The safe realization of railway traffic requires a safe railway route. The intersection of railway tracks, which is one of the railway road elements is operated by railway drive. Therefore, the article has been devoted to modern railway drives, which take a significant role in the realization of safe railway transport. The evolution of further technical solutions of railway drives is forced by a continuous increase of expectations in relation to ensuring the safety and railway transport quality.

This article presents selected issues related to the reliability of the power supply for electronic security systems (ESSs) used in smart buildings (SBs). ESSs operate in diverse environmental conditions and are responsible for the safety of lives, property and the natural environment of SB users. The operational tasks of ESSs in SBs require a continuous power supply from various sources, including renewable energy sources. The authors conducted an analysis of the power supply for selected ESSs used in SBs, which enabled the development of a power supply model. For the proposed model, the authors designed a proprietary graph of the ESS operational process, taking into account power supply implementation. Considering the operational indicators for the analysed ESSs, such as repair and failure rates, a computer simulation was performed. The simulation allowed the determination of the reliability of the ESS power supply within the considered redundancy configuration of additional energy sources, which can be utilised during the design phase. The reliability analysis of the power supply and the determination of rational parameters conducted in the article are crucial for achieving all the functionalities of ESSs in SBs, as envisioned during the design process. The article is divided into six chapters, structured to address the topics sequentially: an introduction to the state of the issue, a critical literature review, an analysis of the power supply for selected ESSs, implementation of renewable energy sources, the development of a proprietary model and operational graph, a computer simulation and conclusions.

The article discusses a inductive turnout heating system. The solution is in the phase of field tests. Comparing with the presently, commonly used electric switch point heating system, based on resistive heaters the inductive system has a significant development potential. If, in the future widely implemented, the innovative system may contribute to meaningful reduction of energy consumption by turnout heating.

This paper presents the classification and construction of high-speed railway turnouts operated on European railway lines. The existing computer programs supporting the diagnostics of high-speed railway turnouts with the most common causes of failures originating from infrastructure elements were analyzed. The authors point to the need for integration of high-speed turnouts as a single system containing modern point machine control of switch area and swing nose crossing area with induction heating of moving turnout elements. Attention was also paid to the need to use appropriate means of transport dedicated for railway turnouts in order to improve the initial quality of the product.