The project is part of the construction of the new line 6 (Orange) of the São Paulo Metro network, which will cover a distance of up to 15 km and link the existing São Joaquim Station to the Brasilândia district. The line will start its operation in 2025 with an expected traffic of 630.000 daily rides a day.

ACYGS, an engineering and consulting firm specialized in equipment of railway maintenance depots, is providing its technical engineering services to ACCIONA Construcción, the main partner of the concessionaire company responsible for the construction and subsequent operation and maintenance of the line.

Phase I (design) of the engineering process at the Pátio Morro Grande workshop was completed by ACYGS during 2021, who carried out a requirement analysis and produced a preliminary design of the layout, considering the needs of the concessionaire. Work is currently underway in Phase II, providing consultancy services for procurement, by drafting technical specifications of workshop equipment and analyzing the offers.

ACYGS has been awarded the contract of the technical assistance tender to give support to the rolling stock maintenance service for Ferrocarril Metropolitano de Barcelona by drafting and improving the maintenance working instructions.

Preventive maintenance activities for the Rolling Stock Service are currently carried out through the procedures stated in the working instructions. These instructions are drawn up from the technical documentation of the train manufacturer and its Maintenance Plan and are improved from the experience and performance of the equipment throughout its life. These instructions are intended to be easy to understand and with a strong visual appeal.

The activities to be carried out during the technical assistance include the improvement of existing working instructions, the drafting of new preventive maintenance instructions, and the drafting of corrective maintenance instructions. These tasks will be accomplished both in the office and in the workshops, witnessing the performance of the maintenance to document these operations.

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya has decided to expand its Rubí Operational Center (COR), which is the central depot for all its rolling stock. The expansion of their facilities will allow the number of elevated maintenance tracks to double, thus increasing the capacity of the depot.

ACYGS has provided FGC with its engineering services during the pre-expansion phase of the depot. During the project, data collection and measurements have been carried out on site to update the plant layout, relocating the depot equipment and optimizing the work-flows of the different maintenance sections. ACYGS has also analyzed the depot maintenance needs to define the new equipment required and to prepare the Technical Specifications of the defined equipment.

After the enlargement of their depot, FGC has once again entrusted ACYGS execute the definitive updating and adaptation of the workshop drawing, in accordance with the construction works carried out. ACYGS’s engineers went to FGC’s facilities in Rubí to make measurements and collect data, to subsequently define the final layout.

The contract is part of the project to build a new railway depot to carry out the train maintenance of Alstom Coradia LINT and Stadler FLIRT trains that will run through the extension of the “Trillium Line”, also called O-Train Line 2. This is a railway line that seeks to provide light transit service in Ottawa, Canada, and which is operated by OC-Transpo.

The Trillium Line South extension is one of the three major extensions of Ottawa’s light-rail system, which will expand the Trillium line and link it to Otawa’s international Airport, Macdonald-Cartier. The service of this extension is scheduled to start in 2022.

ACYGS is responsible for the Engineering and advisory Services. After analyzing the project requirements and the maintenance plans of the trains to be maintained, we collaborate in the development of the optimal design of the depot, defining the required equipment to carry out the first level maintenance of the trains, selecting suppliers and evaluating offers to ensure compliance with current standards and regulations. We are currently monitoring the factory tests, the supply, and the installation and commissioning. In addition, we have worked with the customer to implement BIM technology to the equipment.