In the Advent season, the Tölzer Kurier takes a look behind a door in the district that is normally closed to the public in every issue.
Today: The depot in Lenggries.
Lenggries
- Railway tracks run towards the large roller doors in the halls - exactly where the trains are going can only be seen through the milky panes of glass.
For the advent calendar of the local newspaper, however, Armin Nachtschatt, head of the railway depot in Lenggries, gave the Tölzer Kurier an insight into the impressive halls.
The 31 trains of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn are serviced, repaired and washed here day in and day out from morning to night.
Unlike a car, which only has to go through a TÜV inspection every two years, trains drive into this workshop far more often.
“The shortest maintenance interval is four weeks,” explains the 49-year-old Nightshade.
So often there is a "simple inspection", for example for leaks, as well as the measurement of the wagons and the wheelsets.
According to Nachtschatt, a major general inspection “with complete dismantling of the vehicle” is announced every six years.
In addition to the regular maintenance work, there are also unplanned repairs - in the worst case after an accident, for example.
Then it can even happen that a train is in the depot for two to three months.
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Through the frosted glass panes, what is going on behind the roller door to the large hall of the railway depot in Lenggries can only be made out vaguely.
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Major engine damage is currently not due to be repaired in Lenggries - after all, the Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB) only put new Lint vehicles on the tracks in the summer of 2019 instead of the old Integral and Talent trains.
"You can repair anything," assures Nightshatt.
"It's only a matter of time.
It depends on how quickly you can get the spare parts. ”A huge arsenal of parts is of course always in stock in the Lenggries depot.
In the two halls, work is carried out on four 60-meter-long tracks.
There is also an equally long car wash, in which the trains are polished to a shine every week.
A lifting jack system, which can carry up to 16 tons, lifts the rail vehicles if necessary.
The halls are usually occupied by three or four trains every day.
And they have to get back on the track as quickly as possible, because 28 of the existing fleet of 31 trains are constantly on the move in the Oberland.
In order to cope with the workload, Lenggries works in two shifts.
From 5.30 a.m. to midnight, they work here during the week.
If there is an emergency outside of these times and a defective train is somewhere on the track, an on-call service is available around the clock, seven days a week, with a mobile workshop.
The depot has 40 employees: electricians, mechanics, dispatchers, logisticians, administration.
Nachtschatt has been with the company for 18 years - and still finds his job very exciting: “You are constantly facing new challenges.” Ast
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