The article presents the importance of a specific rail transport system in logistics service cargo transported between two generators international trade goods – China and European Union. Using selected operational data relating to railway systems several countries (including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine), it indicates great economic 1520 Space an area dominated by broad‑gauge i...

With the rapid development of railways, especially high-speed there is an increasingly urgent demand for new wireless communication system railways. Taking mature 5G technology as opportunity, 5G-railways (5G-R) have been widely regarded a solution to meet diversified demands railway communications. For design, deployment and improvement 5G-R networks, radio scenario classification plays import...

Optimization of Life Cycle Cost (LCC) in railroad maintenance, is one of the main goals of the railways managers. In order to achieve the best balance between safety and operating costs, “on condition” maintenance is more and more used; that is, a maintenance intervention is planned only when and where necessary. Nowadays, the conditions of railways are monitored by means of special diagnostic ...

SCADA, a computer system for gathering and analyzing real time data, is an acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. SCADA systems are employed all over the world to monitor and control a plant or any equipment in various industries major ones being telecommunications, water, old and gas, energy and transportation. SCADA Systems are employed by Indian Railways to monitor and control...

There have been trade routes between Asia and Europe since the dawn of human history, culminating in the famous Silk Road that ran a magnificent 15,000 km between Xi’an in China and the Roman Empire. It carried many commodities such as silks, gems, gold, silver, carpets, glass, turquoise, paper, spices, etc., from ancient times in both directions between Asia and Europe. In addition to trade, t...

Safety systems for railways have shifted from electronic relays to more computer-oriented approaches. This article highlights the language EURIS from NS Railinfrabeheer, which champions an objectoriented method for the specification of interlocking logics.

This paper discusses the relationship between COTS software (Commercial-off-the-shelf) and FLOSS (Freely Licensed Open Source Software) from a purely business perspective. The emphasis of this work is on safety-centric industries such as aerospace, automotive, and railways.