SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RAILWAY VEHICLE FOR MONITORING A CONTACT WIRE OF AN OVERHEAD POWER SUPPLY LINE

A control system (150) and method (200) for monitoring a contact wire (101) of an overhead power supplying line (100) installed along an associated railway line (105), wherein one or more sensors (1), suitable to be mounted on board of a railway vehicle (110), are adapted to provide to a control and processing unit (50) first signals (Sdet) indicative of one or more corresponding parameters (H, D, S) of the contact wire (101) while the railway vehicle (110) is travelling along the railway line (105). One or more devices (40) are arranged to provide to the control and processing unit (50) second signals (SP) suitable for calculating a position (P) of the railway vehicle (110) along the railway line (105). The control and processing unit (50) is configured for calculating:- based on at least the first signals (Sdet) provided via the one or more sensors (1), one or more actual values for said one or more parameters (H, D, S) of the contact wire (101); and- based on said second signals (SP) received from the one or more devices (40) the actual position (Pa) of the railway vehicle (110) along the railway line (105) at which said actual values for said one or more parameters (H, D, S) of the contact wire (101) have been calculated. The present invention encompasses also a related railway vehicle (110).