The periodical maintenance of railway systems is very important in terms of maintaining safe
and comfortable transportation. In particular, the monitoring and diagnosis of faults in the …

The height and stagger of the contact wire directly affect the energy supply of high-speed
trains. To ensure the operation safety, there is an urgent demand for high-speed railways to …

For electrical railways, contact wires are used to ensure stable and continuous power supply
to trains operating on the infrastructure. One crucial design parameter used to control the …

The high-speed rail system provides a fast, reliable and comfortable means to transport
large number of travelers over long distances. The existence of bird nests in overhead …

In pantographs, current collector strips transmit the electrical energy they receive from the
catenary to the locomotive and provide the necessary power for the locomotive's movement …

To ensure the safe operation of high-speed trains, catenary anomaly detection and alerting
security have become an urgent problem to solve. In this paper, we propose a novel method …

Pantograph-catenary systems are the most important parts of electric trains. Faults that occur
in pantograph-catenary systems seriously affect railway transportation. Arcs are the most …

The pantograph is one of the most critical electrical equipment in the electric locomotive as it
transmits power from the contact wire to the locomotive. Condition monitoring of the …

This study investigates the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for track gauge
measurement, as an alternative to traditional methods that rely on specialized equipment …

With the increase of railway transportation in the world, the safety, security and comfort of the
railways have gained great importance. Nowadays, the use of Internet of Things (IOT) in …