Maintenance optimisation PROSE supports you in implementing effective and efficient servicing and maintenance systems for rolling stock to ensure the availability of sufficient rolling stock and lower life-cycle cost. We analyse any given situation and suggest the right solution to ensure our customer’s commercial success. Our services are: Examining current situation Performing a weak-point analysis Developing customised maintenance optimisation plans READ MORE Reference projects All phases Planning Procurement Development Manufacture Homologation Operation & Maintenance Modernisation All services Asset Management Documentation Services Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Homologation Industrial Design Machinery Dynamics & Acoustic Maintenance Optimisation Manufacturing Supervision Measuring Wheelsets Mechanical Engineering Modernisation Procure Management Project Management RAMS & LCC Signalling Software Strategy Support Testing & Measurements Training Troubleshooting Validation & Verification Warranty Follow-Up Fleet strategy in line with rollout ETCS L2 Customer: Furrer+Frey AG, Switzerland Generic project handbook for rolling stock procurements Customer: RAlpin AG, Switzerland Feasibility study driverless train operation (DTO) Waldenburgerbahn Customer: BLT Baselland Transport AG, Switzerland Expert assessment - Operation of UIC and AAR brake systems Customer: Israel Railways, Israel Industry solution Automatic Train Operation Customer: VöV (Verband öffentlicher Verkehr - Association of Public Transport) Working Group ATO, metre and special gauge railways of Switzerland, Switzerland Support to ECM accreditation Customer: Trentino Trasporti Spa, Italy OC Software Development Cost Estimation Customer: Swiss Federal Railways SBB; Switzerland Market Innovation Strategy Consulting for ESTET within ACstyria Customer: ACstyria / ESTET STAHL- UND BEHÄLTERBAU, Austria PROSE AG investigates and evaluates BVB’s unusual infrastructure damages Customer: Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB); Switzerland Business Analyst - WiFi on board for tourists Customer: SBB Passenger Traffic; Switzerland Gauging and rolling stock construction gauge analysis Ad interim locomotive fleet manager Customer: Swiss Federal Railways SBB; Switzerland Leadership Coaching ECM2 Manager for life cycle extension Re620 Customer: SBB Cargo; Switzerland Smartrail 4.0 - Program Management COAT / CCS Vehicle Equipment Customer: Industry program smartrail 4.0, SBB Infrastructure; Switzerland Programme Management, Project Management with PMO Customer: Sector programme smartrail 4.0, SBB Infrastructure; Switzerland Alternative forms of operation for the Appenzellers Rack railways Customer: INFRAS, Switzerland / End customer: Canton of Appenzell A.Rh. and St. Gallen Feasibility study for passenger cars with standardised length and fleet-wide introduction of an automatic coupling machine Customer: Rhaetian Railway, Switzerland Market innovation strategy consulting Customer: Curtiss-Wright Drive Technology, Switzerland Determination of the Germanophone railway market for STS in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) Customer: ACstyria, STS FORMTECHNIK / Austria Risk management at SBB CARGO Customer: SBB Cargo, Switzerland Tram Würzburg Tender Support Customer: Würzburger Straßenbahn GmbH Germany OCORA Open CCS On-board Reference Architecture, Development next Generation CCS Onboard Customer: Swiss Federal Railways SBB, Infrastructure Division, Switzerland Automatic Train Operation Customer: Swiss Federal Railways SBB, Infrastructure Division, Switzerland Procurement of catenary line installation vehicle Customer: Furrer+Frey AG, Switzerland Procurement of a road-rail motor tower car Customer: BERNMOBIL (Municipal Transport Services Bern), Switzerland Support for the purchase of low-floor trams Customer: Basel Public Transport Authority BVB, Switzerland Interior design of Delhi Metro Customer: Bombardier Transportation, Sweden End customer: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, India Technical Controlling FLIRT 3 Customer: Landesanstalt für Schienenfahrzeuge Baden-Württemberg, Germany Project management assistance in the supply management of IR rolling stock Customer: zb Zentralbahn AG, Switzerland ZPS vehicle expert for the electronic network "Saar-RB" Customer: ZPS - Zweckverband Personennahverkehr Saarland, Germany; SPNV Nord - Zweckverband Schienenpersonennahverkehr Rheinland-Pfalz Nord, Germany; SPNV Süd - Zweckverband