Australia and New Zealand are in the middle of once-in-a-generation investment in new and upgraded rail infrastructure — from major metro programs and new heavy rail lines to network-wide signalling and system upgrades.
These programs demand more than generic software. They require deep network understanding, shared context, and tools that reflect local conditions from day one.
XERRA® is purpose-built to support rail professionals working at this scale, delivering high-resolution LiDAR and panoramic imagery in a platform that adapts to how rail projects are planned, delivered, and operated across ANZ.
Supporting Complex Investment at Network Scale
Major infrastructure programs introduce complexity across every phase of delivery:
- New metro lines being integrated into existing networks
- Signalling and systems upgrades alongside live operations
- Brownfield works happening in live rail environments
- Long asset lifecycles with decisions that must stand the test of time.
XERRA provides a network-wide spatial context that helps teams understand how individual design and construction decisions interact with the broader rail system, reducing risk as investment scales up.
Configured for Local Conditions
Large, globally released software platforms are often designed to serve the widest possible audience. That can mean limited flexibility when it comes to local rail standards and work practises.
XERRA takes a different approach.
The platform is configured for local rail environments, allowing organisations to align with:
- Australian and New Zealand coordinate systems and survey standards
- Local asset types, track naming conventions, and operational requirements
- Corridor-specific standards and constraints
- Project and organisational workflows already in use.
This ensures teams are working in a system that reflects their current workflows and not adapting these to suit a generic global release cycle.
Virtual Site Visits That Feel Like Being There
Rail corridors are long, remote, and often difficult to access. XERRA’s panoramic imagery and LiDAR enables rail professionals to carry out virtual site visits directly from their browser:
- Inspect track, structures, platforms, clearances and surrounding environments
- Review conditions without repeated site travel to worksites
- Measure and share observations with colleagues and partners.
This visual context supports faster decision-making, safer planning, and more productive collaboration — especially for geographically dispersed teams.
Confidence for Decisions That Last Decades
Once-in-a-generation investments leave little room for uncertainty. Design choices made today will influence operations, safety, and maintainability for decades.
By combining accurate LiDAR and panoramic imagery with purpose built measurement tools and workflows XERRA supports more confident decision-making across:
- Metro and heavy rail design processes
- Clearance and interface assessments such as at train/ platform interfaces
- Signalling sighting and system integration for new rollingstock
- Construction planning and stakeholder coordination, and all within a shared, accessible platform.