Light Rail engineers who are part of the UKTram Engineering Group (LREG) have recently been examining the merits of employing infrastructure mapping alongside condition monitoring to improve asset management.
This was addressed during a best practice workshop of the LREG, which also included a presentation by Gaist and Polychord and a demonstration of rail products by Silka UK, who hosted the workshop in Leeds.
Phil Terry, the Lead Engineer at UKTram, said: “Asset management, supported by cost effective and usable condition surveys, is high on the agenda for operators at the moment, and the workshop provided the opportunity to discuss the topic in detail. What we saw on the day demonstrated that this approach could provide the critical data and infrastructure status for tramways to enable engineers to make informed decisions on track maintenance.”
The same meeting also included updates from the various networks, including a representation from RKH Qitarat, operator and maintainer of the Doha Metro and Lusail Tram. There were also further updates from UKTram and the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board along with discussions on rail and OLE defects, monitoring and the future work of the group.