Railway projects occur in an inherently high-risk environment, encompassing multiple worksites, teams and lines, making them complex and challenging for everyone involved to know how to navigate the project safely. In many instances, this has led to dangerous near-misses and accidents, resulting in disruption to the network and costly repercussions.

To help overcome this, geotagging technology has been introduced to the railway industry to enhance worksite operations and possession management by giving users more visibility over all assets and equipment. This is creating safer working environments for all of those onsite.

In this guide, you’ll get an understanding of how geotagging is transforming site safety and operations including:

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  Putting an end to protection equipment irregularities and objects left on the line

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  Supporting the safe management of multiple worksites within a possession

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  Keeping plant and machinery away from areas they are not authorised to enter

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  Helping to prevent serious issues like points run throughs and runaway risks