Page 106 - 捷運技術 第60期

Journal of Rapid Transit System and Technology No.60
pp. 95-120, 2025 DOI 10.29670/JRTST.202510_(60).0006

Received May 28, 2025, accepted July 15, 2025, date of publication October 31, 2025

Smart Railways: Designing Intelligent Metro
Systems Based on Maintenance and

Operational Requirements

CHUNHSIANG WANG , CHINGCHIN FAN , WENLIN SHIH , HANLIN CHEN ,
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CHIAHUA CHUNG , POYING CHEN 6
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1 Electrical and Mechanical Design Division, Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government
2 Electrical and Mechanical Design Division, Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government
3 Electrical and Mechanical Design Division, Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government
4 Electrical and Mechanical Design Division, Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government
5 Electrical and Mechanical Design Division, Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government
6 Electrical and Mechanical Design Division, Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government
Correponding Authors: CHUN HSIANG WANG, E-mail: 11839@gov.taipei

ABSTRACT

In cooperation with policies for the development of Taiwan’s railway industry, and to
alleviate difficulties for operating companies in developing smart railways in the
future, DORTS has pioneered the introduction of new technology and big data into
their standard specifications, and they have required manufacturers to consider the
requirements of smart railways during the system construction phase. To begin with,
on the basis of TRTC’s demand for “smart railways,” manufacturers will provide
specifications that include fault code explanations and structures, inter-system data
transfer and timing, system logic, and capture of data and information on the operation
of each system device. This will enable TRTC to more easily collect operation and
maintenance information to convert it into useful data and the communication is based
on standard protocols established by the national regulations. It will also facilitate the
optimization of data transfer between devices and systems and the utilization of large
amounts of real-time and historical information to conduct big data analysis. This will
enable an MRT maintenance system database to be established as a stepping stone to
the development of smart railways. In addition, it will be connected to the railway
cloud platform to develop smart applications which can be integrated across systems.

Keywords: Smart railway, Big data, Maintenance database, Railway cloud platform