Pit access solution

A new maintenance facility has been constructed at ScotRails Shields Depot to house and maintain the new fleet of Class 380 Desiro electric multiple units, as well as some of ScotRails existing fleet.

Semmco was asked to assist in the design of inspection pit access platforms for Shields Depot in order to protect maintenance workers while walking across the pits and working underneath the trains, or to provide access to the front of trains during routine maintenance work on couplings.

Semmco supplied two types of pit boards, a GRP version to allow safe access across the pits at depot floor level and an aluminium version with hand rail and pit ladders to provide both a working platform at coupling height and safe access into the pit for general servicing.