A MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A RAILWAY NETWORK

A monitoring system for a railway network, servers, a method, and a bi-modal railway vehicle. The monitoring system comprising: one or more bi-modal railway vehicles, configured to operate both on electrified and non-electrified sections of the railway network; one or more beacons, located at respective trackside points, and configured to broadcast a beacon signal indicating a transition from an electrified section of the railway network to a non-electrified section of the railway network or vice versa; a server, configured to receive from a given bi-modal railway vehicle one or both of: the beacon signal, received by the given bi-modal railway vehicle from a given beacon; and a location signal, indicating the location of the given bi-modal railway vehicle in the railway network. The server is further configured to determine, from the received beacon signal and/or the received location signal, whether the given beacon, given bi-modal railway vehicle, or a further bi-modal railway vehicle is faulty.