Argosή — A decade of operational experience in wayside train monitoring

The essential interface for the interaction between track system and the railway vehicle is wheel-rail contact. It has to assume the bearing as well as the guiding function, and where required the breaking function. The inspection of the technical safety was hitherto audio-visually done by the wagon examiner at the train configuration and by the traffic controller while passing the station. By automated inspections, parameters can be measured either more accurately or quantified for the first time.