The The ‘Specific Maintenance Techniques for Metropolitan Railways’ course offers you the opportunity to gain an insight into a rapidly expanding sector, where the demand for qualified professionals continues to grow. Taking a comprehensive approach, this course will train you in the distinctive aspects of metro maintenance, ranging from track maintenance to energy management and signalling in fixed installations. You will learn about the maintenance work required to ensure the safety and efficiency of services, as well as specific maintenance tasks carried out at stations. This course will enable you to acquire the essential skills you need to excel in a field that is vital to urban mobility. What’s more, the online format gives you the flexibility to study at your own pace, ensuring you can balance your studies with other commitments. Now is the time to specialise and carve out a career for yourself in a sector with excellent job prospects.
Specific Maintenance Techniques for Metropolitan Railways
Civil Engineering and Structures
50 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- To understand the distinctive features of metropolitan railway maintenance.
- To identify track maintenance techniques in the context of metropolitan railways.
- To learn how to plan effective and safe maintenance works.
- Identify the maintenance requirements for fixed installations: power and signalling.
- To analyse maintenance practices at fixed installations within underground stations.
- To assess the impact of instructional videos on the understanding of maintenance techniques.
- To develop the skills needed to apply theoretical knowledge in real-life maintenance situations.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. DIFFERENTIAL ASPECTS OF METRO RAILWAY MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATIONS
Introduction
Types of maintenance
Differences between the maintenance of the metro and that of conventional railways
Maintenance facilities
Maintenance belts
Maintenance costs
Conclusion: differences between the metropolitan railway and the conventional railway
TEACHING UNIT 2. METRO RAILWAY TRACK MAINTENANCE
Introduction
Infrastructure
Via
TEACHING UNIT 3. MAINTENANCE WORKS
Introduction
Measures involving service suspension
Works without road closures
Yields and costs
Relevant legislation
TEACHING UNIT 4. MAINTENANCE OF FIXED INSTALLATIONS. ENERGY AND SIGNALLING
Maintenance of energy facilities
Signage and communications maintenance
TEACHING UNIT 5. MAINTENANCE OF OTHER FACILITIES. STATIONS AND MAIN LINE
Introduction
Station maintenance. Electromechanical installations
Maintenance of other on-line facilities
References