Projects
Low floor Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) for Adelaide (Australia)
Scope of Business: Rail Vehicle Technology
Focus: Supervision of the Manufacturing Process and Technical Acceptance Tests
Client: Government of South Australia, Department of Transport and Urban Planning
Project Term: 2005 - 2006 (12 vehicles), 2010 - 2012 (4 vehicles)
Project Locations: Bautzen, Siegen
Amount of Investment: Approx. Euro 30 million
Project Description
The 10.8 km long tram line between the city centre and the coastal region of Glenelg is the last remaining line of the once comprehensive tramway network in Adelaide. It is very popular with inhabitants and tourists alike carrying more than 2 million passengers a year. The vehicles currently in use were built in the 1950s, are ready for a museum and not for future operation. For this reason the government of South Australia decided to modernize the lines and vehicles, investing 56 million Australian dollars (Euro 33 million) in the first phase.
The vehicles should explicitly be of a type that has been tried and tested which with minimal modification could be adapted to the operating conditions in Adelaide. The three-section low floor tram type FLEXITY Classic from Bombardier Transportation based on the vehicles for Frankfurt am Main was chosen. The production of the vehicles took place at their facilities in Bautzen.
The assignment of the project to VCDB was made on the basis of their many years of experience in the field of supervision of the manufacturing process for rail vehicles, especially low floor trams as well as their geographical location being near the Bombardier production site in Bautzen.
VCDB's Scope of Services
- Audit of Bombardier Transportation's quality management system
- Regular checks and inspections of the progress of the production, submission of Work Progress Reports
- Ensuring the work is on schedule and deadlines are met
- Examination of conformity in regards to the technical specifications
- First article inspections of components
- Type test and final acceptance test before shipment
