New Rolling Stock arrives at Govan Station

Published by 3eco on 07/12/202107/12/2021

3ECO Ltd. is supporting Hitachi Rail STS and Stadler in getting new rolling stock train units tested and commissioned for use by passengers on the Glasgow Subway. 3ECO joined the project in late 2020 and have provided a layer of safety management to test trains and other lineside testing operations on the two allocated test tracks (referred to as the Non-Operational Area of this large project, or NOA)

In the early hours of the 5th December 2021 a brand new train unit manufactured by Stadler entered the Glasgow subway tunnel for the first time and reached Govan station on the outer circle. Stadler is in partnership with Hitachi Rail STS on the Glasgow Subway Project.

This is a fantastic milestone that has been achieved by the consortium, with the project supposed to be continuing well into 2024 with testing and commissioning works located within the NOA boundaries and beyond.

3ECO Ltd., as a subcontractor to Hitachi Rail STS, supported the Operational Safety element of the whole operation by providing a dedicated Operational Safety Procedure (OSP) as well as operational specialist personnel from the Traffic Control Office (TCO) for this key event.

This was a great achievement by the Hitachi Rail-Stadler consortium which marks a significant step forward towards starting the dynamic tests phase of the testing and commissioning works in the tunnels.