Keolis Amey Metrolink Jen McKinney Summary • Manchester Metrolink – Operator Maintainer • The Challenges • Next Steps Metrolink
• Keolis Amey Joint Venture - KAM • Keolis international passenger transport business • Amey leading supplier of consulting and infrastructure support services UK and internationally • Involved in 3 JV’s – Metrolink, London Docklands Light Railway, and Wales and Borders • Manchester Metrolink owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) • 2017 appointed KAM as Operator and Maintainer of Metrolink - 10 years • The UK’s largest tramway Manchester Metrolink
• 7 routes • +800 staff • 93 stops • 2 depots • 120 trams • Trafford Park line (2020) adds 6 more stops (from Pomona to • +37 million passengers a year intu Trafford Park) Metrolink
• Opened in 1992 31 km and subsequently expanded • Bombardier M5000 high floor tram, operating as singles or doubles • 750v dc • Two depots - Queens Rd and Trafford • 95km track – mostly double track • Utilises combination of ex heavy rail corridor and on street routes • Ballasted track and street running embedded track • Vignole and grooved rail • OLE – mix of twin and single contact wire The Challenges - Track
• Ride Quality – temporary speed restrictions • Rail breaks - Suspended Gauge Corner Restoration Welding OLE – Corporation St – Ferrule
Event: Failure of copper ferrule on span wire. This secures the steel wire in a loop at its end to attach to other components.
Cause: Lab testing confirmed incorrect grade of copper used for ferrule at installation. Ferrule Impact: 1CC closed for whole day
Action: All ferrules inspected, but fatigue is hidden on the inside. Clamps as “belt and braces” trialled. Renewal proposal for further clamps to be Clamp installed. OLE – Weaste – Parafil Rope
Event: Failure of parafil rope - insulated supporting rope.
Cause: Known issue of hidden degradation of parafil ropes.
Impact: Afternoon suspension during Parklife weekend
Action: Temporary repair made until Eccles Blockade. Replace parafil span with steel wire during blockade. Internal fibres severed Degraded fibres are hidden within sheathing so can’t be inspected. OLE – Langworthy – Parafil Rope
Event: Failure of parafil rope
Cause: Known issue of hidden degradation of parafil ropes.
Impact: 6hr suspension. Multicar failed, adding to length of repair.
Action: Degraded fibres are hidden within sheathing so can’t be inspected.
Renewal proposals in development: -Replace parafil ropes with steel wire design. -Replace Eccles Line OLE with auto- tensioning design to eliminate sag. Next Steps – Maintenance and Renewals
• Renewals proposals to TfGM for steel wire and auto-tensioned OLE system on Eccles Line.
• Critical spares plan to ensure we have the right tools and equipment, in the right place to minimise repair times.
• Working with Service Delivery to get service back as quickly and safely as possible.
• Seeking modern replacement for the Multicar Next Steps – Asset Management
Context: Our businesses place safety and customer satisfaction at their core with our philosophies of: ‘zero harm’, ‘think like a customer’ and ‘brilliant basics’, analytics led continuous improvement. (Delivery Plan 4 – Asset Management and Maintenance, Exec Summary, p.1) ‘’
How ‘Brilliant Basics’ applies to the Asset Management lifecycle
11 Specify
What How (ERP) Statutory Regulations & Implement central Requirements engineering and asset management team Standards and Specs Carry our Asset Criticality OEM Data workshops and leverage knowledge and experience Asset Management Strategy and Plans Implement Enterprise Risk Management Framework Technical Maintenance Plans
Asset Criticality
Risk Management
12 Execute
What How (ERP)
Annual Works Plans Implement right delivery team Planning & Scheduling structure and capability Spares & Logistics Core Value Chain – Asset Maintenance reference groups, Procedure process mapping, technical writing Process Work Instructions Rights Skills and competencies to Maintenance Task deliver Instructions Supply Chain Training documentation Improvement program
13 Record
What How (ERP) Acquiring and Agility Upgrade – recording data in real configured to capture the time, during the right data, at a high level course of of quality and usability maintenance: • Measurements CMMS single source of • Faults – Problem, truth Cause, Remedy • Condition – define Track, Tram and OLE index inpection equipment, HD • Parts used Cameras
Remote condition Training of staff to use monitoring, Agility inspections and surveying
14 Analyse
What How (ERP) Using high quality Engineering and Asset data acquired Mgt skills and capability during the course of maintenance to Reliability centred inform decision maintenance making that FMEA improves business FMECA performance. Risk Based Maintenace Asset reliability Engineering Change Technical Management Maintenance Plan optimisation Data analytics tools: • Mercury monitoring Reduced Maint software Costs • CoBalt Whole Life Cost Modelling tool 15 KAM Asset overview
Insert some KAM asset info – fun facts!
16 Next Steps – Condition Monitoring
• Automated wheel measurement • Tyres • Pads • Discs
• Automation of track measurement • Geometry • Rail wear • Ultrasonic rail measurement • Digital image capture of rails
• Contact wire height and stagger
• Contact wire thickness
• Ride
• Pantograph monitoring Condition Monitoring Project
• Equip one tram with the infrastructure measurement equipment • Track, and; • OLE
• Install wheel measurement equipment at Trafford Depot
• Install pantograph monitoring system on the Metrolink system
• Ultrasonic rail testing equipment
• Procure a mechanism to measure vehicle ride quality
• Use tried and tested equipment - not looking for an experiment Questions?