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Smart Railway Station

IoT monitoring solution deployed at commuter railway stations for real-time facility supervision and predictive maintenance.

Challenge

Railway station infrastructure required continuous visibility across critical facilities and real-time alarms to technical services, with the solution robust enough for a full live deployment.

Solution

An IoT monitoring system combines embedded devices, sensors and cloud services to monitor lifts, escalators, lighting, HVAC and doors. It provides real-time facility data, remote diagnostics and alarms, with edge processing for privacy, low latency and reliable operation without cloud connectivity. The solution won a national rail operator innovation challenge and was deployed at Mataró commuter station for one year.

Benefits

  • One year of uninterrupted operation

  • Real-time alarms for technical services

  • Monitoring of lifts, escalators, lighting, HVAC and doors

  • Remote diagnostics

  • Predictive maintenance support

Occupancy monitoring

Facility data acquisition

Remote diagnostics

Cloud visualization

Management integration

MQTTPostgreSQLREST APILinuxMachine learningLTEFlutterPower BIWireGuardGo programming language

Technologies:

MQTT, PostgreSQL, Flutter, Machine Learning (Edge AI), 4G/LTE, Linux, IoT sensors, Embedded firmware, Wireless connectivity, Cloud services, REST API, Dashboard visualization, Data analytics, Custom CM4 carrier board, Power BI, Wireguard, Golang

Methodology:

Hardware & Software, Field-oriented validation

Team:

3 engineers

Duration:

9 months