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Maestrano Group PLC
07 September 2021
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7 September 2021
Maestrano Group PLC
("Maestrano" or the "Company")
Network Rail approves Cordel technology to automate gauge
surveys
Maestrano Group PLC (AIM: MNO), the artificial intelligence
provider for transport corridor analytics , is pleased to announce
that Network Rail has approved technology from its subsidiary
Cordel for use in clearance gauging across the UK rail network.
Cordel's technology will help Network Rail automate and speedup the
critical task of ensuring trains safely fit through infrastructure
such as platforms and tunnels.
Network Rail already has one of the most advanced approaches to
clearance assessment in the global rail industry, allowing the
biggest, longest, fastest trains possible to run safely. However,
challenged by tightly-constrained infrastructure and budgets,
Network Rail is deploying more sophisticated solutions to optimise
gauging clearance.
The newly approved technology, developed from the Cordel
Workbench, will help Network Rail to determine whether a different
train will fit along a given route. This will make it easier to
introduce new trains onto the network.
The Cordel Workbench is an AI-powered automated survey data
processor that analyses LiDAR (laser point clouds), track position
(linear reference) and other data gathered from third-party sources
and technologies. Cordel automatically translates this data into
accurate and comprehensive insight, outputting high-quality,
survey-grade gauge profiles into the UK National Gauging Database.
These survey files enable Network Rail to permit developments on
existing trains as well as to allow new fleet deployments
nationwide.
The Cordel Workbench also facilitates Network Rail's support for
decarbonising transport, including cost-effective and
environmentally sustainable growth of the rail network delivering
new routes, new stations and new electrification.
New routes require cost-effective monitoring to optimise
maintenance: the Cordel Workbench automates tight clearance data
processing to pinpoint maintenance requirements proactively.
New freight flows require an accurate understanding of the space
envelope along every metre of a rail corridor: the Cordel Workbench
can minimise the need for costly measures to maintain excessive
track infrastructure clearance.
New electrification requires additional clearance to fit
overhead line equipment: the Cordel Workbench can enable more
accurate processing to reduce the investment needed (and eliminate
disruption beyond the railway) at critical structures like road
overbridges.
This Network Rail approval success is another milestone in
Maestrano's relationship with the UK rail network. In August 2021,
Cordel was awarded a five-month Proof-of-Concept contract to
determine the suitability of Cordel's technology for monitoring the
overhead line, vegetation, ballast profiles, track and passing
clearances on High Speed One (HS1). And back in December 2020,
Cordel was awarded a 12-month contract with Network Rail to measure
the location and encroachment of vegetation and to check track
clearances for trains to pass lineside structures.
Beyond the UK, Cordel has contracts with major railroad
companies around the world, including ARTC in Australia and
Meitetsu in Japan. In June 2021, the Company announced its first
paid project in the US with Union Pacific Railroad.
James Sweeney, Senior Engineer, Network Rail, said: "The Cordel
Workbench provides Network Rail with a significant step forward in
automating data processing into insight, building on their
experience on other international railways. Cordel's
'Bring-your-own-data' approach means we can use them to ingest a
variety of data from other suppliers and provide outputs in our
standard formats that can be useful across the business."
Nick Smith, CEO, Maestrano, commented: " Using the Cordel
Workbench will significantly enhance Network Rail's ability to
achieve financial efficiencies within its five-year delivery plan
as well as contributing to its safety and environmental targets.
With Network Rail known as the global leader in clearances
management, the approval has proved that our technology is a world
leader in clearance data automation. It will support our expansion
into other markets as we utilise this proven technology with other
customers."
Cordel is exhibiting at Railtex, the international exhibition of
railway equipment, systems and services at the NEC Birmingham from
7-9 September 2021. Cordel can be found in Hall 12, at Stand
G51.
Enquiries:
Maestrano Group PLC c/o SEC Newgate
Ian Buddery, Chairman
Nick Smith, CEO
Arden Partners (Broker and Nominated Adviser) +44 (0)20 7614 5900
Ruari McGirr / Richard Johnson / Akhil Shah
SEC Newgate (Financial PR) +44(0) 7540 106366
Robin Tozer / Bob Huxford / Tom Carnegie maestrano@secnewgate.co.uk
About Maestrano
Maestrano offers a patented cloud-based platform for master data
management and specialist hardware and software for capturing,
analysing and reporting on large datasets within the transport
sector, employing sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms.
Further information on the Company is available at:
www.maestrano.com
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