Train Maintenance
NS leads the way in fleet strategy

Optimising life cycle costs and RAMS
NedRailways aims at minimising maintenance costs during the total life cycle of rolling stock whilst delivering maximum performance in terms of RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety). By our involvement from procurement and operational support to maintenance, refurbishment & overhaul we are able to minimise the life cycle costs at the required performance levels.

We have been optimising maintenance schedules of our diesel stock and its subsystems, built in the late seventies.
As a result, MDBF has increased to 20,000 miles, whilst at the same time costs have been reduced significantly.
This expertise and experience is or particular relevance to the British rail sector, where the diesel fleet carries the same subsystems (such as engine, gearbox, etc.) as the ones deployed by NS.

Maintenance research
NedRailways considers maintenance as one of the core activities of a train operator. NS has a long history of maintenance research which has been built on the robust data it achieves from monitoring and documenting the outputs of its rolling stock and its subsystems. As a result of detailed analysis and innovation
NedRailways continues to optimise its

maintenance schedules and processes, resulting in reduced life cycle costs whilst achieving high levels of fleet availability and reliability.

Transfer of best practice
We are already transferring our maintenance experience and process expertise to Great Britain through the deployment of experienced, professional staff from the Netherlands to the UK. On Merseyside Serco-NedRailways has been operating the Merseyrail concession since July 2003. The Merseyrail team has now been strengthened by the inclusion of an Engineering Director who is able to put the right emphasis back into train maintenance.

Our capabilities have been recognised by Angel Trains, the owner of the rolling stock we lease to operate the Merseyrail concession. Since being awarded the concession, we have been awarded the contract for undertaking the heavy maintenance tasks (which are the train owner’s responsibility) and thus we secured all maintenance to be actively managed in-house. Merseyrail has started a project to integrate heavy and light maintenance, in close cooperation with Angel Trains.
 

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