Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded Siemens Pte Ltd and ST Engineering Electronics Limited consortium a USD 13.7 million contract to develop and implement a rail asset management system (REAMS).
The implementation of REAMS will start with the Downtown Line (DTL). The consortium will develop a software platform that will receive and analyse data from DTL’s maintenance management system, its fleet of 92 trains and across six systems (power supply system, signalling system, communications system, etc) that are critical to DTL’s efficient operation. The core functions of REAMS are expected to be operational by mid-2020. Other rail lines will be added to REAMS in phases.
REAMS will integrate asset information and maintenance records across the entire rail system, so that the various operating assets can be monitored holistically over their respective lifecycles. REAMS will also be equipped with data analytics capabilities to monitor asset performance, identify potential faults before they occur, so that assets can be repaired or renewed pre-emptively.
LTA currently tracks asset information using multiple systems on individual lines. This shift towards data-driven just-in-time predictive maintenance and asset renewal is key to bringing rail reliability to the next level, and optimising overall lifecycle costs.
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