Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring a railway network, the system comprising at least one sensor component configured to sample sensor data relevant to the railway network, at least one processing component configured to process the sensor data, at least one storing component configured to store the sensor data relevant to the railway network and the processed sensor data, and/or at least one analyzing component. The present invention also refers to a method for monitoring a railway network, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving at least one point machine data, processing the least one point machine data to generate at least one processed point machine data, and generating at least one railway health hypothesis based on the at least one processed point machine data.