Parisian transport operator RATP has awarded MERMEC a contract for an innovative multi-function diesel-electric track-recording vehicle. This will be the first-of-its-kind measuring vehicle to be conceived to operate also in those areas where air pollution can reach, under certain conditions, a considerable level such as the underground transportation system.
The track-recording car will further improve the safety, cost-effectiveness and availability of railway and metro lines contributing to the quality of the air in underground spaces during operations.
MERMEC becomes the first railway supplier to market a self-propelled track-recording car specifically designed to turn to zero carbon emissions by using a diesel-electric power pack. The vehicle will feature an advanced high-speed ultrasonic flaw detection system to minimize commercial service disruption. The systems will reveal inner defects along the whole length and across the rail section of lines at an operating speed of up to 60 km/h.
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