Over these five years, we have travelled 37 million kilometres and delivered 63 million passenger journeys on the Johnsonville, Melling, Kāpiti and Hutt Valley train lines, getting our passengers to where they need to be.
Luke Basilicata, Fleet Engineering Manager at Transdev Wellington, is proud of this partnership, saying: “It is a great example of how two organisations which have different core businesses can work together for one goal. It benefits everyone, most importantly our passengers.”
Together, we are implementing new technologies to improve the reliability and availability of the fleet, including:
• a first-of-its-kind in New Zealand Pantograph Collision Detection System (PCDS) which assesses overhead wire conditions and reports if they require maintenance in real-time,
• new Variable Voltage Variable Frequency (VVVF) Gate Drives to deal with component obsolescence, and
• the design and installation of new passenger door tracks to improve system reliability and improve the original design.
Most recently, we reached a milestone in relation to fleet availability. Over the past 12 months, Hyundai-Rotem have supplied 100% of trains to meet Transdev’s operational requirements of 37,444 peak services, providing outstanding customer service. This is even with three simultaneous heavy maintenance projects running on our fleet.
Transdev and Hyundai-Rotem are continuing to work together to deliver rail operations and maintenance to providing Greater Wellington rail passengers with punctual and reliable train services.