Workshop
WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION
Purpose-built workshop suitable for a wide range of maintenance activities across the whole of the rail sector. Maintenance track can accommodate vehicles up to 33m in length.
DIMENSIONS
36m (L) x 10m (W) x 6m (H)
USES
- Confidential R&D activity
- Assembly of vehicles or railway infrastructure
- Vehicle maintenance & repair
- Vehicle stabling
- Vehicle test preparation
- Storage area
USES
- 33m maintenance track
- 9m maintenance pit
- Roller shutter door (measuring 4.2m x 3.6m)
- Standalone secure facility
- Lighting & heating
- 2 tonne double girder overhead crane
- Re-railing kit
2 x hand propelled rail carts
- Compressed air supply
- 3-phase & single-phase electric supplies
- High speed Wi-Fi
Key areas of the test site
Engineering Hall
Siding
Rail Test Loop
Alumicart & Trailer
Rail Test Track
Mule (Car 10)
Workshop
Tunnel
Rapid Charger
Shunter
Split Level Platform
Mobility Hub
Lifting Jacks
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) is a not-for-profit Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) and operator of the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC), a unique, world-class centre for rail innovation based in Dudley in the West Midlands.
Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO)
Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre
Zoological Drive
Dudley
DY1 4AW
For Sat Navs use: DY1 4AL
T // 07769 586893. E // info@bcimo.co.uk
