Real-time overhead line monitoring for safer, smarter maintenance

Real-time overhead line monitoring for safer, smarter maintenance.

OLErt is Incremental’s intelligent monitoring solution for Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) and catenary systems. It continuously detects faults, wear and anomalies, helping infrastructure teams prevent failures, reduce maintenance costs and improve network reliability.

A single de-wirement can cost up to £2 million. OLErt helps you prevent them.

What OLErt Helps You Do

Detect OLE faults before they become operational incidents
Identify pan flips, arcing, vegetation and stagger issues early
Reduce reliance on costly manual inspections
Monitor infrastructure continuously using in-service trains
Improve maintenance planning and prioritisation
Gain actionable insight through continuous video and data capture

Platform Capabilities

Continuous monitoring across the network

OLErt combines real-time monitoring, fault detection and operational reporting to provide a complete picture of OLE condition and performance.

Pantograph state and external anomaly detection
GPS-based train position and speed monitoring
Real-time alerts for arcing, contact loss and tension shifts
Contact force monitoring between pantograph and wire
Maintenance scheduling triggers
Height and stagger measurement
Contact force monitoring between pantograph and wire
Coverage in tunnels, stations and other challenging environments
Vegetation and object detection
Crossover and wear tracking
Trend analysis and video downloads
Day-one fault detection
GSM data streaming for rapid issue identification
Pantograph flip and arcing detection

Who Benefits

Designed for infrastructure and maintenance teams

Maintenance teams
Operations managers
Infrastructure planners
Asset management teams
Network performance teams

Differentiators

Why infrastructure teams choose OLErt

OLErt was developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford and uses advanced visual measurement algorithms combined with high-precision GPS data to deliver continuous infrastructure monitoring and predictive maintenance insight.

Continuous monitoring using everyday passenger trains
Operates at line speeds exceeding 100mph
Virtual track walks without track access requirements
Real-time fault detection and alerting
Predictive maintenance insight to support asset management
Easy installation with no specialist infrastructure required
Accurate monitoring in tunnels, stations and coverage blackspots
Reduces the risk of costly de-wirement incidents

OLErt

Real-time overhead line monitoring for safer, smarter maintenance

What OLErt Helps You Do

Platform Capabilities

Who Benefits

Differentiators

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