Interfleet’s Guru system to be used by East Coast Trains

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East Coast Trains has chosen Interfleet Technology’s recently launched Guru product to help deliver a step-change in monitoring performance. Interfleet’s Guru system will enable the operator to make real-time informed operating decisions, speeding decision making and effectiveness.

Guru encompasses remote condition monitoring, energy metering and interactive software and provides East Coast Trains with a sophisticated tool which can help deliver reductions in train maintenance costs and energy usage, increased rolling stock reliability, improved detection of infrastructure faults and enhanced overall operational efficiency. It also provides access to unprecedented levels of live and historic data that can be utilised to optimise performance. In addition to Guru’s energy metering and reporting module, the service also boasts a remote train diagnostics system, with bespoke software enabling access to data from any device with a standard web browser.

The software – provided by Interfleet’s partner Nexala – shows information about fleet and set status, operations analysis, cab status, live electrical schematics, data channels, fleet location and energy reporting. The service has also been designed to be flexible to individual operator’s needs, allowing for future expansion as both user confidence and business operations grow. In effect, the equipment allows remote viewing of what the driver is experiencing.

Communications between train and shore is provided by Interfleet’s Wi-Fi partner Icomera AB, whose Wi-Fi system is already fitted to the whole of the East Coast train fleet.

The energy metering equipment for energy measurement and billing is being supplied by FAR Systems Spa, specialists in the design, development and manufacture of onboard train control, monitoring, diagnostic and communication systems.

East Coast Trains consulted several service providers before opting for Guru. East Coast’s Engineering Director Andy Cope explains: “Performance improvement is a central objective to all operators entering into what is set to be a very challenging year ahead. To ensure service levels to customers are prioritised, we needed to select a partner that both understood the intricacies of our business and sector and had a robust solution capable of delivering tangible results. Based on all of the proposals received in response to our tender request, it was clear that Interfleet Technology was that partner.”

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