Master the railway system

Operating rolling stock is a capital-intensive business requiring long-term focus.  We provide all relevant long-term information for asset management, daily decisions and the development of a rolling stock strategy.

We offer the following services:

• Plans for existing fleets
• Operating plans
• Investment plans
• Risk analyses
• Maintenance strategies

Rolling stock procurement is complex and absorbs time and resources. We can assume responsibility for your procurement project or strengthen your existing team. In close cooperation with you, we develop a customized procurement strategy and use professional project planning tools to coordinate the entire procurement process. We support you either during the whole procurement process or on a specific specialized topic.

We offer the following services:

• Tender preparation
• Bid evaluation
• Negotiation support

We support you in implementing efficient servicing and maintenance systems for railway vehicles, to ensure sufficient rolling stock and to lower life cycle costs. We analyse current situations and suggest the right solutions to ensure your success.

We offer the following services:

• Current situation and delta analysis
• Concepts for operation and production
• Customised maintenance optimisation plans
• ECM consultancy

Project management in the railway sector is challenging and needs specific expertise. In many cases several parties are involved, teams are spread across different countries, and time schedules and budgets are tight. We understand this and offer project management services for many kinds of projects. Our project managers work with both simple and complex projects involving several parties and in an international, multicultural context.

We offer project management services in:

• Engineering projects
• Modernisation projects
• Procurement projects
• Vehicle authorization projects

We offer extensive troubleshooting support related to the functioning of rolling stock, railway systems, and processes. You can either appoint us as your independent advisor to guide you in the troubleshooting process or you can leave the entire issue-solving to our experts.

We offer the following services:

• Root-cause analysis, e.g. extensive wear
• Solution development, e.g. repair or obsolescence solutions
• Implementation supervision
• Demonstration of fault correction
• Accident investigations

We have expertise in advisory, procurement, project management and integration of railway signalling solutions in line with the latest safety standards. Our distinct focus is on onboard systems but considering any Command Control and Signalling, CCS related technologies. We advise on operational aspects and we procure and integrate signalling systems for you.

We offer the following services:

• Signalling advisory on operational aspects
• Signalling requirement engineering and implementation concepts
• Procurement and rollout support for ATP (Class-B, ETCS & CBTC), ATO or related challenges
• On-board integration of CCS systems including radio technologies GSM-R / FRMCS, etc.

The reduction of the testing time for newly built vehicles is an important element for the reduction of delivery time and costs. To test modules of rail vehicles before assembling of the whole vehicle PROSE has developed, built and delivered several test benches for rail vehicles.

We offer the following services:

• Development of testing strategies
• Creation of test protocols
• Development of test benches according to customer requirements
• Integration of test benches in existing test strategies
• Software development for the test benches
• Building and delivery of all needed components
• Commissioning on site
• Training of the test personnel
• Maintenance of the test benches

All starts with systems engineering which determines safe vehicle’s mechanical design. For vehicles to be built or modernised, we want to be your trusted partner throughout the entire development process, from conceptual to final design and during production.

Our mechanical department specialises in all kinds of rail-bound vehicles and offers engineering services for:

• Development of vehicle-bodies, bogies and rolling stock components
• Simulation of running dynamics, side wind stability, contact mechanics, and wheel-rail wear reduction
• Stress and strength, crash, noise, and vibration analyses of rolling stock
• Heat-transfer simulations and rolling stock fire safety

Our systems engineering offers services for:

• Integrating systems and components in railway vehicles
• Brake calculations
• Load assumptions using running dynamics simulations
• Gauging and kinematic analyses
• Aerodynamics

Our Technical Documentation department offers services for:

• PRO(doc) – Customised Online Documentation Library (Read more about PRO(doc))
• Documentation services for user and maintenance manuals

We provide expert opinions in these fields and for accident investigations.

The long lifecycle of rolling stock assets comes with a set of challenges related to obsolescence. We advise you in the strategy and the approach to overcome these challenges in general.

We offer the following services:

• Obsolescence strategy advisory
• Implementing KPI-cockpits, tooling and lifecycle supervision approaches
• Obsolescence analysis, condition reports and cost analysis
• Advisory on repair or exchange
• Conceptual and detailed solution design
• Component and system integration
• Obsolescence engineering
• Obsolescence procurement and/or implementation supervision
• Homologation procedure support

Managing vehicle authorisation requires the consideration of many national and international regulations. In an environment where regulations are continuously developing, it is necessary to be updated regarding requirements and processes. Ready to support you. We offer professional authorisation management support, either as a general contractor or as an integral part of your existing team.

We offer the following services:

• Authorisation strategy
• Authorisation concept
• Authorisation dossier
• Responsibility and management of the entire authorisation process
• Management of changes in simple and complex projects
• Support in the handling ERA processes, such as One-Stop-Shop (OSS)