The invention discloses a pantograph monitoring system, which comprises a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera, a laser group and a flash light group, wherein the CCD camera, the laser group and the flash light group are connected with a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) and are controlled to be switched on/off by the PLC controller; the PLC controller is also connected with an industrial computer; and the industrial computer is connected with the CCD camera through a broadband network, and can receive, store and process photos sent by the CCD camera through the broadband network. The industrial computer is used for analyzing and processing an image of a part of the side face of the pantograph head of the pantograph, taken by using the CCD, so that the wearing situation of a sliding plate on the top of the pantograph head of the pantograph and the deformation situations of cleats on two sides can be known clearly and vividly. By adopting the pantograph monitoring system, the wearing situation of the sliding plate of the pantograph and the deformation situations of the cleats can be automatically monitored, high efficiency and high accuracy are achieved, error judgment does not occur easily, and the bow net accident is avoided more reliably.