Rail, road and cable transportation
Proactively manage lightning and thunderstorm risks for your rail, road and cable transportation services.
Your requirements
Thunderstorms and lightning are major threats to rail, road and cable transportation.
When the overhead power lines of a rail network are struck by lightning, catenary cables or towers can be damaged.
When a thunderstorm passes over a highway toll plaza, starting a standalone generator at the right time can help avoid very problematic power outages and signal malfunctions.
Funiculars and gondola lifts, on the other hand, are installed in hilly areas, where the lightning risk is often the highest.
For these three modes of transportation, maintenance teams work mainly outdoors and can therefore quickly find themselves in danger when an unforeseen thunderstorm arrives.
You are looking for reliable information and decision-making aid tools to:
- design and correctly size lightning protection systems for your installations,
- ensure the safety of users and personnel, which is an absolute priority,
- optimize business continuity by minimizing traffic delays and interruptions,
- inspect your equipment likely to have been damaged by a lightning strike before it becomes worse,
- give your insurance company proof of lightning damage.
Discover how we support the transportation industry:
All our solutions tailored to your requirements
Evaluate your exposure to thunderstorms and lightning
Analyze your risk exposure and adapt your means of prevention and protection.
Be alerted to the arrival and end of a thunderstorm
Protect both your teams and the public in good time, anticipate damage to your installations and adapt your operations thanks to our alarms.
Monitor live thunderstorms and lightning
Optimize your preventive measures and mitigate risks as early as possible.
Check any damage and your installations after a thunderstorm
Determine whether lightning has caused damage and optimize your inspection process.
Integrate our data
Feed your own tools with our high-resolution flows and information.
Training
Develop your skills or your employees’ skills in lightning risk management.
Develop your own lightning service capability
Take advantage of CATS and provide your users with services tailored to their requirements.
What our customers say
METEORAGE assists the SNCF network with 2 aspects: the 1st aspect is the monitoring of lightning strikes on electrical installations, which is important in terms of train traffic, since it’s a question of business continuity. And the 2nd aspect is the monitoring of marshalling yards when we are sorting wagons containing hazardous materials, so that we are alerted before any risk of derailment linked to a lightning strike on our installations.”
French national rail network
Are you interested?
Our experts are at your service to help you identify the best solutions to meet your challenges.
Key benefits for our users
Infrastructure protection through lightning monitoring
Lightning data help detect and prevent incidents affecting signals and systems.
Risk management for transport operations
Real-time alerts minimize service interruptions and optimize maintenance planning.
High-resolution data from the best detection technologies
Accurate, localized monitoring of storm activity near critical assets.
No installation required
Access our services directly via a browser on your computer or mobile device. Our Client Portal provides online services and archives without the need for additional equipment or software.
Compliance with international standards IEC 62858 and IEC 62793
We adhere to international standards to ensure the reliability and accuracy of our lightning data.
Dedicated 24/7 technical support
Our technical team monitors your services continuously, ensuring optimal operation at all times.
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