Damm Cellular Systems A/S
Damm Cellular Systems A/S
Communications: Critical to Keeping the Rail Network Moving
This article first appeared in the Railway-News magazine, Issue 4 2022 Data & Monitoring edition.
Climate change commitments by the global transport sector are driving initiatives to increase passenger occupancy on the rail network, while simultaneously growing the freight rail business.
This focus on providing relief to road and other transport systems comes with an increased pressure on keeping the rail network running smoothly, efficiently and safely with very little downtime.
Access to real-time operational information is at the heart of delivering on this promise. It is critical to know what happens, and where, throughout the network: from tracking trains on route, to locating and addressing issues along the track, to keeping operators updated with safety information. Therefore, a resilient and reliable communications infrastructure is needed to help keep the rail industry moving.
But how do you find a system that will be up and running quickly and easily, within budget and with minimum disruption to operations? Together with its network of specialist system partners, DAMM Cellular Systems has cooperated successfully with a series of worldwide rail and metro operations to deliver high- performance voice and digital communications that do just that.
Optimised for Rail
Due to their inherent design, DAMM’s base stations are optimised for installation within the rail sector and are already helping many organisations enjoy the benefits of increased control, efficiency and safety throughout their networks.
Reliable
To support quick decision-making and ensure train efficiency, safety and on-time performance, the base stations are designed to guarantee availability of real-time operational voice and data traffic. The fully redundant system offers channel access even in case of a failure situation.
Further resilience is provided by the intelligent decentralised network architecture, which means no single point of failure. This is vital, especially if the network is interfaced with your public announcement and passenger information systems and the train’s computer. It will not let you down in day-to-day operations. And it will not fail in cases of emergency!
