Railways

Railway Industry

The railway industry faces a complex set of economic and operational challenges:

• Freight Pricing
• Asset Management

Health & Safety Issues
Technology applications from Dectag Tracking Solutions  can aid the rail industry to evolve business solutions in enhancing revenue growth while reducing costs through efficient operations, maintenance, asset utilization and capacity management.

Dectag's  technology provides the exact location and status of any individual objectives mentioned above, and predicts their dynamic changes from the system, particularly the change of rail-wagon throughput at the marshalling sites, interface between local railways and confine interface. This enables timely, accurate and integral information and decision assistance for the management of train transportation and the customer.

The system contains the sub-systems of Confirmation, Freight Billing, Transportation Planning, Train Marshalling, Train Despatching, Real-time Tracking of Train and Container, Prediction of Train Throughput and Revenue Run etc. Dectag  provides end-to-end Railroad / Transit application management service.

APPLICATIONS

Dectag's railway system is available in a number of configurations designed to economically meet a full range of service requirements. Reader systems provide automated tracking of railcars via RFID tags, and make railcar location information available to railroads for asset management and other purposes.

Traffic and Passenger Information - The system provides accurate and reliable information about where a train is located. This real-time information is forwarded to IT systems and used to update the passenger information displays at stations and terminals.

Operation and Maintenance - Precise information about the configuration of wagons within a train can be provided automatically by the system.

This information can be integrated with other systems such as track inspection systems, so that the recorded information can be automatically matched to the actual wagon, thus eliminating errors.

Location of the Train - The system with the help of the reader determines the location of the train by reading the tag identity as the train passesover the tag at speed. This location data is transferred to the onboard system and can be used to update passenger information automatically

Controlling and Positioning of Trains - Some onboard systems require a precise position of the train, for example to control stopping positions. The reader accurately reports the position when the train passes over an ID-tag.

In cooperation with requirements, new applications can be rapidly prototyped and deployed. In addition to the standard configuration, our team of experienced engineers can design systems to meet specific application requirements. Some of the customized applications developed to integrate with the system are:

• Track Inspection System
• Signal Asset Tracking System
• Safety Audit
• Inventory and Maintenance
• Equipment Distribution and Management
• Car Accounting Systems
• Rail Yard Information Management

FEATURES/BENEFITS

The system stores tag data such as time, date, train direction and speed
It also responds to inquiries via modem and interfaces to scales, video systems and diagnostic and monitoring devices
Timely data to increase capacity, speed, automation and operational flexibility
Arrival and departure data for signal and control operations