UK: Yellow Rail has been awarded a contract to undertake a turnkey overhaul of the bogies and brake systems on London Trams’ 12 Stadler Variotram vehicles.
The Stadler trams have covered around 960 000 km since entering service in Croydon in 2012-15, and the distance-based overhaul is required to ensure reliability and availability.
The work is to be undertaken at Yellow Rail’s recently upgraded facility at the Litchurch Lane site in Derby. ‘This contract reflects the trust placed in Yellow Rail’s technical know-how and our focus on delivering high-quality, customer-focused engineering solutions’, said Managing Director Paul Cunningham.
London Trams is to directly award Stadler, as the original equipment manufacturer, a £900 000 contract to supply the materials required for the overhaul.
