A preventive maintenance schedule for railways, metro, airports and depots is the plan of checks, services and inspections that keeps the plant’s equipment running between breakdowns. Depot equipment, lifts, baggage handling and boarding bridges that must be available on a timetable. Schedules follow service windows and statutory examinations.
Below are the equipment types we list for this industry, each with its own preventive maintenance schedule and checklist, and the common utilities every plant has. The tasks and intervals follow common industry practice; the maker’s manual and site safety procedures come first.
Equipment in a railways, metro, airports and depots preventive maintenance schedule
Cranes, lifting & material handling
Transport, ports & logistics
Electrical distribution & power quality
Fire protection & safety
Instruments, automation & laboratory
HVAC & refrigeration
Conveying, bulk handling & dust control
Machine tools, metalworking & assembly
Valves, piping & hydraulics
Buildings & facilities
Pumps
Mining, cement, metals & minerals
Oil, gas, power plant & environment
Power generation & backup
Water & effluent treatment
Common plant equipment in railways, metro, airports and depots
Pumps, compressors, motors, boilers, chillers, air handling units, transformers, generators and conveyors appear in almost every industry. Their schedules:
The full list is on the page of equipment preventive maintenance schedules.
How big is the preventive maintenance schedule for railways, metro, airports and depots?
For one unit of each of the 40 industry-specific equipment types in our library, the schedule has 235 recurring tasks and about 2,677 hours of work a year. Adding one unit of each of the 62 common equipment types makes it 602 tasks and about 5,446 hours. A real plant has several units of most of them, which is why the monthly workload needs balancing.
Build your railways, metro, airports and depots preventive maintenance schedule
Pick your equipment in the free generator and download a 12-month schedule as an Excel file, with tasks, intervals and monthly workload hours. For the method, read the guide to the preventive maintenance schedule, and the preventive maintenance checklist.
To run it in software, see the preventive maintenance software module and maintenance software by industry.
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Frequently asked questions
What should a preventive maintenance schedule for railways, metro, airports and depots include?
The equipment that decides output and safety, the tasks and intervals for each, the time each task takes and who does it, and a record of completion. For this industry the biggest groups of equipment are cranes, lifting & material handling, transport, ports & logistics, electrical distribution & power quality, fire protection & safety. Add the statutory examinations that apply to your plant.
How many types of equipment does the railways, metro, airports and depots schedule cover?
Our library lists 40 industry-specific equipment types for railways, metro, airports and depots and 62 common plant equipment types, each with its own tasks, intervals and times.
Is there a free preventive maintenance schedule generator for railways, metro, airports and depots?
Yes. The free preventive maintenance schedule generator opens with this industry selected, lets you choose your equipment and quantities, and gives a 12-month schedule as an Excel file.