Depot

Maintenance operations on the Metro Bilbao train units are performed at the Sopelana rolling stock depot. The depot is divided into two areas:

• Electricity - electronics
•   Mechanical - pneumatics.

The installations of the Rolling Stock Depot include the necessary equipment to perform all required maintenance operations:

• Electronics laboratory.
• 8 maintenance lines, 3 of which placed on pillars and 2 lines offer hoists to lift the entire unit.
• 7 parking lines for train units.
• 1 washing line.
• Two 12.5 ton crane bridges.
• "Talgo" type wheel lathe.
• Washing tunnel for units.
• Carriage painting area.
• Bogie painting and cleaning area.
• Cask blowing area.
• Automatic measuring of wheel parameters.
• Loading installations and sand in silo with 8 hoppers.
• Platforms with access to pantograph and roof of the unit.
• Auxiliary machinery: lathe, milling machine, machines for washing parts, drying furnace, etc…