Areas of Expertise

Risk and Safety

Risk Assessment Body (AsBo) for the areas of vehicles, safety technology (signalling and train control systems) and railway operations in the context of the aforementioned areas (decision of Swiss Federal Office of Transport, 19.07.2017, downloadable at the bottom of this page)
Risk assessments, e.g. in case of derogations from valid rules or standards
Safety validations
Risk assessments / safety assessments according to CSM, RTE 49100, EN 50126 etc.
Consulting and audit of safety management systems
Consulting about safety certificats
Safety audits

Link between Technology and Railway Operations

Railway operation rules
Applied railway reglementation
Train preparation (technical conditions and process)
Train dynamics / derailment safety
Signalling
Interaction railway undertaking – infrastructure (technically and operationally)
Questions about man-machine interface
Accident investigations

Brake technology and Braking Operations

Assessment of braking performance of vehicles according to UIC 544 1 (european normal gauge) and AB EBV (swiss reglementation for meter and special gauge railways)
Braking curves for train control systems (ETCS and ZBMS)
Overlap distances (swiss RTE 25011)
Conception and technical management of brake tests
Interaction braking – signalling / train control systems
Conception of speed increase projects and the necessary safety validations (including braking performance and other issues)
Signalling distances (swiss RTE 29100 and others)
Braking tables
Braking reglementation
Optimisation and innovation in operations, monitoring and maintenance of brake systems

Education und Documentation Support

Education modules in the areas of expertise, among others module „braking operations“ in CAS education Safety Installations (CAS SA) at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland in Fribourg CH
Review of technical reports, user manuals and documentations of all kinds
Editorial consulting for technical documentations
Linguistic support / translations of technical documents (from French or English to German)