<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\tThis final task is the one undertaken by Ineco for Renfe, which worked with its Kenyan counterpart \u2013Kenya Railways\u2013 and the overall authority for Nairobi\u2019s commuter network, NAMATA (Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority), on the acquisition of rolling stock in Spain, also including the supply of spare parts and staff training. With the support of Spain\u2019s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (via ICEX) and Ministry of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Kenya signed a contract in 2019 with SFM (Mallorca Rail Services) for the purchase of 11 diesel twin units and one trailer. Specifically, the units are Series 6100 units manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) in the period 1994-2003, of which the first batch of five units has already been shipped to Kenya.<\/p>\n
The units, which were withdrawn from service by SFM following the completion of the electrification of its network, have been reconditioned to extend their useful life by at least 25 years. Ineco carried out the pre-shipping inspection of the units, which departed from the port of Barcelona. Inspection included verification of the list of spare parts requested by Kenya Railways for maintenance of the fleet and checking the condition of the spare parts; inspection and recording the results of static and on-track tests carried out by SFM; visual and documentary review of the units and the reconfiguration of the Automatic Train Stop system (ATS) to factory settings, following the static and on-track tests.<\/p>\n
CAF\u2019s Series 6100 trains are equipped with two Cumins NTA-855-A diesel engines, one at each end, compressed air brakes and double doors on both sides. They can reach a top speed of 110 km\/h. They measure 15.5 metres in length, 3.7 metres high and 2.5 metres wide and have a maximum capacity of 252 passengers: 156 standing and 96 seated. They have space for bicycles and door-closing warning alarms. A total of 52 were manufactured. They first entered service on the rail network in Mallorca in June 1995. They were retired progressively as the network was electrified and ran on the island for the last time in May 2019. In 2015, SFM sold 12 units to the French railways. In their new home in Kenya, the units will cover various routes from Nairobi to Syokimau, Embakasi, Thika, Kikuyu and Kitengela.<\/p>\n
Experts in rolling stock<\/span><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\nReconditioning is an option that allows many railway operators to upgrade their fleets with quality rolling stock at a lower cost and more quickly than with new vehicles, because trains are manufactured upon request using components from many manufacturers and to each customer\u2019s specification. Hence the need for different adaptations to ready them for alternative uses, in addition to the usual tests before commissioning, which require the supervision of expert technicians.<\/p>\n
Ineco has over 20 years\u2019 experience in Spain and abroad in the supervision and validation of more than 1,500 trains of every type, both new and reconditioned. The reconditioned trains it has worked on include the 49 NS74 Alstom trains manufactured in the 1970s for the metro in Santiago de Chile; and the three TD 2000 series locomotives manufactured in Spain in 2006 by Ingeteam, when they were no longer required by Basque operator Euskotren, they were purchased by Ecuador to outfit the new line between Dur\u00e1n and Quito.<\/p>\n
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Reconditioning is an option that allows many railway operators to upgrade their fleets with quality rolling stock at a lower cost and more quickly than with new vehicles, because trains are manufactured upon request using components from many manufacturers and to each customer\u2019s specification. Hence the need for different adaptations to ready them for alternative uses, in addition to the usual tests before commissioning, which require the supervision of expert technicians.<\/p>\n
Ineco has over 20 years\u2019 experience in Spain and abroad in the supervision and validation of more than 1,500 trains of every type, both new and reconditioned. The reconditioned trains it has worked on include the 49 NS74 Alstom trains manufactured in the 1970s for the metro in Santiago de Chile; and the three TD 2000 series locomotives manufactured in Spain in 2006 by Ingeteam, when they were no longer required by Basque operator Euskotren, they were purchased by Ecuador to outfit the new line between Dur\u00e1n and Quito.<\/p>\n
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