Maintenance

 Maintenance work at Crewe IEMD

Proactively delivering maintenance excellence

We offer industry leading traction and rolling stock maintenance solutions.

What we do

We offer industry leading maintenance solutions to Freight Operating Companies and Train Operating Companies across the UK and Europe.

Collectively, our professional team of engineers have over 10,000 years’ experience in traction and rolling stock maintenance.


 Our services for you

  • Scheduled maintenance
  • Maintenance inspections
  • Load-bank facilities
  • General and heavy overhauls (freight wagons and locomotives)
  • Wagon repurposing
  • Mobile maintenance (freight wagons and locomotives
  • Wheel set overhauls
  • Paintshop re-livery
  • Pantograph overhauls
  • Breakdown and recovery services
  • Customised work possible after consultation

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Our maintenance locations

We have 3 major maintenance depots located at Toton, Stoke and Crewe. We also have several outstation locations and a mobile maintenance function. This allows us to deliver maintenance services at locations across the entire country.

Toton TMD

Breakdown and recovery services

Every year, DB Cargo UK’s Breakdown and Recovery Team responds to more than 110 incidents, providing a rapid and effective recovery service to keep the UK’s rail network moving.

Our emergency teams operate 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, 365 days-a-year and are based at Didcot in Oxfordshire, Wigan in Lancashire and Millerhill in Scotland.

We operate a fleet of vehicles and cranes, some of which can operate on both road and rail, meaning we can reach even the most remote areas of the network.

 Breakdown and recovery vehicle