The digital transformation of the railway infrastructure. Possible application to the auscultation and inspection of tunnels

The management of the railway infrastructure, and mainly its maintenance, are activities that will undergo a great advance in the coming years when applying the digital transformation that for a few years has already begun in other sectors. Among the advances to be experienced is the gradual orientation to a maintenance of a predictive type, based on the condition of the asset. For this, the acquisition of information, its treatment and the final decision making is fundamental. In the case of tunnels, it is proposed that the acquisition of information be done through inspection vehicles specially designed for this purpose. These are vehicles that allow combining different types of information from different systems: The tunnel itself, the track, etc. All this information will be treated through analytical platforms that make use of new analytical techniques. © 2018 Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos. All rights reserved.