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The maintenance operations are traditionally carried out by Railway Vehicles dedicated to a specific application, that has by nature a limited rate of use.
This system requires a fleet of railway Vehicles covering the various maintenance requirements, which leads to high acquisition and maintenance costs.
SOCOFER offers to its customers an innovative approach :
the MODULARY MAINTENANCE.
Improvement of the profitability of the maintenance operations.
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This approach, validated in their contracts by Eurotunnel and Network Rail permits :
- To limit the acquisition costs (some carriers and a fleet of modules), the operationscosts (a driver and an operator, easy storage of the modules) and maintenance costs (limited number of powered vehicles)·
- To maximise the use of the rolling stock (any type of maintenance modules or ISO containers can be loaded on the carriers).
- To ensure the flexibility of the maintenance operations (rapid formation of trains, since the modules are handled by fork-lift trucks).
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