Publication: Ukraine – Ukrzaliznytsia Modernization Strategy: Policy Note 5 - Infrastructure Asset Management
Date
2019-06-24
ISSN
Published
2019-06-24
Author(s)
World Bank Group
Abstract
This Policy Note describes the
methodology, data requirements and next steps for
implementation of an asset management system that could
identify necessary maintenance and renewal budgets to
guarantee a sustainable railway infrastructure, measure the
backlogs, identify optimum track technologies for individual
parts of the network and assist decision-making in
individual investment projects. The Ukrainian network covers
some 27,000 track-km, (excluding stations, sidings etc). In
the absence of detailed data yet available to the
consultant, the number of rehabilitated tracks of 2296.8 km
in the last 5 years implies an average yearly renewal rate
of some 450 km. This is little more than 1.5 percent of the
network, implying that average service life will need to be
around 60 years. Service life depends on the loading, on the
many technical boundary conditions already addressed in this
report, and on the maintenance regime applied. However, an
average of 60 years’ service life is most unlikely to be
attainable with today’s track components and the amount of
rail traffic in the Ukraine. Implementation of a life cycle
based asset management system is a challenging task for the
infrastructure managers. Based on international experiences,
it takes at least 1 and half years, to reach the level
necessary for strategic decision making based on an asset
management system. This time schedule needs an active
working group inside UZ meeting at least every six weeks.
Starting the work requires an initial two-day seminar on the
main principles for describing track behavior using the
Standard Element approach to ensure commitment of all
working-group participants. The first milestone of the
working group is a set of Standard Elements describing the
present situation and its history of maintenance and service
lives of track in the Ukrainian railway network. The second
milestone is a set of alternative technical scenarios
enabling the definition of a sustainable solution. Reaching
this second milestone, the renewal demand as well as the
maintenance demand for a sustainable network can be calculated.
Citation
“World Bank Group. 2019. Ukraine – Ukrzaliznytsia Modernization Strategy: Policy Note 5 - Infrastructure Asset Management. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32289 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”