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| Rail RESEARCH: CRMA |
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| Project Acronym: |
CRMA |
| Type of contract: |
Research Study |
| Project title: |
Cost, Reliability, Maintenance and Availability |
| Main contractor: |
FOUNDATION EUROPEAN RAIL RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
| Type organisation: |
Other |
| Country: |
NL |
| Start date & duration: |
1998-01-01 - 12 months |
| Area: |
Rail |
| Relevant tasks: |
2.2.1 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
546 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
397 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
The objective of the project is to develop a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) approach to assess the benefits and the most favourable method of introducing harmonised rules which ensure economic and safe maintenance of rolling stock outside the home network. In order to achieve this the following actions are required: 1) The provision of a consistent and comprehensive definition of all terminology used in railway vehicle life cycle cost calculations. 2) The extension of the scope of current Life Cycle Costs procedures, to make them useful for strategic decisions as well as monitoring contract performance. This requires that all the factors which influence LCC are included. Amongst the factors to be included will be specification, design, production, reliability, maintenance, interaction with track, current collection and disposal. 3) The determination of which financial analysis techniques are appropriately applied to Life Cycle Cost calculations. 4) To identify strategies for the maintenance, reliability and availability of rolling stock when operating outside the domestic network which minimise the cost of interoperability. It is expected that the CRMA project will provide the following: 1) A common understanding of Life Cycle Costing applied to rolling stock operation which is independent of the calculation model. This includes: (i) a consistent and acceptable set of terminology and (ii) a definition of all the elements which should be considered to form a complete understanding of Life Cycle Costs. 2) A strategy for minimising the operational costs for operating away form the home network whilst maintaining high level of reliability and availability. 3) Support for the harmonisation of maintenance and reliability.
Demo Sites:
None
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
Links with UIC and UNIFE activities related to Life Cycle Costs in the railway sector.
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| FOUNDATION EUROPEAN RAIL RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
Other |
NL |
| TECHNICATOME S.A. |
Industry |
FR |
| SIEMENS AG |
Industry |
DE |
Coordinator's name: Mr. Bruce R. ELLIS
Address: FOUNDATION EUROPEAN RAIL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Arthur van Schendelstraat, 754
3511MK Utrecht
NL
Tel: +31-30-2324821
Fax: +31-30-2368914
E-mail: Bellis@erri.nl
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Jens OLSEN
Tel: +32-2-2963599
Fax: +32-2-2968350
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