Working together creates the railway future. “Higher infrastructure availability - lower life cycle costs (LCC)" was the motto of the 10th CUSTOMER DAY of Weichenwerk Wörth GmbH and voestalpine Weichensysteme GmbH in St.Pölten. 300 customers, employees and stakeholders of the company came together to exchange first-hand expert insights and experiences with focus on the increase of track availability. Railway experts held interesting lectures at the Railway Academy training center (WS Academy) on the following topics:

• Self-detecting switch blades
• Load capacity-optimized, reinforced switch assembly
• LCC optimized rail 400 UHC – innovative material concepts
• Concrete light bearer: LCC-optimized sleeper design
• Intelligent turnout logistics services
• How the use of monitoring makes us more efficient and effective