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What is RaIL-AiD?
Overview
RaIL-AiD (Railway Infrastructure and Layout Aided Designer) is a powerful and versatile framework designed by NEAT that simplifies several processes related to the railway signalling systems modeling, managing phases such as:
- Layout Definition
- Wayside Configuration Data (WCD)
- Third-party WCD verification
- Simulation Environment
- Testing Facilities
- Debug Instruments

Target Users
RaIL-AiD is designed to support:
- the Railway Application Engineers during both the descending (design) and ascending (verification) phases of the EN50126 V-cycle(*), by allowing the reuse of the design and configuration task effort as a starting point for simulation and verification purposes
- the Signalling Project Engineers in trackside data preparation for IXL and ERTMS systems, by simplifying the railway infrastructure planning process automating the tedious and time-consuming operations of producing consistent railway drawings and objects attributes
- the Railway Dispatchers and Operators in monitoring and controlling train operations and in handling route, transport and traffic management tasks, by providing a clear overview of all transport control systems processes
RaIL-AiD has a modular architecture that enables the deployment of targeted solutions (bundles) completely customizable according to the user’s needs.
(*) T3 certification according to EN50128:2011 foreseen on product roadmap

Design Key Features
- Easy to use and completely customizable: just a few clicks to get a complex, fully equipped and error-free track layout
- Import/Export of standard file formats such as railML® offers complete and instant compatibility with a wide range of third-party applications
- Specifically designed for railway signalling and infrastructure managers, it boosts the setup of the whole track plan avoiding the technicalities of a general-purpose CAD tool
Simulation Key Features
- Customizable user-friendly graphical interface allowing the user/tester to reuse the design task effort as a starting point for simulation purpose (e.g. CTC/HMI environment)
- Objects dynamic data management by exposing control / command interfaces for the configured objects
- Debug environment for a third-party app: the modular architecture allows the user to integrate dedicated modules that can be seamlessly incorporated into the program
WHAT’S ON
RaIL-AiD supports railML Project
RailML.org is a development partnership of independent businesses and institutions for the development and consolidation of the railML® schemas.
For more information, please visit railML® website.