Track, permanent way & turnouts
Track and rail engineering, the wheel–rail system, turnouts, special designs, wear, noise as well as condition and maintenance strategies.
- Wheel–rail
- Turnouts
- Slab track
- Wear
Expertise
Expertise and railway systems.
OSK-Consult works at the interfaces of vehicle, infrastructure and operations. The fields describe the technical subject – each one leads to the services OSK-Consult offers there.
Technical disciplines
The disciplines every railway system is built from – and the interactions between them, which is where the real difference lies.
Rolling stock
Mainline and regional fleets, bogies and running gear, wheelsets, brakes, modifications, maintenance, damage and vehicle–track interaction.
- Bogies
- Wheelsets
- Modifications
- Maintenance
Electrification & traction power
Overhead contact line, traction power supply, return current, remaining service life as well as battery, hybrid and hydrogen systems and other energy supply concepts.
- OCL
- Traction power
- Battery
- Hydrogen
Control-command, signalling & telecoms
Conceptual questions and interfaces with the overall system: train protection, interlocking, signalling, train radio, functional safety and technical integration. Detailed engineering is handled by specialists from the network.
- ETCS
- Train protection
- Train radio
- Integration
Operations, maintenance & asset management
Maintenance and inspection regimes, whole-life cost, availability, workshop processes, depots and the interface between engineering and operations.
- RAM/LCC
- Workshop
- Life cycle
- Availability
Railway systems
Modes of operation with their own rule book, their own approval practice and their own technical character.
Tram, light rail & metro
Systems under BOStrab, the German light rail regulations: urban interfaces, tight radii, special track forms, depots and the modernisation of urban railways.
- BOStrab
- Tram
- Light rail
- Metro
Private, industrial & siding railways
Infrastructure, fleets, operations and modernisation of public and private railways, works railways, port railways and industrial sidings.
- EBO
- ESBO
- BOA
- Works railway
Special transit systems
People movers, monorails, cableways, maglev and other guided systems – including system comparison and how far rules can be carried across.
- People mover
- Monorail
- Cableway
- Special systems
Heritage railway engineering
Technical assessment, maintenance and safe integration of historic vehicles and installations while preserving their original substance.
- Heritage railway
- Return to service
- History of technology
Matching services
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