Siemens is launching Digital Rail Services in the U.S. designed to improve rail operation across the country.
The Digital Services offered for the rail industry are based on Railigent, a cloud-based industrial data analytics platform connected to Mindsphere, Siemens IoT operating system.
The platform features Smart Monitoring for real-time insight on vehicle state and location, Smart Data Analytics that provide root cause analysis and remote vehicle and infrastructure diagnostics, and Smart Prediction that conducts prescriptive maintenance. Additional capabilities will include advanced cyber security and guidance services.
The new business uses intelligent sensors and advanced software platforms to put intelligence behind billions of data points created on the country’s rail systems.
This insight will help rail operators across the U.S. improve their operations and create an “Internet of Trains” to bring infrastructure and vehicles into the digital era.
Powered by software tools, the Digital Service business will help rail operators reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency, enable improved business planning and performance, as well as generate energy and cost savings, Siemens said.
In addition to the company’s U.S. rail hubs in California, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, Siemens will locate its Digital Services hub in Atlanta, Georgia which will be home to the Data Analytics and Applications Center on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus.
Siemens will also open a new East Coast Locomotive Service Headquarters in New Castle, Delaware this summer.
The City of Atlanta and Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) will be among the first transportation providers to leverage big data to improve operations and safety.
