How EULYNX is enhancing Railway Infrastructure Management – The connection of Lifeline Costs and Interoperability
Maintaining, renewing, and modernizing rail networks is crucial for preserving infrastructure integrity and ensuring network stability and safety. On practical level these endeavors include component replacement and finally involving comprehensive renewal programs. EULYNX is a strong idea and on the best options for railway organizations to consider when optimizing Lifeline costs (LLC) in Signalling. At the same time it is very likely that while prioritizing interoperability, IMs will get also possibility to foster innovation and latest technology when looking things in a decade long perspective. In this blog post, we will explore how the EULYNX solution, Like Relesoft´s RELYNX empowers railway organizations to make smart, long-term decisions that guarantee technically and financially sound options for functional railway infrastructure.
The Need for Maintenance, Renewals, and Modernization:
Rail networks face slow but constant wear and tear, necessitating ongoing maintenance, renewals, and modernization efforts. These initiatives are essential to sustain infrastructure and ensure the network's stability and safety. By proactively addressing issues and implementing timely upgrades, rail operators can prevent major disruptions and enhance the overall efficiency of their systems. Unfortunately, many European infrastructure managers are currently in a situation that they need to consider renewals for outdated systems. This is because there is so huge backlog of older systems and there have not been possibility to do open tenders for iterative renewals before EULYNX.
The Significance of Lifeline Costs (LLC):
Why it is important to consider EULYNX when making decisions related to rail infrastructure. This is solely because it is connected Lifeline costs (LLC). LLC evaluates the long-term costs associated with infrastructure maintenance, renewals, and modernization, taking into account factors such as lifespan, performance, maintenance needs, and potential risks. The modularity is the key to optimise costs or on the other hand to boost system operational service levels. Every railway specialists understands what are the limitations for 15-20 years old system today, if compared to modern system. Here are the core benefits for selecting EULYNX based system. On the course of investment updates are possible to tender or sub-systems can be changed modularly.
Important for infrastructure manager:
When considering modular signalling structure and demanding EULYNX protocol it is good to identify that it is not only necessarily only a technical selection. If infrastructure manager is committing them selves to one vendor with 30-35 years long contract (knowing it will eventually be + 50 years), it is a strategic decision. The outcome can be same if there is in use open communication protocol or not. More important is to look into procurement and life line management of the system.
Going one vendor path and not setting any technical requirements is potentially easier, but it is likely to be more expensive. So, it is important to have signalling strategy in place and implemented intended plan consistently.