空气运营

Much of our railway在电力上运行和缺陷电线设备，第三轨或电源可能导致delays。由于这些电气故障通常产生热能，热成像可以定位潜在的损坏，因此我们可以进行维修并防止破坏。

空中调查还防止减少电气设备地面检查的需要破坏 - 这些要求我们隔离该地区（关闭电力线路上的电力），所以我们的人民可以安全地工作。通过从上面检查，我们的人们更安全and trains can continue to run on the line.

有时我们希望我们的轨道方向设备产生热量，例如积分加热器融化那and on these occasions our helicopter can check they’re working well.

我们的直升机可以在大雨和风后发现洪水，山水划分和高雪漂移，可以对网络造成大量损害和中断。识别早期损坏的位置我们可以更快地评估和修复它。这也可以防止潜在的严重事故。

2015年12月直升机团队发现ndslips and flooding around Cumbria, such as this landslip north of Aspatria (pictured) when route-proving the Cumbrian coast – this and other instances were recorded and reported to the LNW route team and a geo-technical engineer who was also on the flight.

铁路气候变化和天气弹性

我们的设备visual survey capabilities (including zoom, to inspect in detail) – combined with the helicopter’s ability to travel far, fast – are useful for routine植被fencing调查。该设备还可以调查事件，如脱轨，电缆盗窃那trespass和火灾，或项目网站：主要连接，级过境点or large-scale renewal work. As part of this, Air Operations can provide detailed high-resolution still photographs.

该团队还可以提供详细，准确的位置信息。All observers on the helicopter have a laser range finder and our ‘Where am I?’ app that can pinpoint the location, engineering line reference (ELR), mileage and grid reference to within five yards – information that can be sent immediately to people on the ground, or stored and sent later.

We have previously worked with the Network Rail helicopter team in hotspot [cable theft] areas and for proactive identification of locations vulnerable to cable theft. Criminals see the helicopter doing the rounds and it acts as a deterrent. It can also give us valuable imagery of any criminal activity.

LNW路线犯罪经理Richard Godwin

ruteview.is our aerial image hosting system, to which we upload aerial inspection and survey imagery. It’s used by teams across the business when planning projects or maintenance, reducing the need for physical site visits and trackside asset inspections. Inspectors from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and Rail Accident and Investigation Branch (RAIB) also have access to RouteView.

事件控制器经常使用Reteview来微调他们对事件的响应。例如，它有助于正确识别在自杀男性的报告之后正确识别紧急呼叫中描述的人行桥 - 没有其图像，警察和妈妈（反复对事件的移动运营经理）可以被发送到错误的桥梁。