{"id":3989,"date":"2020-04-09T13:35:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2020-04-13T19:39:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:39:46","slug":"trains-to-make-better-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/trains-to-make-better-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Trains to make better citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Dr. Jorge Yunda, Mayor of Quito, the city\u2019s first metro line is more than just emblematic infrastructure; it\u2019s \u201can excellent opportunity for people to change the way they relate to each other\u201d. The city\u2019s authorities hope the new mass transport system will consolidate \u2018Metro culture\u2019. They also believe it will improve quality of life by saving time for residents, enabling them to be more supportive of one another, and allowing them to breathe cleaner air by reducing the thousands of tons of CO2<\/sub> they currently release into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

More than 400,000 people\u00a0will benefit from the new sustainable transport\u00a0system every day<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With just a few months to go until its opening, Line 1 of Quito\u2019s publicly-owned Empresa Metropolitana de Metro de Quito will be completely underground, have 22 kilometres of track built with cutting-edge technology and will be equipped with modern trains manufactured by the Spanish company CAF in the north of Spain. The line will have 15 stations stretching from the El Labrador station at the south terminal station of the old airport to the Quitumbe station south of the city, and a total travel time of 34 minutes. Four hundred thousand people are expected to use the new infrastructure every day.<\/p>\n

The success of the Medell\u00edn Metro prompted representatives of Metro de Quito to sign a rail transport cooperation agreement with the Empresa de Transporte Masivo del Valle de Aburr\u00e1 Limitada-Metro de Medell\u00edn (the Valle de Aburr\u00e1 Limited-Medell\u00edn Metro Mass Transit Company). The agreement provides a framework for joint contribution, knowledge transfer and work in different areas related to the metro\u2019s operation. Similarly, in August 2019, a cooperation agreement was also signed between the Central University of Ecuador and Metro de Quito. The ambitious construction project is supported by the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the European Investment Bank.<\/p>\n

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SUPPLYING THE TRAIN UNITS. Ineco has experience in provisioning many different types of large equipment projects, such as the construction of new EMUs, DMUs and locomotives, overhauling rail stock, freight cars, auxiliary equipment such as draisines, specialised infrastructure maintenance vehicles and on-board equipment.<\/p><\/div>\n

Thirty years of experience<\/h4>\n

Just as it did with the trains built by CAF for Metro de Medell\u00edn Metro, at the start of 2017 Ineco began supervising the complete rolling stock acquisition process for the Empresa P\u00fablica Metropolitana Metro de Quito (EPMMQ – the Quito Metro Metropolitan Public Enterprise). The order included 18 trains with six cars each, plus auxiliary vehicles, equipment and tools for the depot, and spare parts. The railway experts from the Spanish engineering firm provided technical supervision and management of the design, build and tune-up of the trains, a task that involves monitoring compliance with production deadlines, the issuing of deliveries in running order, and ensuring maximum consistency throughout the design, manufacturing and factory testing processes.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s extensive experience in supervising the design, manufacture and commissioning of all types of rolling stock, comes from its work dating back to the 90s in Spain, as well as its contributions to metro and commuter trains abroad, in the cities of S\u00e3o Paulo, Medell\u00edn and Santiago de Chile. Ineco\u2019s qualified personnel and exhaustive knowledge of regulatory issues have made the company a household name in the world of railway rolling stock.<\/p>\n

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COMPREHENSIVE BUILD SUPERVISION. Metro de Quito commissioned Ineco, as a company specialised in subway-type rail transport systems, to supervise, evaluate and ensure full contract compliance throughout the stages of design, manufacture, transport and at tune-up at the final destination.<\/p><\/div>\n

A long and painstaking process<\/h4>\n

The Ineco division responsible for the supervision of the design of the rolling-stock, which has an operating life span of 35 years, oversaw the process from the company\u2019s Madrid office. Meanwhile, specialists from the company\u2019s leading teams were present for approval tests carried out on-site at the installations of each of the main train equipment suppliers (in South Korea, China, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Finland, Portugal and Spain).<\/p>\n

Ineco inspectors supervised train manufacture\u00a0and assembly\u00a0at CAF\u2019s manufacturing plants<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Build supervision, train unit assembly and factory tests were completed in the presence of inspectors at CAF\u2019s manufacturing plants in Ir\u00fan, Beasain and Castej\u00f3n. The acceptance phase for the trains, auxiliary vehicles, depot equipment and spare parts took place at EPMMQ\u2019s installations in Quito.<\/p>\n

Ineco also provided technical assistance to FEEP (the Ecuadorian Public Railway Company) by inspecting three TD2000BB locomotives supplied by Euskotren, to verify their suitability to the track and traction conditions of the country\u2019s lines.<\/p>\n

Build supervision at CAF\u2019s Beasain plant<\/span><\/h4>\n\t\t\t
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The images show different stages of the design, manufacture, assembly, adjustment and trial\/testing processes. Ineco\u2019s experts must be able to guarantee the compatibility of the equipment and the electrical, electronic, wireless, electromechanical and mechanical systems on-board, with the trackside equipment and systems.<\/p>\n