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help boost the roaming speed between intelligent access point (IAP), offering The scope of services under the long-term maintenance agreement does not
more frequency channels and adjustable bandwidth, which can narrow down cover the 17 trains purchased from CRRC, which are maintained by BTSC’s
to minimise interference from external devices using the same frequency, and employees. Under the purchase agreement for the trains, CRRC completed its
install a bandpass filter to prevent interference from neighbouring frequencies. training of BTSC’s employees to manage and maintain the systems relevant to
the trains at least one month prior to the delivery of the first batch of trains,
3.3 Maintenance and completed its training to commence overhauls within 18 months after the
The Siemens Group is the service provider for various maintenance work for BTSC delivery of the first batch of the trains.
under the maintenance agreement it has made with the Siemens Group, dated
15 September 2014. The agreement covers a term of 15 years, from 1 January Recently, CRRC has already completed its maintenance training for BTSC’s
2015 to 4 December 2029 (expiration of the concession period). employees. Hence, the employees can perform the maintenance for those
17 trains by themselves, including the overhaul in which the first 12 trains
successfully completed a major maintenance in late 2019. However, the scope
The scope of services under the agreement includes maintenance of the
electrical and mechanical system (except the TETRA system, the signalling of services under the aforesaid long-term maintenance agreement does not
system, the automatic fare collection system, elevators, and escalators), 35 four-car cover the 3 trains of the Gold Line which were ordered from PBTS. Thus,
trains purchased from the Siemens Group, overhauls, as well as planned the Gold Line’s trains will be maintained by BTSC’ s employees.
overhauls and asset replacements. The scope and timeline of the maintenance
work have been pre-determined under the maintenance agreement, with a plan As for the signalling system, it will be maintained and repaired by BTSC’s
to prepare the trains at the number sufficient for normal services. In addition, employees trained by the Bombardier Group.
BTSC has a planned overhaul every 7-8 years, in which the trains are to be
rotated into maintenance so as not to affect the services. Each overhaul shall 3.4 Ticketing System and Ticket Types
take approximately 2 years, with the first one being carried out by BTSC in The automatic fare collection system is operating under a centralised computing
early 2006 and completed in 2008. In 2014, the second overhaul was carried unit, consisting of automatic ticket gates that can accept both magnetic strip
out, with the maintenance work on the primary equipment completed in 2016, tickets and contactless smartcards. Table 7 demonstrates the types of travelling
while the work on the other equipment is still ongoing, but will not affect the tickets in BTS SkyTrain Core Network system.
services.