Abstract: The claims pertain to a convertible checkout station that can be converted between self-service and staffed stations. This is achieved through a rotatable section that includes at least a scanner and has rotation components that remain within a volume of the housing of the station when converting. The convertible checkout station can be manually or electronically rotated. For the electronic or automated rotation, the convertible checkout station includes a motor that rotates the rotatable section in response to a mode signal. The mode signal can be initiated through a manual control interface or received from a station controller. The station controller can generate the mode signal based on remote mode instructions. The checkout station may also include a station controller that directs the operation of the motor.

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.

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.

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.