The adjoining diagram combines the following data types to an integrated condition analysis: lateral position of contact wires, contact wire thickness, position of poles, longitudinal profile, track alignment, super elevation (cross level), rail wear and foundation layers. The local and chronological relation, which is verified by the system, provides a significant snapshot of the system 'permanent way'. (...)

The consideration of the permanent way as an entire system allows the discovering of interrelationships between causes and effects of irregularities. By this way, it is possible to validate different measurement data together at any track position. The example analyses rail surface pictures associated with ultrasonic data. (...)