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Irish Rail (IR)

Partners

Irish Rail (IR)
Civil Engineering Department (CCE), Mechanical Engineering Department (CME)
www.irishrail.ie

Partner skills

Main service provider of rails in Ireland Instrumented coach and access to test-bed Benchmark data from earlier pilots Health and safety, operations, policy and business expertise Experience in extreme climate impact, adaptation and mitigation Transnational EU research project experience

Transnational experience

Irish Rail were a partner in the Marie Curie research project, ‘Sustainable Pavements & Railways Initial Training Network’ (SUP&R), 2013-2017 and hosted a PhD researcher. They were a partner in Destination Rail (2015-2018) and facilitated field monitoring of rail infrastructure.

Role in the project

Supply a railway carriage or locomotive to be instrumented as part of WP7 for a 12month period. Hire a research assistant to analysis the collected data and liaison with other partners in the project.

Activities to implement in the project

Allow specialist contractors install sensors and instruments onto Irish Rail’s train carriage. Harvest and analysis the data collected from the sensors placed onto our trains.

Contact person

Cathal Bowe
cathal.bowe@irishrail.ie

COORDINATOR
Prof. José Campos e Matos
University of Minho
Escola Engenharia, Campus Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
+351 965 817 678
sirma@sirma-project.eu

SIRMA
Strengthening infrastructure risk management in the Atlantic Area

SIRMA project aims to develop a robust framework for the management and mitigation of such risks, by implementing immediate, medium and long-term measures, thus increasing the resilience of transportation infrastructure. Most of the transportation of people and goods in Atlantic Area is made through rail and road. The performance of this infrastructure is directly affected by extreme natural events and by the strong corrosion processes that result from proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.
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