With another operational electric locomotive in the ŽPCG fleet, the capacity for the implementation of the timetable will be enhanced, and thanks to extensive visits and meetings with the repairers, we expect that the medium repair of one EMV will be completed in February this year.
As we informed you in the previous period, immediately upon taking office as the Executive Director of ŽPCG AD Podgorica, together with the management and engineers from the Technical Operations Sector, I visited the repair centres where investment repairs are carried out in order to review the completed works and, in agreement with the repairers, return the rolling stock currently under repair to service as soon as possible while ensuring the quality of the work, all with the aim of maintaining our fleet at a satisfactory level, which would result in regular traffic operations without the use of alternative transport. Thus, we already have another electric locomotive of series 461 available, which has arrived from the investment repair carried out at Reloc SA, Krajowa in Romania.
The warranty on the completed works is 12 months for the main repair works, for the installed parts and materials for the proper functioning of the aggregates, assemblies, parts, and the locomotive as a whole under normal operating and maintenance conditions, while for newly installed assemblies and parts and completed works, the warranty period is regulated by UIC regulations. The warranty period is extended for the days when the locomotive is out of service due to malfunction, through the fault of the Contractor.
In accordance with the contract, and in order to ensure the quality of the work, supervision and control have been carried out at all times by engineers and authorized representatives of ŽPCG.
After the transport was completed, on 09.01.2025, the electric locomotive was sent from the Podgorica Depot to its home base in Bar. A service inspection was conducted, test runs were performed in accordance with the Regulation on the Maintenance of Railway Rolling Stock, and the locomotive was put into service for hauling trains on 10.01.2025.
With another operational electric locomotive in the ŽPCG fleet, the capacity for the implementation of the timetable will be enhanced, and thanks to extensive visits and meetings with the repairers, we expect that the medium repair of one EMV will be completed in February this year.
I would particularly like to emphasise the tremendous support from the Ministry of Transport and the Board of Directors of ŽPCG AD Podgorica, both in the repair of the existing fleet and in the procurement of new trains in the upcoming period, and it is up to us to invest all efforts and resources into strengthening the company's capacity, which will result in an improvement in the quality of service for all our users, so the inclusion of the locomotive into service is one of the steps towards achieving that goal.