USA: San Diego MTS will digitize track and signal maintenance with two TekTracking platforms that connect inspection data, work records, reporting and operational information in real time.

Red San Diego MTS trolley running on street-level tracks beneath overhead wires.
A San Diego MTS trolley in downtown San Diego. Illustrative image; it does not depict the TekTracking implementation. Center crop applied. Photo: Prayitno / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0.

Two platforms for one maintenance workflow

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System will implement Track Inspection, Maintenance, Planning & Scheduling, known as Track CSMA, alongside Signal Inspection & Testing Efficiency, or Signal CSMA. The implementation announcement does not disclose the contract value, rollout schedule or initial scope across the MTS network.

Both applications are designed specifically for railway maintenance rather than as generic field-recording tools. Together, they will give maintenance-of-way teams real-time access to inspection results, maintenance histories, reporting and operational insights through a connected digital foundation.

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How track and signal records will be connected?

TekTracking says Track CSMA can bring together walking and high-rail inspections with data from geometry cars and automated inspection vehicles. Its functions include GPS-tagged defect records, condition logging for rail, ties, ballast and track surface, and the creation of work orders from field findings.

The supplier’s Signal CSMA is built around scheduled inspections, troubleshooting, diagnostics, component-level asset tracking, preventive maintenance and work-order management. The system records maintenance activity against individual signal assets, creating a traceable history from inspection through repair.

“Providing our Maintenance of Way teams with modern technology helps them make better decisions, work more efficiently, and stay ahead of maintenance needs,” said MTS technical project manager Michael Strother.

For MTS crews, the central change is a move from separate inspection and maintenance records toward a single digital workflow connecting defects, planned work, repairs and reporting. Implementation timing remains undisclosed.

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