Schienenpersonennahverkehr Rheinland-Pfalz Süd, Germany Consulting for Efficiency Increase Maintenance and Life Cycle Cost Optimisation Fleet Customer: ÖBB Personenverkehr AG, Austria Specifications «Cross-section elements for multiple units» Customer: Swiss railway undertaking, Switzerland Normative maintenance framework Customer: Knorr-Bremse, Switzerland and Rail Vision, Israel Procurement support bulk freight wagon Customer: Holcim Kies und Beton AG, Switzerland New suspended monorail vehicles for Wuppertal Customer: Kiepe Electric GmbH, Germany Operator: WSW mobil GmbH, Germany Design of a 100% low-floor tram Customer: CRRC Sifang Co Ltd, China Operator: Chinese public transport company Bogie engineering in Finland Customer: BLT Baselland Transport AG in Transtech Oy, Finland Turnkey engineering of a high-speed freight wagon with sliding walls Customer: CRRC Shandong, China Operator: Chinese market Gauge-changing bogie - EV09 Customer: Montreux-Berner Oberland- Bahn (MOB), Switzerland Train Level system engineering for Domodossola-Locarno scenic train Customer: OFV- CORIFER, Italy End customer: Società Subalpina Impese Ferroviarie (SSIF), Italy Development of a powered bogie for a diesel-electric locomotive Customer: Schalker Eisenhütte, Germany Operator: Rhaetian Railways (RhB), Switzerland General purpose control unit as SIL2 platform German maglev train adapted to operation in China Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd (SMTDC), China RAMS analysis of the Vivalto double-deck coaches Customer: ATI (AnsaldoBreda, OFV and Magliola), Italy End customer: Trenitalia, Italy Vehicle behaviour in case of crosswind Customer: Transtech Oy, Finland End customer: VR Group (Finnish Railways), Finland Analyses and simulations Customer: serveral customers Component development for a crashworthy locomotive >Customer: SMH Rail SDN. BHD., Malaysia Operator: Malaysian and Asian market Vehicle gauge clearance calculation for trams and metros Customers: Hamburger HOCHBAHN AG, Germany; VAG Nürnberg, Germany Bogies for the six-axle narrow gauge locomotive QR 3800 Customer: SIEMENS, Germany Operator: Queensland Rail, Australia Bogies for the CP 2000 commuter trains for the Portuguese state railways Customer: Bombardier Transportation, Norway MIRA (Level crossing protection system) - V&V process Customer: Progress Rail Services, Italy End customer: Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), Italy NAP6S electronic unit for passenger alarm system management Customer: SEPA, Italy End customer: Trenitalia, Italy CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co Vehicle Driverless Technology of KVLRT3 Project Customer: CRRC Jinan, China Strength calculation and mechanical design of a gauge change ramp Customer: CEREC EngineeringEnd Customer: MBC, Switzerland Towards noise and weight reduction by innovative CFRP wheelsets Customer: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN (BAFU) Development of the MOB gauge-changing facility in Zweisimmen Customer: Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn AG (MOB), Switzerland Turn-Key Engineering Snowblower Stoosbahn Customer: ZAUGG AG EGGIWIL, Switzerland - Operator: Stoosbahnen AG, Switzerland Design of universal air conditioner test bench Customer: Swiss Federal Railways SBB, Switzerland Feasibility study automation of gauge change ramp Customer: CEREC Engineering / MBC, Switzerland RGM-2-24: Structural strength analysis Customer: L&S Luddeneit und Scherf GmbH, 07806 Neustadt an der Orla, Germany SAMMS-t710: Structural strength analysis Customer: L&S Luddeneit und Scherf GmbH, 07806 Neustadt an der Orla, Germany Innovative concrete sleeper Customer: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland Development of acoustically optimized rail pads Customer: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU), Switzerland Fire protection according to EN 45545 Customer: several customers Bogie development Formica HP Customer: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN and Federal Office of Transport FOT, Switzerland Car body development Customer: Kiepe Electric GmbH, Germany End customer: Public transport company of Wuppertal, Germany Homologation of a hopper wagon Customer: Ateliers du Groupe Ermewa, France and Switzerland Acceptance tests of high speed trains Customer: Bombardier and Talgo, Spain End customer: RENFE AVE (Spanish State Railways), Spain Acceptance testing of running behavior for the Eem 923 Customer: Stadler Winterthur AG, Switzerland End customer: SBB