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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 1.1

Transformative Maintenance Technology for Railway Assets: Issues, Challenges and Future Direction

U. Kumar

Luleå Railway Research Center (JVTC), Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
U. Kumar, "Transformative Maintenance Technology for Railway Assets: Issues, Challenges and Future Direction", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 1, Paper 1.1, 2022, doi:10.4203/ccc.1.1.1
Keywords: digital technology, data driven decision, maintenance technology roadmap, artificial intelligence.

Abstract
A key challenge for the modern-day railway sector is to improve its competitiveness while ensuring reliable and sustainable mode of transportation for passengers and goods on demand. To meet these challenges, the strategic focus of the railway sector has been to find transformative technology and business solutions for the railway assets that will ensure safe and failure free railway asset operation and maintenance at the lowest cost. Accordingly, managers in railway sector have aligned their strategic thinking towards asset wide application of digital technologies for achieving excellence in asset operation and maintenance. However, these digital transformation journey needs to resolve many issues and challenges, namely technological, business and governance related challenges to make railway sustainable and economically viable. The paper presents a short description of such digital and enabling technologies, associated issues and challenges, together with future trends.

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