Systems analysis
Following a period of decline in railway utilisation in many regions across the globe, development, population growth, energy demands and environmental concerns have stimulated a renaissance in the railway as a central engine in the delivery of any economy. This has encouraged the need to run more services whilst/while achieving increased levels of reliability at reduced whole life cost. To meet these demands, the railway has had to evolve; becoming more precise, operating at tighter margins, whilst/while being more adaptable to meet changing customer needs. The requirement to run more services makes access to the equipment for repairs and maintenance increasingly difficult, further compounding traditional efforts to improve reliability. Therefore, a single, even minor, incident affecting the equipment functionality can have immediate and significant engineering and commercial consequences for the railway.
Systems analysis
Increasing budgetary constraints mean that governments and infrastructure owners are seeking cost effective solutions to meet the challenges of the demand for a 24/7 railway service through longer trains and/or increased train frequencies, increased system reliability and availability with reduced or no impact on train service performance.
Systems analysis
Systems Analysis provides the mechanism for developing appropriate evidence to inform key decisions.
A variety/array of analysis methods can be deployed ranging from static analysis, dynamic simulation and increasingly through the deployment of formal optimisation methods.
Systems Analysis encompasses the provision of formal analysis and simulation modelling techniques to inform key decisions relating to existing or future capabilities on the network:
- Journey Time Analysis & Capacity
- Layout & Signalling Performance
- System Workload / Duty Cycle / Tonnage Analysis
- Function Level Configuration and Functional Evaluation
- Formal Reliability Engineering
- Railway Performance and Whole Life Cost Analysis
- Formal Safety Assessment and Systems Integration
- In-service Analysis and Reliability Growth Planning
- DRACAS & Reliability Growth Management
- Quality Management Systems and Supplier Quality Assurance
We have a strong in-house systems analysis team with significant knowledge in the practical application of a variety of modelling tools to assess design or operational challenges from a range of perspectives.