During cold weather, the operation of points heating systems is vital to maintaining train services, but in many cases the heating is unused for much of the year and faults can develop unnoticed. Monitoring the points heating equipment provides early warning of potential failure and enables energy consumption levels to be tracked & trended. CDSRail offers rail organisations the opportunity to build several levels of points heating monitoring (PHM) into a truly integrated system, with the ability to monitor multiple asset types from a common technology platform.