RAMS & LCC

Rail sector players have been expressing a growing need for techniques to improve reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) and predict life cycle cost (LCC) and for reliability growth programs. PROSE is not linked to any third-parties, which means you can trust us to perform customised analyses in your interest – not someone else’s.
Our services are:

RAMS
Life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis
Reliability growth programs

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Riccardo Loni

Riccardo Loni

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Reference projects




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

Customer: Various Customers
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
Set-of-Requirements ATO freight GoA2 + GoA4 + Remote Supervision & Control

Customer: Deutsche Bahn AG, DB Cargo AG, Germany
Digital Ecosystem Platform

Customer: BahnVerstand, Switzerland
Health Check of Systemführerschaft Metergauge

Customer: Railplus AG, Switzerland
CSM Strategy Consulting P&T

Customer: Plasser & Theurer, Linz, Austria
Harmonization of modular freight wagon concepts

Customer: BASF/WASCOSA (D), DB Cargo/VTG (D), RCA (AT), SBB Cargo (CH)
Technical specifications for new KVG Ltd. streetcars

Customer: Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft Ltd. (KVG), Germany
Digital Ecosystem Consulting

Customer: ACstyria Mobilitätscluster, Austria
Vehicle platform for meter gauge railroads

Customer: Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn, Rhätische Bahn Ltd., zb Zentralbahn Ltd., Switzerland
Research noise - Literature research slab track

Customer: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) and Transportation (BAV), Switzerland
Perception System: Requirements and Test Concept

Customer: Deutsche Bahn AG, DB Cargo AG, Germany
Vehicle evaluation

Customer: WÜRTH LEASING, Germany
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 procurement 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
Quality assurance of the new People Mover System at Frankfurt Airport

Customer: Fraport Ausbau Süd GmbH, Germany
RFI Vehicle Procurement A-Train

Customer: A-Train AB, Sweden
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: Transtech Oy, Finland
Operator: Helsinki City Transport, Public Utility (HKL), Finnland
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 gauge change system for GoldenPass Express in Zweisimmen

Customer: : Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois 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
Feasibility study metre gauge bogie

Customer: Stadler Bussnang Ltd., Switzerland
Preparation Verification in accordance with the guideline for compliance with the specifications at platform edge P55

Customer: Alstom, Switzerland
Wheelset torsional vibration
Derailment Safety Calculation Innovative Streetcar Concept

Customer: Traila AG, Switzerland

Clearance profile calculation

Customer: Plasser&Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH, Austria
Load assumptions and strength analysis of tramway track components

Customer: Würzburger Straßenbahn GmbH (WSB), KÜNSTLER Bahntechnik GmbH (KBT), Germany
ETCS and Class B system installation design on Voss-loh DE18

Customer: Alstom, Italy

Switch cabinet and control system for Zweisimmen gauge change system

Customer: Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois MOB, Switzerland
Running dynamics analysis of rail vehicles (MBS simulation)

Customer: Various customers
Development of support structures for track measuring systems

Customer: Plasser&Theurer, Export of railway construction machinery GmbH, Austria
MBS-calculation safety against derailment of an electric track vehicle

Customer: ROBEL Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH, Germany
Car body development

Customer: Kiepe Electric GmbH, Germany
End customer: Public transport company of Wuppertal, Germany
Development and delivery of module test stands for railroad construction machines

Customer: Plasser&Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH, Austria
Overall project management of the construction of the gauge change system in Zweisimmen

Customer: Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois MOB, Switzerland
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

Customer: Various Customers
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: Diverse
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
Homologation strategy for a Driver Advisor System (DAS) – Video camera with artificial intelligence

Customer: KNORR BREMSE, Switzerland
Assessment winter - Brake problem snow

Customer: ZAUGG AG Eggiwil, Switzerland
Functional modularization of the homologation strategy

Kunde: Plasser&Theurer, Austria
Clearance verification on the track side of the Munich subway system

Customer: Stadtwerke München GmbH SWM), Germany
Study navigability "velogleis" of the historic fleet

Customer: Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB), Switzerland
Restriction calculations for RBDe 565/566 with folding step

Customer: BLS, Switzerland
Rail clearer height Re420 Re620

Customer: SBB Cargo, Switzerland
Risk analysis, validation and commissioning of the integrated system for the Zweisimmen gauge-changing station

Customer: MOB, Switzerland
Approval of lifting platforms on special wagons for tunnel maintenance

Customer: SBB Infrastructure, Switzerland
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)
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
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
Analysis for buffer level correction on service vehicles Xas 502 and 503

Customer: BLS Netz AG, Switzerland
Definition of new wheel profiles

Customer: Transports Publics Neuchâtelois SA, Switzerland
Centralised documentation system for Arlanda Express

Customer: A-Train AB, Sweden
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
Re-approval after installation of a diagnostic system

Customer: Transdev, Germany
ECM strategy consulting

Customer: Dampflok-Depot, Full, Switzerland
Assessment of the remaining useful life of the fleet of Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG (ZVB)

Customer: Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Austria
ECM consulting and implementation

Customer: IFTEC, Leipzig, Germany
ECM strategy consulting LSB

Customer: Lok Service Balmer, Hinwil, Switzerland
Training for safety-relevant activities on wheelset and bogie

Wear inspections of wheels and rails

Customer: MOB, MGB
Optimization of availability and maintenance costs in case of mechanical problems on rolling stock
ECM strategy consulting ASM

Customer: Aare Seeland mobil Ltd., Switzerland
Expert opinion on fire safety in the air-calming-room

Customer: ZAUGG Ltd. EGGIWIL, Switzerland
PROSE Documentation services – Technical documentation
New grey water container for X40 EMU

Customer: Sjölanders Mekaniska AB, Sweden
End costumer: SJ AB, Sweden
Wheel profile optimization
Deviation administrator for AB Transitio

Customer: AB Transitio, Sweden
X61-X62 Delivery projects - Last technical issues

Customer: AB Transitio, Sweden
OeBB ECM Consulting

Customer: Oensingen Balsthal Bahn, 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
Modernisation U3 for Metrorrey

Customer: Talbot Services, Germany
CFD aerodynamics simulations
Concept wiper system

Customer: SBB Cargo, Switzerland
Modernisation Coradia Continental

Customer: Talbot Services, Germany
Support wagon crossings Combino Tram

Customer: Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe BVB, Switzerland
Mid-life maintenance of PRIMA BB27000 and BB37000 locomotives

Customer: AKIEM, Saint-Ouen, France
Flixtrain - Modernization of 135 old InterRegio-wagons

Customer: Talbot Services GmbH, Germany
Technical documentation in the SJ X2000 refurbishment project

Customer: SJ AB, Sweden
Refurbishment of X2000 class high speed trains

Customer: SJ AB, Sweden
New LED head lights with heating solution for Arlanda Express X3

Customer: SJ AB, Sweden



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