Using FMEA method for analysing failures of railway line

Abstract

In the paper, the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis-FMEA is described. Four steps of FMEA are presented. The method is applied to the railway line as an important part of the railway traffic system. Each step of FMEA is performed on the rail type 49E1, built in the railway track of open railway line in Slovenian Railways. It has been shown that field data on the railway lines enable quantitative estimation of failure mode criticality for the railway line elements.