Railway management systems
We implement full-cycle, large-scale projects for the development and implementation of software based on simulation modeling, machine learning, predictive analytics, and data management.
We also develop software, manufacture and implement automated monitoring and intelligent diagnostic systems for rolling stock, create systems to support closed-loop unmanned processes on railway infrastructure, and supply and implement low-level collision avoidance automation using microprocessor-based automatic train protection systems.
In Russia, Telematika’s solutions are utilized in the Digital Railway Station project. This is one of Russian Railways’ key initiatives, which uses state-of-the-art digital technologies to modernize railway stations and enhance their efficiency and safety.
A state-of-the-art comprehensive software suite, developed using domestically-sourced technologies, automates the complete cycle of trains and railcars processing operations at stations with minimal human intervention. It also generates reliable analytical, reporting, and inventory information in real time.
As part of the Digital Railway Station software development, Telematika implements comprehensive projects to deploy planning and task completion monitoring modules. These modules enable detailed, automated planning and monitoring of operations at marshaling, freight, and transit yards 24 hours in advance.
Implementing the Digital Railway Station system at marshaling and freight yards offers the following benefits:
- Reduced railcar idle times
- Increased yard capacity
- Lower operating costs
- Enhanced safety through the use of minimally manned technologies
Digital Railway Station planning module
Intelligent operational planning automates the full cycle of rail cars and trains processing at marshaling, freight, and transit yards. Key features include:
- Integration with the entire spectrum of Russian Railways’ operating systems and low-level automation hardware and software
- Complete simulation modeling of the railway station operations 6, 12, and 24 hours in advance
- Coordination of locomotive, rolling stock, and traffic management personnel activities
Digital Railway Station task completion monitoring module
This software solution provides task-level instructions to railway station personnel. Key features include:
- Detailed shift plans delivered to each employee's mobile workstation
- Transmission of commands to robotic equipment
- Monitoring of workload and employee KPI achievement
- Online monitoring of task completion
Digital Railway Station automated messages generation module
This software solution automatically generates and transmits real-time information messages about events involving monitored assets of the railway station to the Unified Data Model
- It receives and processes signals from station-based robotic systems and hardware & software complexes
- It automatically generates messages about events and the location of monitored assets (railcars, trains, locomotives, and locomotive crews) within the railway station
Digital Railway Station shunting planning module
This software solution automatically generates an optimized shunting plan for the station, considering available resources and infrastructure condition.
- Generation of detailed shunting tasks
- Automatic analysis of shunting operations
- Targeted assignment of personnel to shunting tasks
Digital Railway Station
A new import-independent software solution for managing the operations of stations, which resolves problems of managing stations in terms of maintaining information models at train, railcar, freight, and shipment level. Its functionality includes:
- Manual recording of operations within station workflows for marshaling, freight, and passenger stations
- Electronic document management
- Automated generation of a wide range of reports, analyses, forms, documents, and inspection sheets
- Automation of commuter train business processes
- Automation of freight operations and container yards
- Task completion monitoring of the shift- and day-level operations plans of port railway stations
- Informational support for border control and customs authorities
In partnership with the Institute of Informatization, Automation and Communication in Railway Transport (NIIAS), we provide a full cycle of services, from product development and implementation to ongoing maintenance. Our offerings include:
- IT solutions for intelligent automation of marshaling yards, infrastructure monitoring, and rolling stock diagnostics using machine vision, strain measurement, and laser scanning technologies
- IIoT systems for closed-loop, unmanned processes
- Robotic systems for the automation of railway stations workflows
Integrated automated rolling stock reception and diagnostics station at marshaling yards
It is a key element of the Digital Railway project, integrated into its workflow as the Digital Gateway to the Station
This system provides accurate, real-time information on the condition of rolling stock and freight, minimizing human error. For example:
- Technical condition of individual rolling units
- Dimensions of rolling units and freight, including 3D visualization and modeling of rolling units
- Freight placement and securing parameters
- Authentication of rolling units by inventory and reference numbers
Universal system for the computerized recognition of railcar numbers
This system automatically recognizes specialized information available on a freight rolling unit while the train is in motion. Its capabilities include:
- Automated acquisition of railcar inventory and numbers
- Verification of the conformity with the train consist list
- Recognition of hazard symbols and stencil markings on railcars
- Generation of reports on passing rolling units
- Undercarriage inspection of rolling units in motion
- Uploading of acquired data to information systems, such as the rolling stock diagnostics database
Rolling stock laser control system
Automated monitoring of overall dimensions and displacement of freight rolling units
Monitoring of trains and freight, in particular, the visualization of detected defects on 3D models of the rolling units and uploading of data to information systems:
- Swaying of rolling units which generates negative effects
- Vertical wobbling of rolling units
- Mechanical damage as well as railcar body skew
- Incorrect overall dimensions of rolling units
- Displacement of tanks relative to the frame (underframe) of the railcar
- Residues of freight in open-type rolling units
System for monitoring the weight and vertical dynamic loads
Automated determination of the weight of rolling units, unbalanced loads, or freight shifting in real time
This system automatically determines and provides the following information, regardless of train length or weight:
- The weight of empty and loaded rolling stock in real time
- Defects in the wheel thread that cause shock loads on the rails
- Unbalanced loads or load shifting in the railcars
- The vertical impact on the rails
- Uploading of data to information systems
System for reading information from onboard devices for the monitoring of the condition of rolling stock and freight
The system for reading information from onboard devices for the monitoring of the condition of rolling stock and freight enables the implementation of unmanned freight security monitoring technologies
The system is intended to identify and authenticate railcars with RFID tags, as well as automatic monitoring of the integrity of locking and sealing devices equipped with RFID tags capable of automatic monitoring of the integrity of freight en route and equipped with LPWAN devices (access control, temperature, smoke sensors, etc.)
