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The passenger and freight transport by rail is growing substantially. To enable this growth, a transition from civil to data-driven management is necessary. Various data-driven systems can be utilised for this purpose, but a comprehensive overview of the interplay between system choices with a clear starting and ending point is still lacking. In collaboration with Dialogic and five other parties (TwynstraGudde, Sweco, Movares, TU Eindhoven, and Ricardo), an advisory report has been prepared on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. This report analyses five system transitions that are being prepared for the railway, taking into account experiences with migrations in other technological fields and the relationship to European railway policy.
For this report, Dialogic has mainly focused on an analysis of other sectors and EU policy. In this specific case, there is indeed much to be learned from other examples. These examples should provide insight into: the decision-making framework we can use for system decisions; the optimal system decisions when considering the interdependencies between innovation trajectories; and ensuring open access for third parties to the infrastructure and its relationship to the most efficient design. Based on these three criteria, a proposal for the selection of cases has been made. In a later stage, (some of) these can be analysed in consultation with the client. This research leads to a broader understanding of data-driven system choices on the railway.
