A central cloud system developed by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ Railway Bureau is expected to be used nationwide by all nine railway-related companies to establish a centralized set of standards and guidelines for smart railroads in Taiwan.
The bureau first developed a draft proposal for regulating intelligent railway system information and communication technologies in 2022, the bureau said earlier this week, adding that the draft was approved in September last year and the project officially launched on Sept. 30 this year.
The project used the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport metro system as a testbed, bureau deputy chief engineer Wen Chih-hui (溫志輝) said.
Photo courtesy of Taoyuan Metro Corp
The bureau hopes that the project would establish a standard framework for connecting the cloud network, the Internet and local servers, so that any information exchanged between companies would be unimpeded by the different computer codes used in each company’s system, Wen said.
The project has been proven viable and can provide statistics for use in developing and operating railroads, establishing a standard framework, and expediting smart railroad development, the bureau said.
Regarding the platform interface, the system would help users to migrate railroad monitoring from traditional formats to a digital environment, reduce personnel, increase real-time disaster reaction and coordination capabilities, and enhance troubleshooting, the bureau said.
The Taoyuan Airport’s metro MARS system, which tested the platform, was able to conduct wheel rim inspections and use the system’s surveillance feeds, allowing the metro system to reduce delays of more than five minutes by 60 percent and reduce maintenance personnel by 20 percent, it said.
The system would be used by Taiwan Railway Corp, Taiwan High Speed Railway Corp, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp, the Alishan Forest Railway, the Taiwan Sugar Corp (Taisugar) Railways and all metro corporations in New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Taichung and Kaohsiung, the bureau added.
All nine entities must amend their regulations to state that the railway facilities must provide information in the designated format and ensure that any physical paper reports are digitized, the bureau said.
Such changes would ensure that the railway cloud network can integrate information from all railway operators and ensure the safety and efficiency of national railway operations, it said.
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