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PRORAIL IN BRIEF
Maintains and expands the Dutch railway infra-
structure now covering more than 6500 kilo-
metres of tracks in the Netherlands. Employs
approximately 2600 people.
Challenge
With previous system where minimal data was
entered, investigations and audits were often
not followed up. There were no reminders and
it was difficult to extract data, as the database
contained double information.
Solution
Implementation of the software Synergi Life.
Most competing packages are good on output
or input. Synergy does both.
BENEFITS FOR PRORAIL
»» All relevant data concerning incidents,
audits and inspections on a national
basis are registered in Synergi Life. This
makes ProRail able to keep better track
of investigations and the outcome of the
improvement actions taken.
»» By providing insight into what the main
risks are, Synergi Life contributes to the
efficiency ProRail needs when carrying
over one million passengers and 80,000
tons of freight daily.
KEEPING TRACK
”If you don’t know the details and if you
can’t measure what’s happening, how can
you do anything about it? With Synergi
Life we can keep track of the incidents and
find the right measures to improve the
situation.”
Linda Wright, Safety Advisor/Analyst in
ProRail
THIS IS WHAT PRORAIL GAINED
ProRail implemented Synergi Life in
January 2005. The transition from their
old database to Synergi Life was performed
smoothly and the migration of historical
data enabled ProRail to build on data from
previous years. ProRail wishes to further
develop the company’s use of the software
and have therefore bought a Corporate
Licence. This means that all ProRail
employees will be able to extract informa-
tion from the system.
ProRail sees Synergi Life as particularly
useful because the follow-up of all inci-
dents is guaranteed as there is no way of
closing a case before it has been dealt with
properly. A monthly report based on the
Synergi Life data provides the basis for the
work of all Safety Advisors.
ProRail, the infrastructure manager of the Dutch railway network, relies on Synergi Life to support their principal
task: ensuring capacity, reliability and safety on and around the tracks.
SynergiTM Life for Dutch rail safety
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