Cargo, Switzerland Homologation measurements for Desiro ML ÖBB Customer: Siemens, Switzerland End customer: Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB), Austria Running behaviour type tests for DE18 & G18 Locomotives Customer: Kiepe Electric GmbH, Germany Type test of sleeping cars for the RZD Customer: Siemens AG, Austria End customer: Russian State Railways (RZD), Russia Safety assessment of derailment on twisted tracks Customer: serveral customers Homologation pantograph in the 57-km Gotthard Base Tunnel Customer: Swiss Federal Railway (SBB), Switzerland Swiss net access for Siemens Vectron Customer: Siemens, Switzerland End customer: BLS, Switzerland Brake-system tests on freight wagon Customer: CRRC Jinan Railway Vehicles Equipment (JNRVE), China Noise measurements of low-noise freight wagons Customer: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Switzerland Wheel slide protection tests on a tram train Customer: Bombardier, Germany End customer: Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB), Germany Resistance to motion measurements on Haramain high speed train Customer: Patentes Talgo S.L.U., Spain End customer: Saudi Railways Organization, Saudi Arabia Acceptance tests Swiss double-deck train sets Customer: Bombardier, Canada Acceptance tests 6-axle loco for South Africa Customer: Bombardier, Switzerland Stadler EC250 homologation Panto Customer: Stadler, Switzerland End customer: SBB, Switzerland Acceptance tests bimodal locomotive H4 Customer: Alstom, France Regiolis CEVA Swiss homologation tests Customer: Alstom, France Bombardier TRAXX homologation pantograph CH160 Customer: Bombardier, Germany Stadler FLIRT SOB Panto CH160 Customer: Stadler, Switzerland ALSTOM - Aem 940 Locomotive Customer: Alstom, France MI09 (Tiroir Frein / Bogie Porteur) – Software V&V process Customer: Alstom, France Citadis Evolution Traction Control System – Software V&V process Customer: Alstom, Italy Running ability test of selected freight wagons with automatic couplers Customer: Swiss railway company Expert opinion on the derailment of a two-way vehicle Customer: BVB, Basler Verkehrsbetriebe; Switzerland Expert assessment running dynamics of TramTrains Customer: TÜV Rheinland, Germany / End customer: Vossloh (now STADLER RAIL VALENCIA S.A.U.), Spain Expert assessment running dynamics Expert report on running dynamics of an Atlas road-rail- excavator Customer: Atlas GmbH, Germany Homologation support for the approval of an automatic coupler Customer: SBB Cargo, Switzerland Track side price calculation Computational proof of derailment safety metre gauge Customer: PVF Trade, s.r.o., Czech Republic. Endcustomer: Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn (MOB), Switzerland Implementation of innovative solutions Customer: Klüber Lubrication, Germany Wascosa AG, Switzerland Zaugg Eggiwil AG, Switzerland SBB – Restriction calculations for Re460 and Bt4 control cars Customer: Swiss Federal Railways, Switzerland Expert report retrofit magnetic rail brake Customer: BVB Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe, Switzerland Expert opinion on reversing in accordance with EN 14033 Customer: ZAUGG AG, Eggiwil, Switzerland Endcustomer: Trafiverket, Sweden Troubleshooting on DSB’s fleet of IC4 and IC2 DMUs Customer: Danish State Railways (DSB), Denmark Operator/End customer: Danish State Railways (DSB), Denmark Maintenance cost analysis for PÅGATÅG Customer: Go-Ahead Nordic, Sweden RIVAS: Actions to reduce railwayinduced vibrations Customer: International Union of Railways (UIC) End customer: European Commission (EC) sonRAIL: A measurement program for calculation of railway noise Customer: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) Optimisation and wear forecasts for wheel and rail profiles Customer: Several End customer: Railway operators European Train Control System: retrofit of rolling stock Customer: Several customers Snow-clearing device for Oslo Metro MX3000 Customer: Oslo Vognselskap AS, Norway Operator: Sporveien Oslo AS, Norway Repair of the bogie frame of an EL 18 locomotive Customer: Mantena AS, Norway End customer: Norwegian State Railway (NSB), Norway Train level complete RAMS analysis Customer: Hitachi Rail, Italy Audit of the Onboard ERTMS Customer: Banedanmark (BDK), Denmark Machinery dynamics and acoustics services Customer: Several customers from a variety of industries Predictive Maintenance - Basis of decision-making Customer: Thurbo AG, Switzerland Driving a 2,200t freight train safely down the Brenner