Maintaining the operational safety of large railway systems such as the infrastructure of the ÖBB or Wiener Linien represents a considerable challenge for the operators. Acts of sabotage, vandalism or unauthorized entry of the tracks can put operational safety at risk. A permanent installation of surveillance systems, as commonly used in video surveillance, is technically and economically unfeasible due to the large geographic extent of the railway infrastructure.
The MOBILIZE project provided and demonstrated operational and technical concepts for temporarily deployable and relocatable technical security systems for large-scale railway systems. The project addressed societal, environmental and economic goals and the specific challenges of the subject area of Safety & Security in the railway system. Usability, integration into the operational procedures of the railway operators, and the legal framework were examined to be able to put such a concept into future practice. Likewise, technical questions about the reliability of automatic person detection and the detection of hazardous objects on the track, as well as the reduction of false alarms by fusion of different sensor technologies, were investigated. The legal and technical framework for the use of drones was examined as well. In addition, the approaches for an energy autonomous concept were addressed in order to enable the system to be used without external power supplies.
Facts
- Project start: 01.10.2021
- Project duration (in months): 24
- Budget: 764k €
- Funding: FFG, Mobilität der Zukunft 16. Ausschreibung (2020) System Bahn
- Project partners: PKE Holding AG, ÖBB-Operative Services GmbH & Co KG, Joby Austria GmbH, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, RIEGL Research & Defense GmbH
- Project website: https://projekte.ffg.at/projekt/4105746
