How SNCF is using predictive analytics to keep trains running

The cloud will be used to store sensor data and provides the elastic computing required for big data analytics. The cloud enables SNCF to run distributed calculations, the results of which can be reinjected into the maintenance processes.

This photograph shows SNCF's data acquisition and transmission system for its TGV gearboxes. The measurement system is wired to the sensors and transmits the data via GSM.