Renfe has commenced construction of a new high-capacity maintenance facility in Aranjuez, designed to support the growing demands of its Cercanías commuter train fleet. The company is investing more than EUR 69 million in the development, with EUR 6.2 million allocated specifically for industrial equipment. Around 68% of the total planned investment has already been awarded.
The project, which is expected to take 10 months to complete, marks a significant step in the digital transformation of train maintenance operations. Once completed, the new hub will enable fully digitalised preventive and corrective maintenance services.
Aranjuez maintenance facility: Enhancing fleet readiness with digital tools
The new workshop is designed to deliver both preventive and corrective first-level maintenance. Preventive work will include safety inspections, scheduled cleaning, and servicing based on mileage or time in use. Corrective maintenance will focus on resolving technical faults, breakdowns, and vandalism-related repairs.
The facility will incorporate the latest technological advancements, positioning Renfe to meet future maintenance needs more efficiently and sustainably.
Connected to the Cercanías network
Strategically linked to Madrid’s Cercanías C-3 line, the new Aranjuez base will streamline train access and improve network operability. The workshop will include three maintenance tracks of 200 metres each (serving a total of 24 trainsets), storage and operational tracks with capacity for 10 200-metre trains and two 100-metre units, a turning track, a dedicated washing track, and a loading/unloading track.
It will also house a full suite of industrial systems, including lifting equipment, waste disposal and purification systems, underfloor wheel lathes, and bogie drop pits.
Expanding Renfe’s national maintenance network
This new Aranjuez base will join Renfe Ingeniería y Mantenimiento’s existing network of 94 facilities across Spain. These include first-level workshops (quick maintenance interventions), second-level centres (more complex tasks requiring train immobilisation), and component-specific repair hubs.
The facilities also provide services to other rail operators within Spain’s liberalised passenger transport market.
Each year, around 1,000 trains pass through Renfe’s maintenance centres, with approximately 300 undergoing heavy maintenance intervention
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