IAM4RAIL – European Rail Flagship Project 3: IAM4RAIL – Holistic and Integrated Asset Management for Europe’s RAIL System

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Project co-funded by HORIZON JU Innovation Actions. Project co-financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the framework of the programme entitled International Co-Financed Projects.

Acronym: IAM4RAIL

Type: R&D

Total value: 106,9 mln EURO

Start date: 01.12.2022

Project completion date: 30.11.2026

The IAM4RAIL project focuses on seven different integrated rail resource demonstrators that are key to research and innovation in the rail sector. The project will integrate asset condition information obtained through advanced monitoring with decision-making tools and a traffic management system (TMS). It is planned to integrate the available information using tools based on artificial intelligence and “digital twins”. The project responds to the need for a European, cross-border, interoperable and holistic integrated approach to asset management, which is crucial for the harmonisation of the European railway system. IAM4RAIL therefore aims to enhance the next generation of intelligent and integrated railway asset management, providing and demonstrating innovative solutions covering both assets and rolling stock. The aim is to reduce asset maintenance costs and extend asset life, while meeting safety requirements and improving the reliability, availability and maintainability of the railway system. IAM4RAIL will pave the way for the integration of fixed asset information, enabling the optimisation of train path decisions and improved asset management. The aim of IAM4RAIL is to reduce the maintenance and operating costs of railway assets and also to reduce CO2 emissions, taking into account increased rail traffic on existing lines. The implementation of the project will reduce construction time and costs for new rail investments. The durability and reliability of assets will increase and maintenance costs will be optimised. The implementation of the project will increase the competitiveness of the European rail industry through the introduction of more modern products, and improve the efficiency (capacity, flexibility and punctuality) of the entire rail system.

The IAM4RAIL project paves the way for a holistic and integrated asset management consisting of a green, digital and secure set of solutions to provide a common European approach to the railway sector. This will increase the competitiveness of the European rail industry in three areas:

  • Cost-effective resource management covering all planning horizons in accordance with ISO 55000.
  • Automated and efficient execution of railway investments from construction to dismantling, implementation of new technologies in the railway sector.
  • Transition to net zero emissions supporting a new paradigm of resilient resources through the adoption of new materials, design principles, solutions and manufacturing technologies.

The IAM4RAIL project addresses these issues holistically, both from the perspective of the technologies and the assets themselves. The aim is to enable a fast route to market for new, environmentally friendly and cost-effective technologies for resilient assets, making a significant impact on European rail services. This will also lead to improved safety in the rail sector. In addition, a holistic approach to asset management supports EU policy as it will reduce the share of asset management information in different systems, including the TMS. These measures are to be developed and implemented in selected centres in Europe, demonstrating the added value for the entire European rail network.

In this context, IAM4RAIL will contribute to increasing the level of integration and cooperation between different actors both inside and outside the railway ecosystem. Through cross-border integrated projects and demonstrators, IAM4RAIL will have a major impact on the entire railway system from a maintenance and operational perspective. The project will develop:

  • New possibilities for data acquisition and sharing, including trackside and on-board systems and external sources.
  • Innovative digital models to transform data into information and knowledge.
  • State-of-the-art processes and equipment for transforming information into truly automated operations.The project includes the connection and common information sharing space with the Traffic Management System (TMS) to ultimately enable the integration of the Fixed Asset Management System with the TMS
  • Łukasiewicz- PIT’s project is carrying out the task ‘Using digital twins for asset management’.

As part of the ongoing work, a Data Lake system architecture model will be developed to collect and process data for the station management system. As part of the ongoing work, data sources, data acquisition, validation, cleaning and tagging will be defined. The work will also result in the design of data exchange mechanisms. In addition, a Data Lake system module will be launched as part of the task, which will allow ‘raw data’ to be extracted from the source systems. The task will extract data from the source systems identified within the developed architecture model. Machine learning models will be developed and implemented to allow validation, cleaning, tagging of the extracted data. The work will result in a dataset tailored to the needs of the station management system.

In addition, as part of the work, interfaces will be implemented and tested to allow external systems to retrieve the data provided by Data Lake.

Consortium members:

  • Administrador De Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif), Spain – project coordinator
  • Alstom Transport SA (ATSA), France
  • MER MEC S.p.A., Italy
  • AŽD Praha s.r.o., Czech Republic
  • Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A., Spain
  • Asociacion Centro Tecnologico CEIT, Spain
  • Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany
  • Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft – Und Raumfahrt EV, Germany
  • Centro De Estudios De Materiales Y Control De Obra, Spain
  • COMSA SAU, Spain
  • Enclavamientos Y Senalizacion Ferroviaria Enyse SA, Spain
  • Fundacion Tekniker, Spain
  • Faiveley Transport SAS, Spain
  • Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane S.p.A, Italy
  • Hitachi Rail STS SPA, Italy
  • Indra Sistemas SA, Spain
  • PATENTES TALGO SL (TALGO), Spain
  • Norwegian Railway Directorate ,Norway
  • Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, Germany
  • OEBB-TECHNISCHE SERVICES-GmbH, Germany
  • Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A., Poland
  • PRORAIL BV, Netherlands
  • NS REIZIGERS BV, Netherlands
  • Siemens Mobility GmbH, Germany
  • SOCIETE NATIONALE SNCF, France
  • STRUKTON RAIL NEDERLAND BV, Netherlands
  • GTS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, Germany
  • TRAFIKVERKET – TRV, Sweden
  • VOESTALPINE RAILWAY SYSTEMS GMBH, Austria

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