The Rolling stock refresh project for the class 375 trains currently operated by London Southeastern Railways (LSER), consists of 140 x 4 car units. The project started in April 2015 and is to be completed in 2018. All refresh works are undertaken at ABTS’s factory in Milton Keynes. Collections and deliveries of all materials are …
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In 2015-2016, ABTS were involved in the manufacture and supply of a variety of Sand hopper assemblies to SWT Class 455 & 508 fleets. This supply totalled approximately 270 units of Sand hopper assembly kits to these two fleets. The Sand hopper assemblies were manufactured utilising a combination of different materials including; Mild Steel, Stainless …
ABTS were involved in the Modification of the DLR B2007 fleet from 2015-2016. The project was undertaken to increase the standing capacity throughout the fleet. With this, the project works for ABTS involved manufacturing a variety of new items to achieve this outcome. The items manufactured and supplied by ABTS included: – Vestibule Grabpoles Ceiling …
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The Rolling stock refresh / modernisation project for the class 455, 507/508 trains, which is currently being utilised by Southwest Trains started in March 2013, and is set to be concluded in early 2017. This is a four year project consisting of ABTS refreshing a massive total of 91 vehicles, with each vehicle consisting of …
The Heathrow Express (332 class) was a massive 1-year project. This project started in early 2012, and was completed in early 2013. Due to the large size of the project, the Heathrow Express is the largest rolling stock refurbishment project that ABTS had undertaken to date. This 14-unit project -with each unit consisting up to …
The rolling stock refurbishment project for the class 377 for Southern railway started in 2011, and was completed in early 2015. This project gave ABTS the chance to undertake another major rolling stock refurbishment project. This project consists of 187-units, with each unit consisting predominantly of 4 cars per unit. ABTS refurbished a vast majority …
Undertaking this project was a significant step forward into the construction industry for ABTS, as it was the first project that ABTS had managed completely, from the conception of the project, through manufacture and instillation, to the completion of the project. ABTS’ involvement also included the design and instillation of the support frames, as well …
The rolling stock refurbishment project for the class 323 trains – currently being utilized by London Midlands- started in 2010 and was completed in early 2013. This 3-year project consisted of 26 units, with each unit consisting of 3 cars per unit.
The Anglia Ruskin University project was undertaken by ABTS in 2010, and was completed within a 6-month period. With this project having some similarities to the Southampton and Coventry IKEA projects, ABTS felt more than confident it could again supply, and deliver high quality items and standards to this project. ABTS manufactured, powder coated and …
ABTS completed IKEA in Southampton between 2008/2009, with the project lasting around 8 months. Due to ABTS’ previous success on an IKEA project -along with its significant growth since the last IKEA project-, ABTS was confident that with new additions to its team, as well as acquiring larger premises that had more up to date, …