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