Newly launched sensor system could turn every locomotive into a track monitor
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 11:02
in Mathematics & Economics
Railway experts at the University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research (IRR) are working with engineering giant Siemens to develop an inexpensive and easily-fitted sensor that could turn virtually every rail vehicle into a track monitor, detecting and transmitting vital information about the condition of rails and rail bed throughout the network.