Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for automatically planning maintenance in railway, the method comprising the steps of determining maintenance for different assets at different locations comprising determining at least one of a predicted technical condition of an asset and automatically optimizing the planning accordingly. Further, a railway planning system for automatically planning maintenance comprising a determining component for determining maintenance for different assets at different locations comprising a determining component for determining at least one of a predicted technical condition of an asset and an optimization component for automatically optimizing the planning accordingly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining an element characteristic of at least one railroad element, comprising the steps of: providing a motion sensor (2) on the at least one railroad element (6); collecting motion data provided by the motion sensor (2), wherein the motion data is representing a motion characteristic of the railroad element (6) different from the element characteristic; determining the element characteristic on the basis of the motion data.