New Alstom service centre for tramways hydraulic brakes in Madrid

13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom has inaugurated in Madrid a Lead Service Centre specialised in tramway equipment overhauls and repairs within its business area Transport Life Services (TLS). This new centre will focus its industrial activities on overhauls and repairs of callipers and hydraulic brake units for Alstom Citadis tramways as well as non-Alstom ones. It will also be in charge of damper overhauls for all type of trains, as well as cardan balancing and kit elaboration for modernization projects. This is the first Alstom centre dedicated to this highly specialised maintenance activity.

As of May 2013, the new centre in Madrid will be in charge of the hydraulic brake maintenance services for all Alstom Citadis tram, operating in 40 cities worldwide. In fact, one of the first projects to be carried out in this new site will be the overhaul and repair service for the Dublin tramway fleet.

“The hydraulic brake system overhauls and repairs are one of the most complex processes to be carried out on the tramways and require great technological expertise”, underlines Miguel Angel Martin, TLS Spain & Portugal Director. “It is of great satisfaction for Alstom in Spain to have been chosen to develop this industrial centre, a worldwide pioneer “.

In a second phase, the centre also plans to offer services such as grease analysis, traction motors overhauls and Citadis Arpege bogies. With this new centre, Alstom reinforces its strategy to offer comprehensive maintenance services with high added value to our customers, comprising not only Alstom´s rolling stock, but also from other manufacturers’.

About AlstomAlstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 92,000 people in around 100 countries. It had sales of €20.3 billion and booked close to €23.8 billion in orders in 2012/13.

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