Railway Safety - NGRT

NGRT is a Spanish company focused on improving railway safety and efficiency, helping infrastructure managers and train operators to secure their infrastructure and operations. NGRT's vision is to be a game changer for the railway industry by introducing novel and cost-effective solutions addressing clients' needs worldwide. NGRT is based in the Technology Park in Malaga, Spain.

NGRT wants to truly revolutionize railway infrastructure monitoring by using its innovative vibration detection technology, proven by DB Netze (which operates a majority of the German railway system) and NetworkRail (owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain), and RUMO (Brazilian logistic company, focused in the railway line logistics in Brazil, and the largest company in this segment in Latin America). 

The system is a real-time rail monitoring system that identifies problems within the railway infrastructure, such as Broken Rails, Rockslide and Mudslides, Flooding, people and or animals on the track, damage to trains and rolling stock equipment, securing that two trains are not on the same track at the same time, and more.

The purpose of this campaign is to secure NGRTs' time to market and increase deliveries for clients and partners. The funds will be used as working capital to manufacture more systems. NGRT has recently signed an agreement with the largest railway in the world (India), securing NGRT a revenue stream over the next five years of more than 147 million euros. 

This solution requires small, unobtrusive system installations with low power consumption. The system incorporates machine learning and improves over time as it is used. NGRT can safely provide comprehensive railway network monitoring, replacing numerous single-purpose equipment. Additional benefits include providing data on actual track usage to enable more efficient preventive maintenance of the tracks.

NGRT’s system contains four sensors and one central unit with all software, including AI and algorithms, installed in a track-side cabinet. The system is connected to the control room by wireless communication and can use any renewable energy sources since it only consumes approx. 15W of energy in total.

Improving the safety of railways supports EU Green Deal challenges such as climate change risks, sustainability, and net zero emissions. Continuous rail monitoring by NGRT can significantly mitigate the consequences of extreme weather events associated with climate change on the infrastructure for the railway industry, which in Europe saves 8.4 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. This number can grow with better monitoring.