Comparisons of measurement equipment
| No | Name | Developer | Data collection | Measured parameters | Application | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trolleys | ||||||
| 1 | GEDO CE | German | Directed track geometry measured data | Longitudinal level; Alignment; Gauge; Cant; Twist | TSTJV Taiwan Shinkansen Trackwork Joint Venture, Danish Rail, Network Rail (UK), SNCF (France) etc | Track recording vehicles (Hand push) |
| 2 | GRP1000 | Switzerland | Directed track geometry measured data + GPS | Gauge; Cant | Demanding projects have been successfully realized in, e.g. Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, UK, Korea, USA, PR China etc | Track recording vehicles (Hand push) |
| Track recording vehicles | ||||||
| 3 | Roger 1,000 | Norwegian | Laster + GPS | Longitudinal level; Alignment; Gauge; Cant; Twist | Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Norway | Track recording vehicles (160km/h) |
| 4 | New Measurement Train | United Kingdom | Lasers, vertical and horizontal actuators, gyros, accelerometers, video/image system | Gauge; Alignment; Twist; Cant; Wear | It is allocated to Heaton TMD in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, returning there for scheduled maintenance every week | Track recording vehicles (200km/h) |
| In-service railway vehicles | ||||||
| 5 | UGMS | United Kingdom | Directed track geometry measured data + GPS | Longitudinal level; Alignment; Gauge; Cant; Twist | New intercity express programme (IEP) vehicles | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 6 | Acela train | USA | Car body vertical acceleration, lateral acceleration, bogie lateral acceleration + GPS | – | American high-speed trains (Acela train) | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (240km/h) |
| 7 | DeltaRail Track line system | Europe | Vertical acceleration on the bogie above the axle box, vertically sensing displacement transducer to the axle box | Vertical rail profiles | CTRL between London and Paris/Brussels | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (300km/h) |
| 8 | Deutsche Bahn ICE 2 train | Germany | Accelerometers | – | S-Bahn Hamburg, S-Bahn Berlin | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 9 | Japanese railway | Japanese | Vertical and lateral acceleration of the car body, rate gyroscope, cabin noise + GPS | Rail irregularities | Japanese conventional railway | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 10 | RAIDARSS | Japanese | axle-box-mounted, vertically sensing accelerometers + GPS | Rail irregularities | Japanese high speed train | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 11 | Iris 320 | France | Accelerometers + GPS | – | Eurotunnel, High Speed 1, high-speed line in Belgium for Infrabel | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (200km/h) |
| 12 | China Railway comprehensive inspection trains | China | Accelerometers on axle box, frame and car body, wheel-rail force + GPS | – | Chinese “He Xian” trains | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (350km/h) |
| Smartphones | ||||||
| 13 | Smartphones | – | GPS, accelerometer, vibrations | Budapest Rack Rail (BRR), trains in Montreal, Santo Domingo and London | Mainly taking passenger comfort or discomfort as a criteria | |
| Drone | ||||||
| 14 | Drone | – | Image | Gauge | – | Condition monitoring by drone |
| No | Name | Developer | Data collection | Measured parameters | Application | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEDO CE | German | Directed track geometry measured data | Longitudinal level; Alignment; Gauge; Cant; Twist | TSTJV Taiwan Shinkansen Trackwork Joint Venture, Danish Rail, Network Rail (UK), SNCF (France) etc | Track recording vehicles (Hand push) |
| 2 | GRP1000 | Switzerland | Directed track geometry measured data + GPS | Gauge; Cant | Demanding projects have been successfully realized in, e.g. Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, UK, Korea, USA, PR China etc | Track recording vehicles (Hand push) |
| 3 | Roger 1,000 | Norwegian | Laster + GPS | Longitudinal level; Alignment; Gauge; Cant; Twist | Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Norway | Track recording vehicles (160km/h) |
| 4 | New Measurement Train | United Kingdom | Lasers, vertical and horizontal actuators, gyros, accelerometers, video/image system | Gauge; Alignment; Twist; Cant; Wear | It is allocated to Heaton TMD in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, returning there for scheduled maintenance every week | Track recording vehicles (200km/h) |
| 5 | UGMS | United Kingdom | Directed track geometry measured data + GPS | Longitudinal level; Alignment; Gauge; Cant; Twist | New intercity express programme (IEP) vehicles | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 6 | Acela train | USA | Car body vertical acceleration, lateral acceleration, bogie lateral acceleration + GPS | – | American high-speed trains (Acela train) | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (240km/h) |
| 7 | DeltaRail Track line system | Europe | Vertical acceleration on the bogie above the axle box, vertically sensing displacement transducer to the axle box | Vertical rail profiles | CTRL between London and Paris/Brussels | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (300km/h) |
| 8 | Deutsche Bahn ICE 2 train | Germany | Accelerometers | – | S-Bahn Hamburg, S-Bahn Berlin | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 9 | Japanese railway | Japanese | Vertical and lateral acceleration of the car body, rate gyroscope, cabin noise + GPS | Rail irregularities | Japanese conventional railway | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 10 | RAIDARSS | Japanese | axle-box-mounted, vertically sensing accelerometers + GPS | Rail irregularities | Japanese high speed train | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles |
| 11 | Iris 320 | France | Accelerometers + GPS | – | Eurotunnel, High Speed 1, high-speed line in Belgium for Infrabel | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (200km/h) |
| 12 | China Railway comprehensive inspection trains | China | Accelerometers on axle box, frame and car body, wheel-rail force + GPS | – | Chinese “He Xian” trains | Condition monitoring from in-service railway vehicles (350km/h) |
| 13 | Smartphones | – | GPS, accelerometer, vibrations | Budapest Rack Rail (BRR), trains in Montreal, Santo Domingo and London | Mainly taking passenger comfort or discomfort as a criteria | |
| 14 | Drone | – | Image | Gauge | – | Condition monitoring by drone |
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