Pass Customer: Rail Traction Company SPA, Italy Definition of new wheel profiles Customer: Transports Publics Neuchâtelois SA, Switzerland Centralised documentation system for Arlanda Express Customer: A-Train AB, Sweden Proof of safety against derailment of a rail crane Customer: Plasser & Theurer, Austria End customer: Sersa, Switzerland Measurements on innovative freight wagons Customer: Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI),Germany Gentle passing on tracks through narrow curves Customer: Swiss Federal Office of Transport (BAV), Switzerland Measurements on upgraded Swedish intercity train X2000 Customer: ABB, Switzerland Measurements to increase maximum speed of vehicles Customer: Rhaetian Railways, Switzerland Investigation of high wheel-rail wear Customer: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, Switzerland Operational introduction of system freight wagons Customer: SBB CARGO, Switzerland Business Consulting Implementation ECM Regulation 779 Customer: SBB CARGO, ECM2 strategic fleet management, Switzerland Support by the documentation for refurbishment of components within the scope of heavy maintenance Customer: BLS AG, Switzerland Modern work preparation concepts in rolling stock maintenance Customer: SBB Cargo AG, Switzerland Internal audit in preparation for the surveillance audit under Regulation (EU) 445/2011 Customer: SBB Cargo AG, Switzerland Program-Management ECM, Work package project management "competence management" and "process convergence", and PMO Customer: SBB Cargo AG, Switzerland FE analysis of bogie side frames Customer: RAlpin, Switzerland Elaboration of documentation regarding safety-relevant activities on wheelset and bogie Customer: Matterhorn Gotthard Verkehrs AG, Switzerland Consulting on rail operations, fleet management and owner representation Customer: Kentaur AG, Switzerland Modernisation of SBB’s IC2000 fleet Customer: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Passenger Division (P-OP), Switzerland Refurbishment of X2000 class high-speed trains Customer: Swedtrac, Sweden Operator: Swedish State Railways (SJ), Sweden Modernisation of a double-deck suburban trainset Customer: Cideon, Switzerland End customer: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Passenger Division (P-OP), Switzerland Retrofit of vehicles into Domino trains Customer: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Passenger Division (P-OP), Switzerland Modernisation of restaurant car R12 Customer: ÅF, Sweden End customer: Swedish Transport Administration, Sweden Refurbishment of OBW10 track vehicles Customer: BS Verkstäder, Sweden End customer: Banedanmark Teknik, Denmark Electro schematics ICN Customer: SBB, Switzerland OTU Refurbishment Customer: Swedtrac, Sweden End customer: Öresundståg, Sweden Redesign of the driver environment of Stockholm's Metro Customer: MTR Tech, Sweden Definition of Installation Space for an aerodynamical optimisation of the SBB IC 2000 AD-Coaches Customer: SBB AG, Switzerland Modularised maintenance strategy through serialisation Customer: SBB Cargo Switzerland Investigation of capacity increase during modernisation Customer: Tl – transports publics de la région lausannoise, Switzerland Engineering project IC2020 Customer: Swiss Federal Railways AG Feasibility study hybridization LINT 41 for the diesel network in Saxony-Anhalt Customer: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), Germany Battery storage system for auxiliary consumers Customer: Innovenergy GmbH, Switzerland Endcustomer: Swiss Federal Railways, Switzerland 3D scan for verification of the measurement protocol Customer: MOB, Compagnie du Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois SA, Switzerland 3D scan - Modernisation U3 Metrorrey Customer: Talbot Services GmbH Aachen, Germany Rolling stock market value assessment Customer: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland Concept for life extension of RABe 514 Customer: Siemens Mobility GmbH Operator SBB Feasibility study Midlife-Extention of RABe 514 Customer: Siemens Mobility GmbH Operator SBB Strength verification of bonded joints IC Bt Customer: SBB AG, Switzerland Restriction calculations for RBDe 565/566 with folding step Customer: BLS, Switzerland PROSE AG Zürcherstrasse 41 8400 Winterthur Switzerland Ph: +41 52 262 74 00 // HOME PLANNING / PROCUREMENT / DEVELOPMENT / MANUFACTURE / HOMOLOGATION / OPERATION & MAINTENANCE / MODERNISATION Follow us Copyright © PROSE. 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