System for the automated visual inspection of the technical condition of the rolling stock
The software monitors the technical condition of the assemblies of the freight rolling units and detects the following:
- Missing brake shoes
- Brake shoe thickness and uneven wear
- Missing bolts
- Incorrect position (too high/too low) of friction wedges (friction shock absorbers)
- Height difference between coupler beam axes
- Contactless optical measurement of component dimensions
- Generation of configurable alert levels and uploading of data to information systems
System for monitoring the undercarriage space (Element)
The system is intended for the in-motion automated monitoring of the integrity of the railcar brakes and undercarriage space in general
The operating algorithms of the system modules are based on machine vision, which allows capturing clear images of the components of the rolling units at normal speeds. This system will improve the adherence to work procedures and the safety of transportation, as well as prevent the theft of the braking equipment parts of rolling units. The system ensures the following:
- Automatic monitoring the availability of a railcar’s automatic braking control systems and regulators
- Monitoring of brake rigging adjustment, specifically measurements “A” and “a”
- Monitoring the undercarriage space integrity
- Detecting of foreign objects in the undercarriage space
- Visual detection of freight leaks and spills
Acoustic monitoring station
The system is intended for acoustic monitoring and diagnostics of the technical condition of the axle boxes of the wheelsets
While a freight train passes over an acoustic measuring station, any parameters and defects of the axle boxes are detected automatically based on sound effects and noises. The system includes trackside and tower equipment, software, a database of noise signatures, and a management and recording system. The acoustic monitoring station ensures the:
- Automatic detection of defects of the bearings of the railcar’s axle boxes, including defects in rollers, separators, and internal, and outer rings
- Recording of the railcar’s ordinal number from the head of the train, the ordinal number of the railcar’s defect wheelset and the side of the railcar in which the defect is present
Computer vision system for monitoring the occupancy of marshaling tracks
The system is part of Digital Railway Station and is intended to adapt to parameters of target braking and the effective filling in of the marshaling yard
- Increasing the accuracy of the calculation of the speed of the exit of uncoupled strings of cars from stopped positions, which leads to a reduction in inter-car gaps and more complete occupancy of the marshaling tracks
- Monitoring the location, speeds, and dynamic movements of uncoupled strings of cars, the distances between them and their stops on the marshaling tracks
- Reducing the rolling stock damage, increasing the throughput of marshaling yards, and reducing the station tracks occupancy times and the downtime of freight railcars
- Calculating the characteristics of the track profile characteristics and providing recommendations for correcting based on analysis of the movement of uncoupled strings of railcars
Onboard computer vision system
This system is a comprehensive solution for ensuring the safety of people and infrastructure during train operations and shunting. It does the following:
- Recognizes traffic lights, obstacles, and switches
- Performs automatic braking if the driver fails to respond to a danger signal
- Prevents trains from passing red light signals
- Informs the driver of the train traffic situation (by following the operation communications procedure)
- Monitors infrastructure disruption
Microprocessor-based automatic train protection systems
Our centralized, microprocessor-based automatic train protection systems ensure safe train operations on high-speed, main line, and low-traffic railway sections
The microprocessor-based automatic block signal systems manage the line-side traffic lights, monitor the consistent occupancy and freeing of track circuits, codes them, manages and monitors the automated grade crossing signals, and ensures the automatic and hand operated blocking and unblocking of prohibitive line-side traffic lights, as well as the change in the direction of a train’s movement on a line section
Workflows digital conversion and robotization
Telematika designs, delivers, and implements centralized microprocessor-based automatic train protection systems, which provide safe train operations and minimize train following distances on high-speed, main line, and low-traffic railway lines.
This system manages the line-side traffic lights, monitors the consistent occupancy and freeing of track circuits, codes them, manages and monitors the automated grade crossing signals, and ensures the automatic and hand operated blocking and unblocking of prohibitive line-side traffic lights, as well as the change in the direction of a train’s movement on a line section.
Telematika's products and services include:
- Supply and integration support for collision avoidance systems
- Secure industrial computer that is a part of the automated workstation of the electromechanical technician and station duty officer workstation
- Software for service terminals integrated into the automatic block signal control modules cabinet