asset management, railway track, Markov analysis, lifecycle analysis
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/727392
Publisher URL http://www.ctresources.info/ccp/paper.html?id=7816
Additional Information Paper 166; doi:10.4203/ccp.104.166