The joint research and development achievement of Spepc Technology and the Xining Locomotive Depot was featured in a special report by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway newspaper.

On May 23, 2026, the third page of the “Qinghai–Tibet Railway” newspaper (Issue No. 804) featured a special report titled “‘Digital’ Guardians of Health, ‘Smart’ Safeguards for Safety,” which gave full recognition to the “Locomotive Crew Physiological Parameters and Sleep Status Monitoring System” jointly developed by the Xining Locomotive Depot and Guilin Spepc Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. The report noted that this system has propelled shift‑duty management from a “person‑on‑duty” model to a “state‑of‑the‑art” approach, injecting powerful technological momentum into railway safety on the plateau.

The report quoted a locomotive driver from the Xining Locomotive Depot as saying, “In the past, every time we were checked in and had our roll call taken, we’d barely fall asleep before being woken up again to sign in, leaving us constantly exhausted when heading out on duty. Now, the system provides us with ‘double protection’ for both our sleep and our health; with proper rest, we feel much more confident and capable at work.” Since its implementation, the system has received widespread praise from frontline crew members.

According to the Qinghai–Tibet Railway newspaper, for a long time, locomotive crew management has relied on time clocks and manual shift checks, making it difficult to ascertain crew members’ actual rest patterns. Sleep quality could not be quantitatively assessed, and fatigue risks remained persistent. The QC team of the Equipment Information Section at the Xining Locomotive Depot spearheaded needs research, scenario design, and field testing, collaborating with Spepc Electronic Technology to tackle core technological challenges and carry out system integration. After six months of iterative refinement, they successfully developed an intelligent monitoring and management system fully tailored to the unique characteristics of plateau railways.

The system employs a four-layer technical architecture—perception, transmission, platform, and application—centered on radar‑based monitoring devices and integrating edge computing with cloud‑based intelligent analytics to enable contactless, non‑wearable, and interference‑free all‑weather monitoring of physiological metrics and sleep patterns. According to reports, since its deployment, the Xining Locomotive Depot has achieved a qualitative leap in shift‑standby management: manual room‑inspection frequency has dropped by approximately 70%, abnormal alerts are resolved within an average of five minutes, sleep states are now assessed through precise data rather than subjective judgment, and risks associated with fatigued driving are effectively managed at the source, thereby providing dual safeguards for employees’ health and operational safety.

At the conclusion of its report, the Qinghai–Tibet Railway newspaper noted that the development and deployment of the new system—shifting from manual inspections to digital intelligent control, and from passive prevention to proactive safeguarding—represents not only a significant technological breakthrough but also a pragmatic step by the Xining Locomotive Depot to uphold safety standards and prioritize the health of its employees. Currently, the system is operating smoothly, with data that is both accurate and reliable, providing an effective, replicable, and scalable solution for managing shift schedules among locomotive crews on plateau railways.

This special report by the “Qinghai-Tibet Railway” newspaper is a high recognition of the joint research achievements of Spepc Technology and the Xining Locomotive Depot. Spepc Technology will take this as an incentive to continue deepening the R&D of non-contact intelligent monitoring technologies, helping more industries make a safe leap from “people on duty” to “optimal condition.”