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Långsiktigt spårväxelunderhåll - Förutsättningar och möjligheter

Risberg, Nils and Mitropoulos, Marios (2008)
Civil Engineering - Railway Construction (BSc)
Abstract
Due to their complexity and heavy wear from rail traffic, switches are a sensitive part of the railway infrastructure and moreover expensive to maintain. Furthermore, increasing railway traffic not only accelerates the wear rate but also obstructs the necessary maintenance measures. This paper examines the opportunities for a transition to a long-term maintenance strategy in the Swedish railway network. It contains a study of the maintenance strategy of Banverket, and also analyses statistics of errors in the railway infrastructure. The survey was completed utilising interviews with infrastructure managers, maintenance contractors, planners of railway operations and the Banverket material service department. The conclusions derived show... (More)
Due to their complexity and heavy wear from rail traffic, switches are a sensitive part of the railway infrastructure and moreover expensive to maintain. Furthermore, increasing railway traffic not only accelerates the wear rate but also obstructs the necessary maintenance measures. This paper examines the opportunities for a transition to a long-term maintenance strategy in the Swedish railway network. It contains a study of the maintenance strategy of Banverket, and also analyses statistics of errors in the railway infrastructure. The survey was completed utilising interviews with infrastructure managers, maintenance contractors, planners of railway operations and the Banverket material service department. The conclusions derived show that thorough planning and coordination between the participants in the railway sector are of major importance for maintenance in a preventive manner. (Less)
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author
Risberg, Nils and Mitropoulos, Marios
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Road transport technology, rail technology, maintenance, switch, banteknik railway, underhåll, järnväg, spårväxlar, Vägtransportteknik
language
Swedish
id
1352585
date added to LUP
2008-10-08 00:00:00
date last changed
2018-10-18 09:54:12
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  abstract     = {{Due to their complexity and heavy wear from rail traffic, switches are a sensitive part of the railway infrastructure and moreover expensive to maintain. Furthermore, increasing railway traffic not only accelerates the wear rate but also obstructs the necessary maintenance measures. This paper examines the opportunities for a transition to a long-term maintenance strategy in the Swedish railway network. It contains a study of the maintenance strategy of Banverket, and also analyses statistics of errors in the railway infrastructure. The survey was completed utilising interviews with infrastructure managers, maintenance contractors, planners of railway operations and the Banverket material service department. The conclusions derived show that thorough planning and coordination between the participants in the railway sector are of major importance for maintenance in a preventive manner.}},
  author       = {{Risberg, Nils and Mitropoulos, Marios}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Långsiktigt spårväxelunderhåll - Förutsättningar och möjligheter}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}