Maintenance

Hitachi Rail In Europe.

 

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tailored Maintenance

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Our comprehensive, high-quality

maintenance programme can be

tailored to any train application

or service pattern and is a reliable,

low-cost operation dedicated to the

long-term reliability o eets. In eect,

maintenance planned rom the initial

design concept leads to minimal

ailures and thus, minimal

breakdown costs.

Our maintenance processes are

developed rom successul Japanese

experiences and we have transerred

this knowledge to Europe.

Employing and training multi-skilled

engineers and technicians, we

continually develop our sta and

run an apprenticeship scheme

to train our workorce o tomorrow.

We ensure maintenance sta have

a comprehensive understanding

o Kaizen* and Hitachi’s maintenance

philosophy, to deliver and continually

improve the best service to

our customers.

 All records and details are kept in

one database, using a paperless

maintenance management package

and are used to analyse problems,

monitor components or simply plan

workloads and optimise spares.

Wireless networking and robust

laptops enable instant remote access

to all inormation, enhancing our sta

efciency and contributing to reliable

trains and ast turnaround.

*Kaizen (Japanese for ‘improvement’

or ‘change for the better’) refers to

philosophy or practices that focus upon

continuous improvement of processes in

manufacturing, engineering, supporting

business processes and management.

 

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Hitachi replaced 194 traction packages

on the Class 465 commuter train at the

rate o two trains per week. This project

has been successul in dramatically

improving the perormance o the

traction equipment on the trains,

allowing the customer to ocus on

a eet enhancement package. The

project was undertaken at Ashord,

utilising the capabilities o the depot

maintenance team. We managed and

achieved heavy lit road ftment o the

equipment on time and to budget,

with a zero ailure rate attributed to

equipment ftment.

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Whole lie maintenance, repair,

overnight servicing and cleaning

o 29 x 6 car Class 395 train-sets.

Overnight servicing and cleaning o

34 x 4 car classic train-sets.

 Ad-hoc repair, wheel turning, uelling

and servicing o other rail vehicles.

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Constructed between autumn 2005 and

autumn 2007, Ashord employs over

100 sta, principally Hitachi employees,

providing day-to-day support across

Kent. O the 332 registered suppliers,

167 are UK-based, o which 28

companies are local to Ashord.

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Bogie / equipment drop

6-car synchronous train lit

Tandem wheel lathe

2 x train-wash plants

 Automatic inspection equipment

Full warehouse provision or

Class 395 / 465

Fully isolated train test track

20.5 km o track

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In July 2012, the British Secretary

o State or Transport announced

the close o contract or the Intercity

Express Programme (IEP). As part o

this, Hitachi will provide almost 600 rail

carriages to replace the ageing eet o

Intercity trains on the Great Western

Main Line and the East Coast Main

Line and build our new maintenance

acilities to service and maintain the

new trains over a duration o 27.5 years.

Hitachi will build on its solid oundation

o maintenance practice in Ashord

to ulfl the demanding requirements

with regards to eet availability and

reliability o the trains. The newly built

and reurbished depots across the UK

will learn rom key practices behind

the success o the maintenance

regimes in Ashord.

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outstanding attention to detail

 

Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd.

 Ashord Train Maintenance Centre

Station Approach, Ashord

Kent TN23 1EZ

United Kingdom

Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd.

40 Holborn Viaduct

London EC1N 2PB

United Kingdom

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