Reopening the Plum Railway

…Maintenance along the line will be streamlined through the use of fiber-optic cables and drones. A global diagnostic system, based at Trebívlice station, will continuously monitor and evaluate key parameters and all technical installations along the line. Using a system supplied by Frauscher, a fiber-optic cable is laid along the line, which uses rail defectoscopy to detect cracks or breaks in the rail by picking up the vibrations produced by the train passing by.
Reopening the Plum Railway
IRJ June 8, 2020
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