The Digitised Railway Facility Management System and the Application of GIS and GPS to Railway Operations

The railway facility management system that incorporates a geographic information system (GIS) is now widely used in Japan’s railway sector. This system was originally developed in Japan for the maintenance and management of railway facilities by digitising asset information. Digitising asset inform...

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Published inJournal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies Vol. 11; pp. 2488 - 2501
Main Authors KOBAYASHI, Mitsuaki, KUROSAKI, Fumio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies 2015
Subjects
Asset Management
Digitised Drawings
GIS
GPS
Kilometrage
Vertical Separation
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ISSN1881-1124
DOI10.11175/easts.11.2488

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Summary:The railway facility management system that incorporates a geographic information system (GIS) is now widely used in Japan’s railway sector. This system was originally developed in Japan for the maintenance and management of railway facilities by digitising asset information. Digitising asset information facilitated a seamless flow of data for railway engineering projects and the different sections and organisations of the railways. As operating railways through vertical separation has become the norm, this system can be utilised to share data among organisations. Moreover, the application of a global positioning system (GPS) made it possible to detect train locations, which resulted in developing train location and train driving support systems. The experiences in Japan demonstrate that the operation and management of railways can be improved by digitising asset information and using the GIS and GPS.
ISSN:1881-1124
DOI:10.11175/easts.11.2488